Farm Laws
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Haryana CM Khattar meets Amit Shah; farmers protest, new law against protesters discussed
India | Feb 13, 2021, 10:57 PM ISTHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed on various including the ongoing farmers protest, cabinet expansion, the political situation in his state among other issues.
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Kurukshetra: Watch Exclusive Ground report from the epicentre of farmers' protest 'Singhu border'
Kurukshetra | Feb 13, 2021, 08:20 PM ISTThe farmers are protesting at Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri border points of Delhi since November, demanding that the Centre scrap the new farm legislation.
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Protesters won't return home till agreement is reached: Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 12, 2021, 11:12 PM ISTBKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday revealed plans by farmer leaders to hold meetings in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat and said protesters in Delhi will not return home until the Centre reaches an “agreement” with them.
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Twitter suspends over 97% handles day after government's stern warning
India | Feb 12, 2021, 12:46 PM ISTThe government had asked Twitter to block over 1,000 handles in a bid to curb spread of misinformation and inflammatory content around farmers' protests.
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Rahul Gandhi to address 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Rajasthan today
India | Feb 12, 2021, 09:15 AM ISTCongress leader Rahul Gandhi will address 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Rajasthan on Friday over farmers' protest against Farm laws.
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PM has given us options of hunger, unemployment and suicide: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
India | Feb 11, 2021, 06:14 PM ISTRahul Gandhi accused the Modi government of trying to destroy the agriculture sector through the three new farm laws.
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In Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi raises question on "content" and "intent" of the farm laws
News | Feb 11, 2021, 06:16 PM ISTA day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted in Lok Sabha that he holds farmers agitation as 'sacred', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi responded on Thursday accusing the government of trying to destroy the agriculture sector through the three new farm laws.
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Farmers to launch toll-free movement in Rajasthan tomorrow, 'rail roko' on February 18
India | Feb 11, 2021, 10:05 AM ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh are protesting at Delhi border points since November 26 last year against the three farm laws.
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Farmers to hold ‘rail roko’ protest on Feb 18 from 12 pm to 4 pm across India
News | Feb 11, 2021, 07:00 AM ISTThe protesters have decided to organise 'Rail Roko' across India from 12 pm to 4 pm on February 18. As part of the agitation, the protesting farmers have decided to free all road toll plazas in Rajasthan starting February 12.
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Status quo mentality, protests planned strategy: Details of PM Modi's 92-min Lok Sabha speech
India | Feb 11, 2021, 12:12 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday while delivering his speech in Lok Sabha on Motion of Thanks on the President's address spoke extensively about the new farm reforms and emphasized its need in the present times even when farmers are continuing their protest against the new reforms, demanding they should be repealed.
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Important for the country to differentiate between 'Andolanjeevis' and 'Andolankari', says PM Modi in LS
News | Feb 10, 2021, 09:14 PM ISTI consider 'Kisan Andolan' to be holy. But, when 'Andolanjeevis' hijack 'Pavitra Andolans', showcase photos of those jailed for serious offences, does it serve any purpose? Not allowing toll plazas to work, destroying telecom towers-does it serve a Pavitra Andolan, says PM Modi in Lok Sabha.
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PM Modi makes fresh appeal to protesting farmers from Lok Sabha, Rakesh Tikait responds
India | Feb 10, 2021, 07:36 PM ISTBKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday asserted that the agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre but a solution to their problems as he said many of their leaders will tour different parts of the country to spread the movement.
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'Ab zyada ho raha hai': When PM Modi reprimanded Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha
India | Feb 10, 2021, 06:13 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extensively spoke on the issue of new farm reforms that have been brought by the NDA government amid the ongoing protest by farmers organisation.
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India must be 'Atma Nirbhar' to cement its place in new world order post Covid: PM Modi in Lok Sabha
India | Feb 10, 2021, 05:31 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India has emerged as a ray of hope for the world as it fights an invisible enemy in the form of coronavirus.
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Farmers' Protest: The number of protesters reduced significantly at Ghazipur border
News | Feb 10, 2021, 12:20 PM ISTIn the name of farmers' protest, Delhi's Ghazipur border has been held by protesters since November 28. If you compare the crowd on the Ghazipur border after Rakesh Tikait break-down on 28 January, the number of protesters has reduced significantly.
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BJP issues 3-line whip to Lok Sabha MPs as PM Modi to speak today
India | Feb 10, 2021, 10:17 AM ISTBJP has issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House today. PM Modi is likely to speak in the Lok Sabha today.
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After PM Modi's appeal, farmer leaders say ready for talks; want govt to choose date
India | Feb 09, 2021, 10:10 AM ISTFarmer unions agitating against the three agri laws on Monday asked the government to fix a date for the next round of talks, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged them to end their stir and invited them to resume the dialogue.
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Centre complicating issue, says Rakesh Tikait
India | Feb 09, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTIt has been over two months since the farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders against the three farm laws enacted by the Centre.
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Farm union's legal cell writes to UN on farmers' illegal detention
India | Feb 09, 2021, 07:52 AM ISTThe Internet has been snapped at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri protest sites to "maintain public safety and for averting public emergency".
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New farm laws will increase farmers' profits: ICAR Dy Director General
India | Feb 09, 2021, 07:53 AM ISTIndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Deputy Director-General A. K. Singh on Monday said the new agriculture laws will help farmers to increase their income in a big way.