Farmers Protest Update
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No relief for commuters even as police remove barriers from borders; BKU says 'protests to continue'
India | October 30, 2021 10:08 ISTFarmers have been protesting since November 26 last year against the three enacted farm laws: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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Delhi Police removes barricades at Ghazipur protest site, farmers' tents stay put
India | October 29, 2021 21:15 ISTThe opening of the road stretch would help thousands of commuters in Ghaziabad, Delhi, and Noida as well as those traveling between the national capital and the interiors of Uttar Pradesh, towards Meerut and beyond.
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Disgruntled BJP leader Varun Gandhi demands legal guarantee for MSP
India | October 29, 2021 14:18 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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Barricades being removed at Ghazipur, Tikri; Rakesh Tikait says 'farmers will go to Parliament'
India | October 29, 2021 20:47 ISTFour out of the eight layers of barricades at Tikri border have been removed. However, the cement barricades are still there and road remains closed for commuters.
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Amarinder Singh to meet Amit Shah today to discuss farmers' stir against agri laws
India | October 28, 2021 10:31 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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Three women run over by speeding truck near farmers' protest site in Haryana, driver arrested
India | October 28, 2021 14:21 ISTThree women lost their lives when they were run over by a speeding truck in Haryana's Jhajjar. The driver of the truck was arrested by the police.
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Unlikely to leave Singhu protest site, say Nihang members
India | October 28, 2021 10:52 ISTThe development comes after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the anti-farm laws protests, reportedly asked the Nihangs to leave the agitation site following the lynching of a Dalit labourer for allegedly desecrating a Sikh holy book.
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SKM calls for nationwide protests today as farmers' stir completes 11 months
India | October 26, 2021 7:05 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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Priyanka Gandhi interacts with women farmers in UP's Barabanki
India | October 23, 2021 14:51 ISTAhead of upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Congress is set to hold statewide 'Pratigya Yatras' from October 23 to November 1.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra remanded in police custody again
India | October 25, 2021 19:43 ISTIt was for the second time that Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was remanded in police custody by Lakhimpur Kheri’s Chief Judicial Magistrate Chinta Ram.
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Delhi: Farmers vacate portion of service road at Ghazipur border
News | October 21, 2021 14:08 ISTFarmers at the Ghaziapur border in Delhi are vacating a section of the service road below the flyover to allow the movement of public vehicles. The service lane portion of the road goes from Ghaziabad to Delhi, on which the media centre was built by the farmers. Farmers will now sit only on the upper part of the flyover.
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Farmers vacate portion of service road at Delhi's Ghazipur border
India | October 21, 2021 14:03 ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been agitating at three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- since last November against the three farm laws. Over 10 rounds of talks between farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.
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'Deep-rooted conspiracy to defame farmers' stir': Punjab Deputy CM on killing at Singhu border
India | October 20, 2021 8:50 ISTPunjab Deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said that the state government will reach the bottom of the case to identify the conspirators behind the killing at the Singhu border.
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'Rail Roko': Protests will be intensified until justice is secured in Lakhimpur case, says SKM
India | October 18, 2021 23:49 ISTProtesting farmers, including women, raised slogans against the BJP-led government at the Centre and demanded the arrest of Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra. Security personnel were deployed at railway stations in the wake of the 'rail roko' protest.
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Singhu border murder incident conspiracy of govt, alleges Rakesh Tikait | Exclusive
India | October 18, 2021 19:41 ISTThe body of Lakhbir Singh, who was killed by Nihangs, was found on Friday tied to a barricade at the Singhu border with a hand chopped off and multiple wounds caused by sharp-edged weapons.
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Rakesh Tikait demands dismissal, arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra over Lakhimpur violence
India | October 18, 2021 12:42 ISTRakesh Tikait has said that Union Minister Home Ajay Mishra should be arrested for his role in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Rail roko agitation: Section 144 imposed in Lucknow; police warn of NSA over disruption of normalcy
India | October 18, 2021 10:46 ISTThe Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a six-hour-long nationwide 'Rail roko' agitation on Monday demanding the removal of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Cabinet over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
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Govt can resolve farmers' agitation by MSP guarantee law: Satya Pal Malik
India | October 18, 2021 10:26 ISTThousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been agitating at three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- since last November.
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'Rail Roko' agitation: 293 trains hit, SKM says protest was peaceful
India | October 18, 2021 20:47 ISTThe SKM said during the 'rail roko' protest, all train traffic will be stopped for six hours from 10 am till 4 pm on Monday.
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Singhu border killing: Punjab BJP in-charge Dushyant Gautam meets JP Nadda over Dalit farmer murder
India | October 17, 2021 8:53 ISTThe man has been identified as Lakhbir Singh, a resident of village Cheema Khurd in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
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