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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NEW DELHI: Amid continued protests by some agricultural organizations, the Prime Minister Narendra modi on Sunday he vigorously defended the new farm laws, saying the changes complied with long-pending demands from the agriculture sector and that a new set of rights for farmers had also started to pay off. In …
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The BJP’s national secretary general and the state unit in charge of Uttarakhand, Dushyant Kumar Gautam, alleged on Sunday that the farmers’ protest had been hijacked by extremist elements and claimed that the slogans in favor of Khalistan and Pakistan were proof of this. He made the claims while addressing …
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A day after Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar hinted at the ‘Khalistani element’ in the farmers’ protest, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah said the uproar was “not politically motivated”. The clarification came even as thousands of farmers turned down the Center’s offer for immediate talks if they ended the blockade …
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New Delhi: A convoy of at least 10,000 female protesters heading towards Delhi from 14 Punjab districts is led by a female farmer. Harinder Bindu from Bhatinda has been a farmer for no less than 30 years. Bindu has lived his entire life in Punjab with his son, brother, sister-in-law, …
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NEW DELHI: Farmers Won’t Give Up Until They Arrive Central delhi – the seat of power from where the government was seeking its votes – and protest peacefully in Jantar Mantar near the Parliament house for their complaints to be heard by lawmakers, were echoed by protesters on the Singhu …
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The video of a young Ambala farmer jumping over the water cannon from his tractor car and turning it off during the agitation of farmers on National Highway 44 went viral on social media. The incident took place on November 25 when farmers marched into the capital defying the water …
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Farmers in tractor cars from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will head to Delhi to join those from Punjab and Haryana in a protest against the new farm laws, agricultural leaders said, giving them a boost. They are expected to enter Delhi via UP. Earlier today, after fighting …
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The farmers clashed with the Haryana police at the border crossings. Chandigarh: Punjab farmers marching to Delhi to protest the center’s new agricultural laws first attacked Haryana police, who acted with “great restraint”, state police chief Manoj Yadava said on Thursday after a clash of a day between the two …
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Sidhu met on Wednesday (file). Chandigarh: Punjab Prime Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday dismissed speculation sparked by his lunch meeting with cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, his biggest rival and critic within Congress, and said there was nothing to read. between lines. “People often …
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