By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 5, 2020 5:50:32 pm Farmers block a road near Ghazipur on December 4, 2020 (Express photo: Prem Nath Pandey) The protesting farmers have called Bharat Bandh on December 8 one day after the fourth round of talks between them and …
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Thirty-six British MPs from various parties, including some of Indian descent and others representing many voters with ties to Punjab, have written to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, asking him to raise the issue of farmers’ agitation with the government of Narendra Modi. Coordinated by Labor MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, …
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Farmers’ Protest in Delhi: Farmers started mass protests last week. New Delhi: The government and farmers will hold talks again today to resolve the stalemate on controversial farm laws as protests across the country intensify amid growing support. Thousands of protesters camped around Delhi’s borders insist that the laws be …
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As thousands of farmers continue to agitate against laws enacted by the government earlier this year, agricultural union leaders and the government will meet for the fifth round of talks on Saturday to bring a solution to the deadlock in new legislation. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister …
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Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | Updated: December 5, 2020 7:00:05 am Farmers protest at the Singhu border on Friday. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) It was an announced crisis. Farmers’ protests on the Delhi borders and their discussions with the government in Vigyan Bhavan – another round …
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Written by Harikishan Sharma, Manraj Grewal Sharma, Raakhi Jagga | Chandigarh, New Delhi | December 5, 2020 4:25:58 am Farmers at the Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) Having announced its intention to address key farmers’ concerns such as leveling the playing field between …
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Farmers protesting three farm laws announced on Friday a nationwide strike, or Bharat Bandh, on December 8, where they said they will block all toll plazas and roads leading to Delhi while hardening their position ahead of the fifth round of talks with the central government. scheduled for Saturday. Four …
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India summoned Canadian envoy Nadir Patel on Friday and told him that statements by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian lawmakers on the farmers’ protest had the potential to “seriously” damage bilateral relations. The move signaled India’s anger over comments by Canadian leaders that have been perceived in New Delhi …
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Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday that farmers have brought the Center to its knees and that the halt to peaceful protests shows the government’s nervousness and failure. Mufti, who was arrested on August 5, 2019 after the Center revoked J&K Article 370 and was released just …
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Farmer protests today: The protest has entered the ninth day. New Delhi: Talks between three union ministers and a representative group of thousands of agitated farmers yielded no resolution on Thursday as union leaders stuck to their demand for repeal of new farm laws and even rejected lunch, tea and …
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