Farm Laws
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Punjab quashes cases against farmers in connection with stubble burning, anti-farm laws stir
India | Nov 18, 2021, 11:05 AM ISTChanni also appealed to farmers to refrain from stubble burning in future, "as it is hazardous both for the environment as well as human health" besides hampering the fertility of the land to an enormous degree.
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Protesting farmers to march to Parliament on Nov 29: 'Will enter Delhi or jail'
India | Nov 09, 2021, 07:20 PM ISTFarmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said, "From November 26, the farmers' movement will increase the number of farmers... will intensify the movement... on November 29, when the Parliament session (winter session) will commence, a batch of 500-500 farmers will march to Parliament from Tikri and Ghazipur border."
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750 farmers died in farm movement, no condolence from govt: Rakesh Tikait hits out at Centre
India | Nov 08, 2021, 07:22 AM ISTFarmers have been protesting at different sites since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws. Farmer leaders and the Centre have held several rounds of talks but the impasse remains.
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Will turn govt offices into galla mandi: Tikait warns Centre against removal of farmers from borders
India | Oct 31, 2021, 01:44 PM ISTEarlier on Thursday, the Delhi Police had begun removing barricades placed at the Tikri and Ghazipur borders where farmers have been protesting against the Centre's three farm laws.
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Tikri border to be open from 7am-8pm, only two-wheelers and ambulances allowed to ply: Farmers
India | Oct 30, 2021, 06:42 PM ISTThe process to remove the barricades started following the October 21 Supreme Court direction, calling for unblocking of the roads that have remained out of bounds for commuters due to the anti-farm laws protests at Delhi's border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur.
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Disgruntled BJP leader Varun Gandhi demands legal guarantee for MSP
India | Oct 29, 2021, 02:18 PM ISTVarun Gandhi has demanded a legal guarantee for the minimum support price, also one of the demands of farmer unions protesting against three farm laws.
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Amarinder Singh to meet Amit Shah today to discuss farmers' stir against agri laws
India | Oct 28, 2021, 10:31 AM ISTThis will be Amarinder Singh's second meeting with Amit Shah after he resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on September 18.
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Centre should abolish farm laws by Nov 8, else we will: Punjab CM Channi's warning to Govt
India | Oct 27, 2021, 04:48 PM ISTThe Punjab government has decided to call a special session of the Legislative Assembly on November 8. We demand the Centre abolish farm laws by November 8 or else, we will abolish them at the special session on November 8, said Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
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SKM calls for nationwide protests today as farmers' stir completes 11 months
India | Oct 26, 2021, 07:05 AM ISTIn an official statement, the SKM has said this is mainly to demand the arrest and dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu calls Amarinder 'architect of farm laws', Captain responds
India | Oct 21, 2021, 06:42 PM ISTPunjab Congress Chief Sidhu's remark came two days after Amarinder Singh said he would launch his own political party and that he was hopeful of a seat arrangement with the BJP, provided the ongoing farmers' stir against farm laws was resolved in the agriculturists' interest.
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Modi govt run by companies, not party: Rakesh Tikait | Exclusive
India | Oct 18, 2021, 07:47 PM ISTSpeaking on today's 'rail roko' protest, Rakesh Tikait said that such kind of events will keep taking place till government listens to them and arrest MoS Ajay Mishra, whose son is an accused in Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident.
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Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi meet bereaved families in violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri
India | Oct 06, 2021, 11:58 PM ISTRahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders met the family of deceased farmer Lovepreet at the Chaukhada farm in Palia at around 9 pm on Wednesday.
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'We are farmers, not terrorists': Kolkata Durga Puja pandal depicts farm law agitation
India | Oct 06, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTGiant replica of a tractor being used by farmers to till land is placed at the entrance of Dumdum Park Bharat Chakra pandal in the northern fringes of Kolkata, depicting their struggle.
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Lakhimpur violence: 18 arrested in Meerut after cops sustain burn injuries amid protests
India | Oct 05, 2021, 12:32 PM ISTAs many as eight people were killed on Sunday in Lakhimpur Kheri following violence that broke out after a car hit protesting farmers.
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Channi meets Punjab Governor; hands over memorandum to repeal farm laws
India | Oct 05, 2021, 12:36 PM ISTAs many as eight people were killed on Sunday in Lakhimpur Kheri following violence that broke out after a car hit protesting farmers.
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Procurement of paddy crop to start in all mandis in state from Sunday, announces Haryana CM
India | Oct 02, 2021, 06:26 PM ISTThe Samyukt Kisan Morcha has also decided to withdraw demonstrations after Centre announced to begin the procurement from tomorrow in Haryana and Punjab.
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Chunav Manch | Farmers of Uttar Pradesh are against farm laws: Akhilesh Yadav
Elections | Sep 29, 2021, 07:22 PM ISTSpeaking exclusively with India TV on its UP election special programme Chunav Manch, Akhilesh Yadav talked about GDP and the ongoing farmers' protests. Taking the issue into consideration, the former UP CM said that the farmers of UP against the three farm laws.
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Farmers protest: Unions trying to test Govt's patience by direct confrontation?
India | Sep 28, 2021, 12:27 PM ISTTo ensure protests are mutually resolved, Prime Minister Modi himself offered to suspend the farm laws for 18 months.
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Give appointment letters to kin of farmers who died during protests: Punjab CM Channi to ministers
India | Sep 28, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTTerming the farm laws as anti-farmers and anti-food security, Channi said that they are a potent threat to their livelihood and future generations.
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Bharat Bandh against farm laws disrupts lives in pockets; trains, highways blocked
India | Sep 27, 2021, 07:46 PM ISTThe impact of the 6 am to 4 pm Bharat Bandh, which saw demonstrations in many places, passed off relatively peacefully with no reports of injuries or serious clashes.