Farmers block the Delhi-UP border during their protest against the new agricultural laws, on NH-24 in Ghazipur on December 13, 2020. (PTI Photo / Vijay Verma) When the group of students, including 4 to 5 young women, arrived at the site of the demonstration, the farmers protested their presence. IANS …
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Delhi Police have tightened security at various border points by deploying more personnel and putting up multi-layered barricades as farmers block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today. The protests against the new agricultural reforms of the central government entered on the 18th. The protesting farmers said that the main roads linking Delhi …
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New Delhi: Amid an ongoing protest against three agricultural laws, a delegation of 29 farmers from Haryana met with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday to extend their support for the new legislation and threatened to organize a protest if repealed. The delegation, led by Guni Prakash, head of …
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that protesting farmers must distance themselves from those clinging to them for a “political resurgence.” In an interview for News18, Sitharaman lashed out at the opposition, saying that farmers are being used for political gain. “The opposition is playing politics on the …
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NEW DELHI: The Kejriwal government on Friday ordered an investigation into an alleged misappropriation of Rs 2,457 million by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation after the civic body “Exempt” the rental fees of the southern corporation. The additional chief secretary (urban Development) will investigate the matter. This comes at a …
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Farmers ‘agitation against the central government’s agricultural reforms has entered the 16th. Farmers’ unions located on the borders of the national capital have threatened to block the railroad tracks across the country if the reforms are not removed. The unions also said they would occupy the toll plaza and block …
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“The Center has admitted that laws have been made for traders. If agriculture is a state issue, the central government has no right to make laws about it,” said Balbir Singh Rajewal, another leader. Thousands of farmers have been protesting at various border points for almost two weeks seeking the …
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Farmers have been protesting against the three central government agricultural reforms for the past 15 days. Several rounds of talks have taken place between leaders of farmers’ groups and union ministers, but they have not reached a logical conclusion. The sixth round of talks that were supposed to take place …
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Talks between Interior Minister Amit Shah and a select group of farmers’ representatives failed to achieve any progress Tuesday night, with union leaders insisting on their demand for repeal of three new laws and rejecting the proposed government amendment. Some leaders also threatened to boycott the sixth round of talks …
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The Shiromani Akali Dal delegation met on Sunday with the Prime Minister of Maharashtra and the President of Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, on various issues related to the “interference of the Center in the rights of the states”, in a significant step of the opposition political parties at the national …
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