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Opposition Demands Repeal Of Farm Laws After Protests

Congress, the country's main opposition party, pressed the government on Thursday to call a special Parliamentary session to withdraw new…

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BJP Says ‘No Question’ Of Repealing Farm Laws

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - said on Tuesday there was no question of…

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Govt Appeals To Farmers For Talks As Protests Go On

The government on Tuesday appealed to farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly month-long deadlock over their demand…

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Farmers Vow To Carry On Protests Despite Cold, Deaths

Tens of thousands of farmers, protesting over agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to carry on…

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Farmers Start Hunger Strike To Pressure Modi On Agri Reforms

Farmers’ leaders sought to step up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to repeal three agricultural reform laws on Monday…

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Farmers’ Protest: Sikh Diaspora Drums Up Global Support

Thousands of Indian farmers protesting against deregulation of agriculture markets are drawing strength from Sikhs around the world who are…

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PM Modi Offers Talks To End Protests Against Farm Laws

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defended India’s biggest farm 'reforms' in decades but offered to “very humbly” hold further…

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SC Declines Calls To Ban Farmers’ Protest

The Supreme Court on Friday declined calls to ban a weeks-long farmers’ protest and asked the government and unions to…

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Farmers’ Widows Join Protests Against Agri Reforms

Hundreds of Indian women, including many widows of farmers who were believed to have killed themselves over debt, joined a…

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Opposition Parties Are Misleading Farmers: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the opposition parties that are against the farm laws now and 'misleading the…

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Farmers Go On Hunger Strike Against Agri Reforms

Leaders of protesting farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping…

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Farmers Intensify Protests As Deadlock Over New Laws Continues

Tens of thousands of farmers on Sunday intensified their protests against three new agricultural laws aimed at overhauling food grain…

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Govt Committed To Farmers’ Welfare: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured farmers on Saturday that reforms in the agrarian sector were aimed at helping them, as…

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Govt Offers Concessions As Farmers Intensify Protests

The Central government is open to amending some provisions in new farm laws, the agriculture minister said on Thursday, after…

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Farmers To Step Up Protests, Reject Tweaks On New Farm Laws

Protesting farmers have rejected the government’s proposal to amend three controversial laws and said they would step up protests seeking…

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Govt Seeks Ways To Tweak New Agri Laws To Mollify Farmers

Government officials looked for ways to tweak new laws liberalising the agricultural sector on Wednesday, as they put off a…

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Nationwide Strike Held Against Modi’s Policies Of Liberalisation

Farmers’ protests against new laws liberalising agricultural markets spread across India on Tuesday, as farm organisations called for a nationwide…

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Deadlock With Farmers Continues, Talks To Resume Soon

Last week, the Union government failed to break a deadlock with farmers protesting over agricultural reforms and will hold a…

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People Have A Right To Demonstrate Peacefully: UN

People have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General…

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Mammoth Food Programme At Heart Of Farmers’ Protests

Thousands of Indian farmers angered by farm laws that they say threaten their livelihoods have intensified their protests by blocking…

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Govt. Mulls Changing New Farm Laws After Mass Protests

The Union government is considering rolling back some parts of its agricultural reforms after they triggered the biggest protests by…

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Govt To Meet Farmers Again On Saturday As Talks Continue

A fourth round of talks between the Union government and 40 farmers’ unions over divisive farm laws failed to make…

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Govt. Resumes Talks With Protesting Farmers Over Agri Reforms

Union ministers began talks with farmers’ leaders on Thursday to try and break a deadlock, over laws passed earlier this…

3 years ago
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Middleman Matters: Behind Protests Against Farm Reforms

Undeterred by the harsh winter of India’s capital, its toxic air and surging coronavirus cases, Sukhbinder Singh is among tens…

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Govt, Protesting Farmers Fail To Break Deadlock

Ministers and representatives of thousands of protesting farmers failed to break a deadlock over a set of new farm laws…

3 years ago

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