Farmers
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Farmers to go ahead with tractor march on Republic Day, claims permission from Delhi Police
India | Jan 23, 2021, 10:48 PM ISTAgitating farmers, who remain adamant on their demand of repealing the three new farm laws, on Saturday claimed that the Delhi Police has given them permission to go ahead with their planned tractor march in the national capital on Republic Day.
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'Ball in your court', says Govt after talks hit roadblock as farmers stick to their demands
India | Jan 22, 2021, 10:43 PM ISTThe government's negotiations with protesting farm unions hit a roadblock on Friday as the farmer leaders stuck to their demands for a complete repeal of three farm laws.
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Will discuss MSP, repeal of three farm laws: Farmer Leader ahead of talks
News | Jan 22, 2021, 01:59 PM ISTKisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee's SS Pandher on upcoming 11th round of Centre-farmers talks, scheduled to be held today (January 22), said they will discuss MSP and repeal of the three farm laws.
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Agriculture minister meets Amit Shah ahead of 11th round of talks with farmers
India | Jan 21, 2021, 11:24 PM ISTA day before the government's crucial 11th round of talks with protesting farmers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday night met senior BJP leader and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Farmers build up for R-Day tractor parade, mobilise support from Punjab villages
India | Jan 19, 2021, 09:54 PM ISTFarmer unions have begun holding tractor rallies at villages in Punjab to mobilise people for their planned tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day.
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Holding big protest to support farmers on Jan 20: Congress' DK Shivakumar
News | Jan 19, 2021, 06:47 PM ISTSpeaking to ANI in Bengaluru on January 19, president of Karnataka state in Congress, DK Shivakumar said, "We all stand by the farmers of this country.
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Govt giving farmers 'tarikh pe tarikh', this is their conspiracy: Hannan Mollah
News | Jan 17, 2021, 11:43 AM ISTSpeaking to ANI in the national capital, the General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha, Hannan Mollah spoke on farmers protest. Mollah said, "For almost two months, we are suffering and dying in cold weather. The government is giving us 'tarikh pe tarikh' and are dragging things so that we get tired and leave the place." "This is their conspiracy," he added.
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Opinion | Farmers must not become pawns in the hands of political parties
India | Jan 16, 2021, 04:43 PM ISTThe meeting ended almost as soon as it began when the Centre asked farmer leaders to point out the clauses on which they had objections. The farmers’ representatives said they would not discuss the clauses and wanted the three laws to be scrapped.
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Mayawati urges Centre to accept demands of farmers' agitating in Delhi
News | Jan 15, 2021, 12:14 PM ISTSpeaking to media in the national capital on January 15, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati spoke on the occasion of her 65th birthday. Mayawati said, "BSP urges the Central government to accept all the demands of the farmers agitating in Delhi."
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Farm law: Farmers, Govt to hold ninth round of talks today
News | Jan 15, 2021, 10:50 AM ISTThe ninth round of negotiations between the government and protesting farmers will take place on Friday. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar expressed hope that the discussions would be positive. "The government is ready to hold talks with farmers' leaders with an open mind," Tomar said amid confusion over the fate of the next round of talks, in the wake of the Supreme Court appointing a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.
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Top 9 News: Bhupinder Singh Mann recuses from SC-appointed panel on farm laws
News | Jan 15, 2021, 10:03 AM ISTBhupinder Singh Mann, one of four experts nominated by the Supreme Court for negotiations with farmers protesting against the farm laws, withdraw his name from the panel on Thursday.
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90 per cent farmers don't support agitation after Supreme Court's decision to hold farm laws
India | Jan 13, 2021, 10:55 PM ISTA day after the Supreme Court put a stay on the implementation of the three Central farm laws, the Bar Council of India (BCI) claimed on Wednesday that "90 per cent of the farmers are not in favour of the protests".
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Protesting farmers burn copies of farm laws to celebrate Lohri at protest sites near Delhi
India | Jan 13, 2021, 09:25 PM ISTAs the tussle between the protesting farmers and government continues over the new farm laws, farmers at Ghazipur border burned the copies of the three farm laws on the occasion of Lohri.
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Farmers protesting at Singhu Border burn copies of the Farm Laws to celebrate Lohri
News | Jan 13, 2021, 06:40 PM ISTThe farmers protesting against the Farm Laws on Wednesday burnt the copies of Farm Laws to celebrate the festival of Lohri.
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VIDEO: Farmers burn copies of farm laws at Singhu Border
News | Jan 13, 2021, 01:20 PM ISTFarmers burn copies of farm laws at Singhu Border on the occasion of Lohri.
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Khalistan supporters have infiltrated farmers protest, Govt tells Supreme Court
India | Jan 12, 2021, 07:26 PM ISTAttorney General (AG) KK Venugopal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Khalistan supporters have infiltrated the farmers protest against the three farm laws.
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Bill wapasi nahi, ghar wapasi nahi, says Rakesh Tikait after SC's order on farm laws
India | Jan 12, 2021, 05:33 PM ISTFarmer leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to suspend the three farm laws but said they will not leave the protest site till the three laws were repealed.
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We are forming a committee so that we have a clearer picture: SC on farm laws
News | Jan 12, 2021, 01:18 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to pronounce orders on various issues related to the new farm laws and the farmers' ongoing protest at Delhi borders. The top court is also likely to take a call on setting up of a committee headed by a former Chief Justice of India (CJI) to find ways to resolve the impasse.
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BJP directly responsible for deaths of farmers during protest: Congress
News | Jan 09, 2021, 11:08 PM ISTGeneral Secretary of Indian National Congress Randeep Singh Surjewala slammed BJP-led Central government over farm bills.
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JP Nadda to launch BJP’s poll campaign for Bengal farmers on Saturday
News | Jan 08, 2021, 11:43 PM ISTBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda will launch the party’s first campaign aimed at farmers in poll-bound West Bengal when he visits East Burdwan district, which is considered as the state’s rice bowl, on Saturday.