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Large Gatherings Banned In Delhi Till March 12 Before Farmers' Mega March
Large gatherings have been banned across Delhi for a month - till March 12 - ahead of a mega protest by farmers starting Tuesday, with over 200 farmer unions - around 20,000 farmers in all - are expected to converge on the city in the next few days.
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2,000 Security Personnel Deployed In Delhi As Farmers Join Wrestlers' Protest
Amid the farmers' march to Jantar Mantar in support of the protesting grapplers in the national capital, over 2,000 security personnel have been deployed on Sunday.
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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: PM Interacts With Farmers From 6 States In Big Outreach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released Rs 18,000 crores as the next instalment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to over 9 crore farmers.
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"20,000 En Route To Delhi To Support Farm Laws": Western UP's Kisan Sena
20,000 farmers from western UP will march to Delhi Thursday to highlight their support of the farm laws, setting up a potential face-off with thousands of others who have been camped around the city borders for nearly a month in protest of those laws
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20,000 Kisan Sena Members To March To Delhi In Support Of Farm Laws Tomorrow
Farmer union Kisan Sena said thousands of its members from western Uttar Pradesh will march to Delhi on Thursday in support of the Centre's new agriculture laws.
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To Protest "Betrayal", 50,000 Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Again
Over 50,000 farmers on Wednesday embarked on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the BJP governments at the state and centre. The Kisan Long March-2 -- expected to take over nine days to complete -- is being organised by the CPI(M)'s All ...
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RBI To Consider Rs 28,000 Crore Dividend To Government: Report
The government has, in all, budgeted Rs 74,140 crore in dividends from the RBI and the state-run lenders in the year ending March 31 and has penciled in Rs 82,910 crore for the next year.
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Farmers Marching To Parliament Stopped Some Distance Away
Denied permission by police to march to Parliament, around 35,000 farmers from across the country have converged near Parliament Street Police station in the national capital today, where their leaders addressed the protesters. The national secretary of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), Asish Mittal, said farmers from 2...
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Mega Farmers' March To Parliament In Traffic-Stopping Protest: 10 Points
With hopes of being heard in the country's capital and to send a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government just months before it seeks re-election, nearly 8,000 farmers from across India have begun their march to parliament. The farmers began a two-day protest in Delhi on Thursday with demands including loan waivers and better prices for...
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Maharashtra Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister's Written Assurance: 10 Points
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra ended their agitation on Thursday evening, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave a written assurance that most of their demands would be met within three months. The agitators -- comprising farmers as well as members of the tribal community -- had reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan that afternoon, two days afte...
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20,000 Farmers March From Thane To Mumbai Demanding Drought Compensation
Over 20,000 farmers have started a two-day march from Thane to Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan, eight months after a similar protest saw a sea of red - formed by farmers in red caps - on a long march through Maharashtra. The farmers are demanding compensation for drought, an unconditional farm loan waiver and the transfer of forest rights to tribals. I...
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Bengal Government To Disburse Rs. 7,000 Crore Loan At 2% Interest In 2019
To woo the farmers in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to disburse farm loans worth around Rs. 7,000 crore at a low interest rate of 2 per cent, state minister Arup Roy said today. The interest rate has been reduced from the existing 4 per cent. The loans would be disbursed through coopera...
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"We Won't Move Until...": Farmers March 250 km To Knock Government's Door
Yasin Khan, 45, is the father of six kids. He is the sole breadwinner in his family of eight and works as a sugarcane farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. The government sugarcane mill has not given his total payment of Rs 10,000 for the last four months.
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7 Policemen Injured During Farmer's Protest On Delhi-UP Border: Police
Seven policemen, including an assistant commissioner of police, were injured today during the protest by farmers on Delhi-UP border, Delhi Police said.
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After Midnight March In Delhi, Farmers Call Off Protest
After an overnight march in Delhi, farmers have called-off their protest after reaching Kisan Ghat, the memorial of Chaudhary Charan Singh, news agency IANS reported. They were allowed to enter the national capital late in the night after police unsealed the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
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Large Gatherings Banned In Delhi Till March 12 Before Farmers' Mega March
Large gatherings have been banned across Delhi for a month - till March 12 - ahead of a mega protest by farmers starting Tuesday, with over 200 farmer unions - around 20,000 farmers in all - are expected to converge on the city in the next few days.
