Farmers Protest
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BJP MP's car vandalised during farmers protest in Haryana's Hisar | WATCH
India | Nov 05, 2021, 03:42 PM ISTA group of protesters carrying black flags blocked Jangra's route in Hisar's Narnaund, according to police. Later, the road was cleared, allowing the Rajya Sabha MP to proceed, the police said.
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Rakesh Tikait's fresh ultimatum to govt: Farmers will gherao Delhi from November 27
India | Nov 01, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTThe Delhi Police on Thursday evening started removing the barricades and concertina wires it had put in place at the anti-farm laws protest site at Tikri Border on Delhi-Rohtak highway.
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Farmers' protest: SKM urges Centre to maintain smooth supply of fertilisers, tackle black marketing
India | Nov 01, 2021, 07:11 AM ISTOn Sunday, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had also asserted that there is no shortage of Diammonium phosphate (DAP) and other fertilisers in Uttar Pradesh.
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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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No relief for commuters even as police remove barriers from borders; BKU says 'protests to continue'
India | Oct 30, 2021, 10:08 AM 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 | Oct 29, 2021, 09:15 PM 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 | 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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Barricades being removed at Ghazipur, Tikri; Rakesh Tikait says 'farmers will go to Parliament'
India | Oct 29, 2021, 08:47 PM 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 | 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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Three women run over by speeding truck near farmers' protest site in Haryana, driver arrested
India | Oct 28, 2021, 02:21 PM 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 | Oct 28, 2021, 10:52 AM 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 | 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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Priyanka Gandhi interacts with women farmers in UP's Barabanki
India | Oct 23, 2021, 02:51 PM 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 | Oct 25, 2021, 07:43 PM 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 | Oct 21, 2021, 02:08 PM 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 | Oct 21, 2021, 02:03 PM 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 | Oct 20, 2021, 08:50 AM 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 | Oct 18, 2021, 11:49 PM 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 | Oct 18, 2021, 07:41 PM 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.