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Delhi Metro Services To Be Regulated On Thursday In Wake Of Farmers' Movement
The services of Delhi Metro will be affected on Thursday due to the farmers' movement. Farmer organisations from different parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab have called for 'Dilli chalo' march on November 26 against the new farm laws. Hence, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued an advisory as a precautionary measure. ....
Committed To Welfare Of Hardworking Farmers: PM Modi
Even as thousands of farmers rallied on Delhi's interstate borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asserted that he was committed to the welfare of hardworking farmers, and the Centres' new farm laws were a step in this direction. ....
Rahul Gandhi Asks Party Workers To Provide Food, Shelter, Help To Farmers
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made an appeal to party workers to support the protesting farmers with food and shelter and provide them help with their daily chores. ....
Farmers' Protest: Why Making MSP Mandatory Is Problematic
The Narendra Modi government claims to give minimum support price (MSP) for crops to farmers at one and a half times the costs of production. On the other hand farmers are seeking a guarantee for procurement of crops on the MSP fixed by the government. But the toughest part about giving a guarantee on MSP is that a chunk of the government's budget will go into it. Experts point out that the government will need about Rs 17 lakh crore to procure all crops at the existing MSP. ....
Steadfast In Demands, Farmers Threaten To Scale Up Protests If 'black Laws' Not Repealed
As the protests against the new agricultural policies entered its eighth day on Thursday, the farmer leaders once again reiterated their demands as they set out for another round of talks with the central government. ....
Mamata Banerjee Reminds People Of Her 26-day Hunger Strike Before Discussing Anti-farm Bill Protests
A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concerns over the ongoing anti-farm bill protest, she reminded people of her 26-day long hunger strike in Kolkata opposing the forcible acquisition of farmland in Hooghly district's Singur for the Tata Motors then proposed Nano car factory. ....
50% Voter Turnout In 4th Phase Of DDC Polls
State Election Commissioner (SEC) K.K. Sharma, while addressing a press conference on Monday, informed that the fourth phase of District Development Council elections has been conducted successfully in Jammu and Kashmir, registering 50.08 per cent voter turnout. ....
AAP Alleges Arvind Kejriwal In 'house Arrest', Police Denies
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi on Tuesday alleged that the Delhi Police has put Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under house arrest, a day after he visited the agitating farmers at the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border, a charge denied by the force.....
India Witnesses Initial Mixed Response To 'Bharat Bandh' Call
Early inputs from across the country showed mixed response to the 'Bharat Bandh' call given by the farmer unions on Tuesday as no major disturbance has been reported from anywhere. ....
Huge Response To Bharat Bandh In Karnataka Towns And Villages
The day-long Bharat bandh evoked huge response in towns and villages across Karnataka on Tuesday, as thousand of farmers staged massive rallies and demonstrations against the 3 farm laws the Centre enacted recently and called for their withdrawal immediately.....
