A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government is ready to hold talks on “issues, logic and facts” with farmers protesting against the new farm laws, farmers’ unions announced the resumption of talks on 29 from December. Following deliberations on the government’s offer for the talks, farmers’ unions, …
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The Delhi Traffic Police said on Saturday that two national highways, NH9 and NH24, were closed for the movement of traffic from Delhi to Ghaziabad, as farmers continue their protests against the central government agricultural reforms introduced in September. When updating travelers via Twitter, the police advised them to take …
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The farmers’ unions protesting on Saturday decided to resume dialogue with the Center and proposed December 29 as the date for the next round of talks, said farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. The decision was made during a meeting of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a body that brings together 40 farmers’ unions …
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A month after the farmers’ protests on the capital’s borders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi effectively drew a line on Friday reaffirming his support for the three laws and blaming his political opponents for what he said was his attempt to ” cheat “the farmers. His comments mark his strongest public …
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Chandigarh: A Punjab farmer on Tuesday objected to the BJP’s alleged use of his photograph to express that the minimum support price (MSP) will continue, saying that he himself was part of the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws. A poster with a photo of Harpreet Singh appeared on …
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Written by Somya Lakhani | New Delhi | Updated: December 24, 2020 9:56:58 am At the Singhu border on Wednesday. A month ago, when Jagjit Singh (40) hastily left his village in Bathinda in Punjab for Delhi, he only packed a pair of socks, which are now torn and dusty. …
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Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Rahul Gandhi will lead a rally today around 11am from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhavan with congressional MPs, after which he, along with senior leaders, will meet with President Ram Nath Kovind and present a memorandum with signatures of 2 million rupees for your speech. Meanwhile, …
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Sarabjeet has been protesting at Singhu Border against the agricultural laws of the center. “We don’t want to fight, we just want to be heard,” says Sarabjeet, a farmer protesting against the agricultural laws of the center in the Singhu border area of Delhi. Farmers have been protesting on Delhi’s …
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Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, UP and some other states are protesting against the Agreement on Price Assurance and Agricultural Services for Farmers (Empowerment and Protection), the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Act and the Act Essential Products (Amendment) Act. Enacted in September, the three agricultural …
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NEW DELHI: The farmers to Singhu border have started publishing their own fortnight Newspaper called Truck hours, whose first edition came out on Saturday. The issue had three lengthy articles in Gurmukhi, reports, photos, illustrations and a section in Hindi for agitators from other states besides Punjab. The headline on …
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