Written by Liz Mathew, Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: December 1, 2020 7:50:49 am An empty store on the ground of Burari. The farmers have refused to move to the site assigned by the government. (Express photo by Amit Mehra) Late on Monday night, the Center announced that …
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A medical camp has been established on the Singhu border (on the Haryana side of Delhi) to help farmers protesting there against the Center’s agricultural laws and trying to enter the national capital. The camp was installed in light of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic that has already infected more …
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Ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against the Center’s new farm laws entered the fifth day on Monday, and protesters threatened to block all five points of entry into the national capital. By rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, the farmers said …
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On Monday morning, Delhi police placed concrete barriers in Ghazipur, on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border, after agricultural leaders said they would block more roads connecting Delhi, in addition to the Singhu and Tikri borders, where They have been camping since Friday. On Sunday evening, a brief riot was also reported on …
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Farmers’ protest: Thousands of farmers, braving the water cannons, have reached the borders of Delhi. New Delhi: Rejecting the Center’s offer to hold talks once they move to the Burari farm, farmers protesting at the Delhi borders for four days against new farm laws on Sunday said they will not …
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More than four days have passed since farmers in Haryana and Punjab started a protest march against the three agricultural laws introduced by the central government in September. Delhi and the surrounding areas have witnessed violent clashes between farmers and the police, as they were initially denied entry to the …
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Farmers on the Delhi border in Singhu on Saturday. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna) Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Saturday called on farmers to move to the Burari farm in the national capital to organize their protests and said the Center is ready to hold talks with them as soon …
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A joint forum of about 30 farmers’ unions on Sunday rejected the Center’s offer to hold early talks to resolve the deadlock in farm laws. These farmers’ bodies said protesting farmers will only engage with the government in the absence of any preconditions. The joint forum also said that the …
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Farmers’ protest march in Delhi: Farmers have risen in arms against new farm laws New Delhi: Farmers in Punjab, protesting against the Center’s new agricultural laws, rejected a proposal by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah to discuss their complaints. The farmers said the offer was conditional: the minister had said …
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Farmers’ protest march in Delhi: Farmers have risen up in arms against new farm laws New Delhi: Farmers in Punjab, protesting against the Center’s new agricultural laws, rejected a proposal by Union Interior Minister Amit Shah to discuss their complaints. The farmers said the offer was conditional: the minister had …
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