NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) boss Sharad Pawar on Tuesday he said that BJP is trying to divert attention by creating controversy over his letters written during his tenure as union agriculture minister in the UPA dispensation to then-Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Madhya’s CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan …
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NEW DELHI: One day before your Bharat bandhAgricultural unions said Monday they were adamant about not allowing any political leader to take the stage during the protests, which would be observed “peacefully” and without disrupting ambulance and emergency services. The opposition parties, which are in power in Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, …
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NEW DELHI / BATHINDA: Seeking to increase pressure on the Center ahead of Saturday’s fifth round of talks, farmers unions opposing the new farm laws have called for a Bharat bandh December 8th. They will also go ahead with planned anti-government protests across the country on Saturday. A decision on …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 2, 2020 8:26:30 pm A farmer holds a sign on the Singhu border during the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march against the Center’s new agricultural laws, in New Delhi on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 (PTI Photo / Manvender Vashist). Ahead of …
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As the farmers’ protest entered its seventh day, the government on Wednesday reiterated its intention to address concerns raised by agricultural union leaders, representing protesting farmers from Punjab and Haryana, on December 3 in Vigyan Bhawan. “I appeal to farmers that the laws are of interest to them and the …
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The meeting between the leaders of farmers agitating against farm laws and the government on Tuesday was inconclusive and another round of talks will take place on Thursday. The Union’s agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, said the meeting with representatives of the protesting farmers was “good” and that the next …
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NEW DELHI / CHANDIGARH / BATHINDA: Agitated farmers unions on Sunday rejected the Center’s offer of talks, saying they were ready for discussions, but not on the condition of the government to first move to the designated protest site in Burari in the capital despite the fact that the Center …
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NEW DELHI: Punjab farmers’ organizations boycotted a meeting called by the Union Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday to resolve their concerns about the new farm laws and accused the government of playing double standards with no minister present to listen to them. Representatives of 29 farmers’ organizations, including the one …
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NEW DELHI: Offer to hold discussions with farmers to allay apprehensions about farm bills, BJP on Thursday accused Congress of the “double-sided” policy and said Rahul gandhi He should first unlink his party from his 2019 electoral manifesto in which he had promised what the Modi government has done. At …
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NEW DELHI: The government on Monday raised the minimum price to buy six rabi crops, including wheat, by as much as six percent as it sought to send a strong message to farmers about the continuation of the MSP-based procurement system. The MSP (Minimum support price) of wheat, the biggest …
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