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Capt. Amarinder Singh urges farmers to ease Rail Roko, blames Centre for p
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): While appealing to farmers to ease the Rail Roko agitation, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday blamed the central government for failing to resolve the Brar Power Crisis resulting from the agitation.
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CPI MP files plea in SC to strike down farm laws for being 'unconstitution
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, requesting "to strike down the three farm bills passed by the Parliament for being unconstitutional".
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Punjab CM rejects Kisan Unions' ultimatum to hold special Assembly session
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 7 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday rejected the one-week ultimatum of the Kisan Unions for holding special Assembly session to negate the farm laws.
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Rahul facilitated passage of Farm Bills in Parliament: SAD leader
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 4 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visit to Punjab and alleged that he facilitated passage of three Bills in the Parliament.
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Farmers across country welcome farm laws, Opposition will lose: Javadekar
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 4 (ANI): Farmers across the country have welcomed the laws passed in the Parliament and the Opposition will eventually be defeated as the reason behind their protest is purely political, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday.
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Northern Railways cancels, short-terminates trains due to farmer agitation
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Keeping in view the farmers' agitation in Punjab against farm bills, Northern Railways said on Thursday that some trains will be cancelled, short terminated or diverted.
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Agricultural reforms will increase farmers' productivity, income: Piyush G
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday described agriculture reforms as a watershed movement for the farmers and said that the move will increase their productivity and income.
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Haryana's ban on foodgrain from UP, Rajasthan shows farm bills were bulldo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 20(ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said the Haryana government's move banning entry of paddy and bajra crop from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan shows that the Agricultural Bills had been bulldozed through parliament without giving stakeho
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Sitharaman slams Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-ruled states on farm bills
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday targeted Congress over party chief Sonia Gandhi's advice to party-rules states to bypass farm laws brought by Centre through legislative measures and said the opposition party in its 2019 Lok Sabha ma
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GPCC holds protest against farm bills, demands withdrawal
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], September 29 (ANI): Congress workers and farmers held a protest rally on Monday under the leadership of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar, and demanded the withdrawal of the three farm laws.
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Will give up all posts held in city's municipal corporations: Delhi SAD ch
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): We will give up all posts which we held as part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) including those in the municipal corporations in Delhi, said Delhi Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President, Harmeet Singh Kalka.
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Retired civil servants issue statement in support of farm sector laws
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): A group of former public servants on Monday lent its support to the farm reform laws enacted by the Centre government and condemned the "surreptitious practices of vested interests" which it claimed were misleading and misguiding the farmers and discred
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