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Samyukt Kisan Morcha hold 'rail roko' stir across Punjab over MSP issue
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 31 (ANI): Farmers across Punjab are holding a four-hour 'rail roko' protest from 11 am to 3 pm on Sunday in response to a call given for a nationwide protest by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha(SKM), an umbrella group comprising around 40 farm organisations, primar
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Centre asking Telangana to impose electricity bills on farmers, will die b
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 22 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday hit out at the Centre on the issue of farmers alleging that it asked the state government to impose electricity bills on farmers who are being given free electricity in the state.
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Farm distress rising in Pakistan due to tax policies to gain IMF loan
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 17 (ANI): Farm distress is on the rise in Pakistan with various groups staging protests in multiple cities as the Imran Khan government has withdrawn all tax exemptions and imposed fresh taxes to fulfill International Monetary Fund's demand to receive the loan,
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Farmers in Pakistan take to streets as perennial crisis widens
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Narowal, [Pakistan], February 10 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan took to the streets on Wednesday and blocked the road over the perennial crisis of unavailability of urea, reported local media.
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As Imran govt imposes taxes on agriculture sector, farmers in Pakistan to
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): Farmers in Pakistan have announced to take to streets next week as the Imran Khan government imposed taxes on the agriculture sector, rising prices of fertilisers and other farm inputs, reported local media.
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Pak's Punjab province lodges 'fake' cases against farmers as they protest
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bahawalnagar [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): Scores of farmers in Pakistan's Punjab province have alleged that the administration seemed busy suppressing the voice of the farmers by lodging fake cases against them whenever they tried to record their protest against the non-availability of urea
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Ahead of Republic Day, intelligence agencies alert Delhi Police to keep wa
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Ahead of Republic Day, intelligence agencies have alerted the security agencies including Delhi Police to keep watch on people who were proactive during the Citizenship Amendment Act-National Register of Citizens protests and farmers' agitation.
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Delhi police spent Rs 7.3 cr for security at farmers protests sites in the
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Delhi Police has spent Rs 7.38 crore to provide security at various sites of the farmers' protest at Delhi borders, replied Minister of State in Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday.
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SC adjourns hearing on plea against blocking of roads due to farmers prote
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on a plea against the blockade of roads between Delhi to Noida due to farmers protests against the three agriculture laws to January 2022.
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Farmers to continue protests till they get formal response to pending dema
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): The farmers' protests will continue till a formal response from the government of India on different issues of farmers is obtained, announced an official statement from Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday.
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'Kisan Mahapanchayat' begins in Haryana's Jhajjar on first anniversary of
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jhajjar (Haryana) [India], November 26 (ANI): Farmers 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' begins in the Bahadurgarh city of Jhajjar District in Haryana on the first anniversary of farmers protests against three farm laws.
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UP Police cancel leaves of staff till Oct 18
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police has cancelled all types of leaves of the staff till October 18 in view of farmers' protests and upcoming festivals.
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