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  'Was reading script given by farmers' Watch confession of masked man

  News | January 23, 2021 21:00 IST

  In a sensational disclosure, the masked man who appeared in a press conference along with farmer leaders to allege that he has been asked by the police to unleash violence on the farmers on the 26th of February outside Delhi, has confessed to the police that he lied in the press conference about an alleged attack against farmers.

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  Opinion | Why ‘some forces’ do not want the farmers to return home

  India | January 23, 2021 14:56 IST

  Talks between the Centre and farm union leaders almost collapsed on Friday after the latter conveyed to the government that they would not agree to anything short of a repeal of the three controversial laws.

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  Top 9 News: Farmers refuse to accept Govt's offer of putting farm laws on hold

  News | January 22, 2021 9:47 IST

  Protesting farmers on Thursday rejected the government's proposal to suspend the three contentious farm laws for one year. They remained adamant on the repeal of the agriculture reforms and said that the tractor march scheduled for January 26 will go on as planned. The decision was taken at a marathon meeting on Thursday, a day before the eleventh round of talks between the farmers and government. Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farm unions leading protests at several Delhi border points, held a discussion at the Singhu border and decided to turn down the government's latest offer.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Why farmer leaders rejected Centre’s offer to suspend farm laws?

  Aaj Ki Baat | January 21, 2021 22:53 IST

  Agitating farmers on Thursday rejected the Modi government’s offer to suspend the three farm laws for 18 months and insisted on complete rollback of the agricultural reforms, dashing hopes for an end to the 58-day protests.

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  Kisan leader Bhupinder Singh Mann recuses himself from SC committee on farm laws

  News | January 14, 2021 18:40 IST

  BKU president Bhupinder Singh Mann, who was one of the four members of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, on Thursday said he is recusing himself from the panel.

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  Rahul Gandhi in Madurai today, to witness Jallikattu in bid to lend 'moral' support to farmers prote

  India | January 14, 2021 8:43 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, the Pongal day and witness a bull taming event, 'Jallikattu,' the party's state president K S Alagiri earlier said.

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  Farmers' protest: Delhi borders continue to remain closed, traffic diverted

  India | January 11, 2021 10:53 IST

  The Delhi Police on Monday informed that Chilla and Ghazipur borders are closed for traffic coming from Noida and Ghaziabad to the national capital due to ongoing farmer protests.

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  Protesting farmers conspiring to spread bird flu by consuming chicken biryani, claims BJP MLA

  India | January 10, 2021 9:36 IST

  Rajasthan Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Madan Dilawar on Saturday lashed out at protesting farmers and said they are 'conspiring to spread bird flu by consuming chicken at the protest sites.'

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  Farmers protesting against the three farm laws hold tractor rally in Maharashtra and in parts of Delhi

  News | January 07, 2021 16:10 IST

  The tractor rally is being seen as a show of force a day before farmer leaders and ministers are to meet yet again - for the eighth time - for talks on the farm laws, which the farmers say put them in shaky ground on MSP.

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  Farmers' tractor rally: Diversion on Eastern Peripheral Expressway, traffic likely to hit

  India | January 07, 2021 10:58 IST

  There will be diversions on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway during the afternoon on Thursday in view of a 'tractor rally' called by farmers protesting against the new central farm laws, police here said on Wednesday.

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  Farmers' Protest: 7th round of talk between Farmers and Centre underway at Vigyan Bhawan

  News | January 04, 2021 17:25 IST

  This is the first meeting this year to break the deadlock over the repeal of three agriculture legislations and a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP).

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  Next round of talks with farmers will give solution: MoS Chaudhary

  News | January 02, 2021 18:57 IST

  After so many rounds of talks between farmer unions and Central government over new farm laws, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Kailash Chaudharyon January 2 said that he is confident that in next meeting a solution will

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  Kerala Assembly passes resolution demanding withdrawal of three farm laws

  India | December 31, 2020 11:52 IST

  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday moved a resolution in the state Assembly and attacked the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the three contentious central farm laws against which farmers are agitating in Delhi.

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  Kurukshetra : Govt tells farmers a committee could be formed to deliberate on their demands

  Kurukshetra | December 30, 2020 19:14 IST

  The Centre and farmer leaders had talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.

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  Union Ministers have food with farmers as talks on 3 farm laws underway

  News | December 30, 2020 17:40 IST

  The Centre and farmer leaders are currently holding talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.

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  Special News : Govt holds meeting with farmer leaders at Vigyan Bhawan

  News | December 30, 2020 16:42 IST

  The Centre and farmer leaders are currently holding talks at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi over the three farm laws. The sixth round of talks between the two sides are being held after a considerable gap. The fifth round of talks was held on December 5.

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  Anna Hazare threatens to launch his "last protest" for farmers

  India | December 28, 2020 12:00 IST

  Social activist Anna Hazare has threatened to go on a hunger strike if his demands on issues concerning farmers are not met by the Union government by the end of January next year, and said it would be his "last protest".

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  Ex-Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy urges farmers to try new farm laws for year

  India | December 27, 2020 9:06 IST

  Former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday urged the agitating farmers to consider Union Minister Rajnath Singh's appeal to try the three new farm laws as an "experiment" for a year or two.

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  Watch Ground Report on how Left-wing extremists are trying to hijack farmers protest

  News | December 26, 2020 17:16 IST

  Watch our exclusive Ground Report on how some Left wing extremists are trying to hijack farmers protest for setting their own agenda

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  Farmer unions to discuss govt offer today 2 PM

  News | December 26, 2020 12:52 IST

  Earlier on Friday, the farm unions had discussed the government's latest letter inviting them for talks, with some of them indicating that they may decide to resume their dialogue with the Centre to find a solution to the ongoing deadlock over the three contentious agri laws.