Bench notes that the current negotiations have not led the way and are destined for failure. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said talks between the Center and farmers’ leaders on the controversial farm laws had made no progress and were destined to fail. A bank led by the Chief Justice …
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NEW DELHI: As farmers protested the three farm laws entering the third week, representatives from more than two dozen farmers unions observed a one-day hunger strike on Monday. The unions claimed that demonstrations were held in various parts of the country. Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind kejriwal as well as …
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New Delhi: The escalation of union government on a series of contentious clauses in the recently formulated farm laws has only reinforced the perception that the Center led by Narendra Modi prefers agitation to consultation. In recent years, the ruling BJP’s non-consultative approach has precipitated multiple upheavals. However, he has …
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Written by Sukhbir Siwach | Chandigarh | Updated: December 10, 2020 12:52:49 pm Farmers block a road on the Singhu border between Delhi and Haryana. (AP Photo) The ongoing farmers’ protest on the Delhi borders has seen a rapid rise in Haryana’s participation and those who do not support the …
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Written by Sourav Roy Barman | New Delhi | Updated: December 9, 2020 7:50:48 am At the Singhu border, Tuesday. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) “We’re trapped”. In three words, Sarabjit Singh captures the crisis that has gripped farmers in Punjab, an otherwise leading state in terms of agricultural productivity …
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All India Kisan Sabha leader Hannan Mollah said the sixth round of talks between the government and the Center, scheduled for Wednesday, has been canceled. His statement came after 13 farmer leaders met with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah. Mollah said the minister told them that a proposal will be …
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Written by Varinder Bhatia | Chandigarh | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:50:28 am Dushyant Chautala, then Hisar MP, rode a tracker to Parliament in 2017 to protest against changes to the Motor Vehicle Law that he claimed would add to farmers’ woes. (Express File / Prem Nath Pandey) During the …
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New DelhiIf the government’s Minimum Support Price Program (MSP) helped to properly create a minimum price, farmers in the top 11 agricultural states would have earned, on average, nearly Rs 1.9 billion more from selling their produce. According to The cables data analysis from Agmarknet, the government’s price information system, …
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Written by Amil Bhatnagar | New Delhi | Updated: December 6, 2020 8:36:59 am Diljit Dosanjh at the Singhu border protest on Saturday. (AND ME) More than 500 people sit cross-legged listening to speeches at full volume through two loudspeakers mounted on the top of a tractor as agricultural leaders …
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By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: December 3, 2020 7:13:15 am Malviya tweeted in response to Rahul Gandhi’s post. Twitter on Wednesday tagged a tweet from BJP IT Cell director Amit Malviya as “manipulated media,” the first time the feature has appeared on timelines in India. On …
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