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Page 6 - Latest Updates on Farm Bills

Twitter suspends accounts, US says committed to support democratic values

The company informed that they took steps to reduce the visibility of the hashtags containing harmful content, which included prohibiting them from trending on Twitter

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2021 | 6:32 AM IST

Understanding the zero-sum game of the new agriculture infra cess

While the FM has ostensibly got her act right on imposing the levy without punishing the consumer, questions about the share of states, the rate structure and the use of funds remain

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Updated On : 10 Feb 2021 | 3:22 PM IST

Farmers' protest LIVE: 'Rail Roko' across India on Feb 18, says agri union

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: 'Agitating farmers were not aiming at any change in power at the Centre', said Rakesh Tikait

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Updated On : 10 Feb 2021 | 8:28 PM IST

How farm protests may change political equations and hurt BJP in key states

The longer the protests persist, the more challenges the BJP will face in Haryana and UP, besides perhaps also in other electorally crucial cow-belt states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 7:28 AM IST

Farmers' protest LIVE: Unions say ready for talks, ask govt to choose date

Farmers' protest LIVE: Farmer unions agitating against the three agri laws on Monday asked the govt to fix a date for the next round of talks

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 9:15 PM IST

LIVE: Host farmers at your house like you treated Obama, Owaisi tells PM

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: 'Will return home only after the government repeals the contentious legislations', said Rakesh Tikait

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2021 | 5:38 PM IST

LIVE: Traffic movement normal in Delhi, no violence reported, says Police

Farmers' Chakka Jam live updates: All the roads for entering Delhi will remain open except where farmers' protest sites are already located

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Updated On : 06 Feb 2021 | 5:57 PM IST

Govt defends farm laws in RS, Oppn demands fresh ones after consultations

The government strongly defended the farm laws in Rajya Sabha and said its offer to amend them should not be viewed as if they had any flaws, even as the Opposition demanded repealment of laws

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2021 | 9:42 PM IST

Agricultural reforms, farmers' agitation, and the power of narrative

A group of people holding an elected govt to ransom and a govt turning against its own citizens in the name of law and order are both instinctively troubling in a democracy, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2021 | 11:14 PM IST

Farmers' protest LIVE: Congress is doing 'khoon ki kheti', says Tomar

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the nationwide protest will be peaceful

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2021 | 9:03 PM IST

Centre should repeal farm laws, not brand farmers 'terrorists': Priyanka

andhi said soldiers on the country's borders are the sons of farmers

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 9:20 PM IST

Farmers' protest: Delhi Police removes nails from Ghazipur border

Delhi Police turned the three farmers' protests sites at Delhi borders -- Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur, into fortresses with multi-layer barricades and heavy security deployment

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 1:02 PM IST

Opposition MPs not allowed to reach Ghazipur farmer protest site: SAD

According to SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal who coordinated the visit, the leaders were not allowed to cross the barricades and reach the protest site

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 11:15 AM IST

Farmers' protest: Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed, traffic diverted

Security at the Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders remain tightened as the Delhi Police has cemented nails near barricades

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 9:48 AM IST

US backs India's new farm laws, says it will improve efficiency of markets

The new laws usher in long awaited reforms that have been part of the agricultural reform thinking for two decades

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 8:15 AM IST

LIVE: Three-hour-long 'chakka jaam' on Feb 6, says BKU leader Rakesh Tikait

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Farmer leaders alleged that the protest sites resemble 'international border' now with authorities building makeshift walls

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 9:02 PM IST

Centre should repeal farm laws, work for normalising situation: Mayawati

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at the national capital''s borders for over two months against the laws

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2021 | 11:30 AM IST

R-Day violence: Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai move SC against FIRs

Journalists Mrinal Pande, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath also approached the top court on Tuesday evening against the FIRs

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2021 | 11:30 AM IST

Farmers' protest: BKU to organise 'khap panchayat' in Mathura today

BKU has appealed to all the farmers to join the khap panchayat today. The Mathura administration has increased security in view of the panchayat

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2021 | 9:50 AM IST

Cong, opposition parties give suspension notice in RS over farmer protests

Farmers have been protesting on the different borders of the national capital since November 26 against the three newly enacted farm laws

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2021 | 9:50 AM IST