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2,000 Security Personnel Deployed In Delhi As Farmers Join Wrestlers' Protest
Amid the farmers' march to Jantar Mantar in support of the protesting grapplers in the national capital, over 2,000 security personnel have been deployed on Sunday.
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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: PM Interacts With Farmers From 6 States In Big Outreach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released Rs 18,000 crores as the next instalment under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to over 9 crore farmers.
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"20,000 En Route To Delhi To Support Farm Laws": Western UP's Kisan Sena
20,000 farmers from western UP will march to Delhi Thursday to highlight their support of the farm laws, setting up a potential face-off with thousands of others who have been camped around the city borders for nearly a month in protest of those laws
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20,000 Kisan Sena Members To March To Delhi In Support Of Farm Laws Tomorrow
Farmer union Kisan Sena said thousands of its members from western Uttar Pradesh will march to Delhi on Thursday in support of the Centre's new agriculture laws.
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To Protest "Betrayal", 50,000 Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Again
Over 50,000 farmers on Wednesday embarked on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the BJP governments at the state and centre. The Kisan Long March-2 -- expected to take over nine days to complete -- is being organised by the CPI(M)'s All ...
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RBI To Consider Rs 28,000 Crore Dividend To Government: Report
The government has, in all, budgeted Rs 74,140 crore in dividends from the RBI and the state-run lenders in the year ending March 31 and has penciled in Rs 82,910 crore for the next year.
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Farmers Marching To Parliament Stopped Some Distance Away
Denied permission by police to march to Parliament, around 35,000 farmers from across the country have converged near Parliament Street Police station in the national capital today, where their leaders addressed the protesters. The national secretary of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), Asish Mittal, said farmers from 2...
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Mega Farmers' March To Parliament In Traffic-Stopping Protest: 10 Points
With hopes of being heard in the country's capital and to send a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government just months before it seeks re-election, nearly 8,000 farmers from across India have begun their march to parliament. The farmers began a two-day protest in Delhi on Thursday with demands including loan waivers and better prices for...
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Maharashtra Farmers End Protest After Chief Minister's Written Assurance: 10 Points
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra ended their agitation on Thursday evening, after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave a written assurance that most of their demands would be met within three months. The agitators -- comprising farmers as well as members of the tribal community -- had reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan that afternoon, two days afte...
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20,000 Farmers March From Thane To Mumbai Demanding Drought Compensation
Over 20,000 farmers have started a two-day march from Thane to Mumbai's iconic Azad Maidan, eight months after a similar protest saw a sea of red - formed by farmers in red caps - on a long march through Maharashtra. The farmers are demanding compensation for drought, an unconditional farm loan waiver and the transfer of forest rights to tribals. I...
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Bengal Government To Disburse Rs. 7,000 Crore Loan At 2% Interest In 2019
To woo the farmers in West Bengal ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Mamata Banerjee government has decided to disburse farm loans worth around Rs. 7,000 crore at a low interest rate of 2 per cent, state minister Arup Roy said today. The interest rate has been reduced from the existing 4 per cent. The loans would be disbursed through coopera...
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"We Won't Move Until...": Farmers March 250 km To Knock Government's Door
Yasin Khan, 45, is the father of six kids. He is the sole breadwinner in his family of eight and works as a sugarcane farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. The government sugarcane mill has not given his total payment of Rs 10,000 for the last four months.
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7 Policemen Injured During Farmer's Protest On Delhi-UP Border: Police
Seven policemen, including an assistant commissioner of police, were injured today during the protest by farmers on Delhi-UP border, Delhi Police said.
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After Midnight March In Delhi, Farmers Call Off Protest
After an overnight march in Delhi, farmers have called-off their protest after reaching Kisan Ghat, the memorial of Chaudhary Charan Singh, news agency IANS reported. They were allowed to enter the national capital late in the night after police unsealed the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
