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New Delhi: Protesting farmers will resume their ‘Dilli Chalo’ march today, two days after the police used tear gas to stop them from proceeding towards Delhi at the Shambhu border between Haryana and Punjab. Here are the top 10 points in this big story: Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the farmer bodies, Samyukta…
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Farmers Protest in Delhi: Traffic into and out of the national capital was affected. New Delhi: The Congress on Friday called on the Bharatiya Janata Party to respond proactively to protesting farmers’ demands about a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price, or MSP, and warned the government, “Do not allow the farmers of this country…
The Supreme Court said farmers will be free to shift their peaceful agitations to alternative sites. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border. A bench of Justices Surya…
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The heavily fortified Shambhu border crossing between Punjab, Haryana (File). New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked tough questions of the Haryana government after a High Court order this week directing the re-opening of the Shambhu border crossing, which has been locked down since February to block farmers protesting the centre’s agricultural policies from marching…
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A candle march is scheduled for today, followed by seminars on farmer-related issues tomorrow. New Delhi: Farmer leaders on Friday announced that the future course of action regarding their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march will be decided on February 29. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), spearheading the protests, outlined a list of…
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