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Farmers' stir: Team of 15 Opposition MPs stopped from meeting protesters at Ghazipur border
Fp Staff • 4 years agoShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal who coordinated the visit said she was shocked to see the treatment being meted out to the farmers
Shiromani Akali Dal leaders take out 'kisan marches' against farm laws in Amritsar, Bathinda, Anandpur Sahib
• 4 years agoThe processions will reach Chandigarh where the party leadership will hand over a memorandum against the farm laws to Punjab Governor VP Singh Badnore
Protests against farm laws intensify in Punjab, Karnataka; tractor set on fire in Delhi, Amarinder Singh stages sit-in agitation
Fp Staff • 4 years agoFarmers’ organisations continued protests even as President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to all the three contentious farm bills passed by the Parliament on 20 September
SAD snapped ties with NDA 'out of compulsion', says dissident Akali leader Sukhdev Dhindsa
• 4 years agoSAD had on Saturday quit the National Democratic Alliance over the farm bills issue, the third major party to walk out of the BJP-led coalition in the last couple of years
Parliament Updates: Health ministry received 893.93 crore from PM-CARES, Harsh Vardhan tells LS
Fp Staff • 4 years agoParliament LIVE Updates: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says that under the leadership of the prime minister, citizens, religious organisations, health workers and others have been fighting against the pandemic for the past nine months and lists the measures taken by the Centre.
Lok Sabha passes farm bills amid opposition from farmers, political parties; what you should know about legislations
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Bills, which were first introduced ordinances on 5 June, seek to pave the way for private players to purchase agriculture produce outside APMCs and amend the various laws capping their stockpiling, procurement and storage
Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha approves Centre's demand for supplementary grants; both houses adjourned till tomorrow
Fp Staff • 4 years agoParliament LIVE Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that additional resources as part of the first demand for excess grants is being used for "people-centric activity and some of the most critical government schemes like the PM Gareeb Kalyan Yojana."
Farm bills aim to unshackle agriculture sector; only opposition from those with vested interest in mandi system
Tarkeshjha • 4 years agoBy engaging directly with prospective buyers, agriculturists will be able to evade paying massive commissions at APMCs to sell their produce
President accepts Harsimrat Kaur Badal's resignation from Cabinet in opposition to govt's 'anti-farmer policies'
• 4 years agoRam Nath Kovind directed that Narendra Singh Tomar be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, in addition to his existing portfolios
SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigns from Modi Cabinet as LS clears two farm bills; Congress terms it 'gimmick'
Fp Staff • 4 years agoHad the SAD taken a stand earlier and supported his government against the farm ordinances, the Centre might have thought ten times before pushing the anti-farmer Bills in Parliament, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said on Thursday