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Live Updates: Nitish Kumar Wins Bihar Trust Vote After Opposition Walks Out
The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.
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Video: Bihar Farmers Dump Hundreds Of Potato Sacks On Road, Demand This
The situation has worsened so much that the farmers are not even getting labourers to extract potatoes from the potato fields.
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Watch: In Midnight Raid, Bihar Cops Thrash Farmers Sleeping At Home
The police crackdown was against a group of farmers who had been on protest for the last two months, demanding better rates for their land being acquired by a state-run power company.
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Nitish Kumar Welcomes PM Modi's Assurance On MSP In Rajya Sabha
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday observed that the new agriculture laws are in the "interests of the farmers", and expressed hope that misgivings over the legislations that have arisen in some states would be addressed squarely by the Centre.
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Bihar Opposition Leaders Form Human Chains To Support Farmers' Protest
Supporters of the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar formed human chains across the state today to express solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting in the national capital seeking the repeal of the contentious farm laws.
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Bihar Man Cycles 1,000 Km To Join Farmers' Protest Near Delhi Border
Satyadev Manjhi, a 60-year-old man from Bihar's Siwan reached Tikri at Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday, after completing a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometres in 11 days on a bicycle to participate in the ongoing farmers' protest against agricultural laws.
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Government Wants Farmers' Income Down To Bihar Average: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar.
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Bharat Bandh Hits Life In Bihar As Supporters Block Highways, Railway Tracks
Railway tracks, highways and roads across Bihar were teeming with supporters of the ''Bharat Bandh'', which affected normal life in the state today, with the opposition parties extending support to the protest led by the farmers' unions against the centre's farm laws.
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"Arrest Me If You Can": Tejashwi Yadav Dares Nitish Kumar Government
The BJP-backed Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has filed a case against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and 18 other leaders from various constituents of the Grand Alliance-led Opposition for protesting without permission amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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"Our Duty To Back Farmers Who Feed Nation": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre
Ahead of the third round of talks between the BJP-led central government and farmers' representatives, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi called on all Indians to support their demand for a complete rollback of three contentious agricultural laws.
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Centre Must Reassure Farmers, Abolishing Government Mandis Helped Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Central government should allay the protesting farmers' fears over minimum support price (MSP), citing his own state's experience of increased procurement since abolishing the Agriculture Produces Market Committee (APMC) mandis in 2006.
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No Covid Rules In Bihar Polls, But They Apply To Farmers: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, detained by the Haryana Police at Gurugram, questioned why the state's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala recently held a rally with farmers if the coronavirus pandemic was the cause for crackdown on protesting farmers.
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Bharat Bandh Live Updates: Farmers Hit The Streets In Large Numbers In Haryana, UP, Punjab And Bihar
Thousands of farmers are protesting today in Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh against farm bills that were recently passed in parliament amid massive protests by the opposition, and will soon become law.
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Ahead Of Farmers' Protest, Nitish Kumar Supports Farm Bills
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has extended vocal support to the contentious farm bills of ally BJP that has created huge turbulence among farmers and drawn opposition criticism. Breaking his self-imposed boycott of electronic media, Mr Kumar told reporters on Thursday that the countrywide farmers' protest called on Friday is "completely unneces...
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"May Not Be Able To Get A JNU Degree," Say Students On Fee Hike
Nandini Sharma is a 22-year-old studying Pashto at JNU. She comes from a small town near Patna, Bihar where her father, who works as a farmer, earns barely enough to support his three children.
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Live Updates: Nitish Kumar Wins Bihar Trust Vote After Opposition Walks Out
The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government secured 129 votes in the test of strength amid opposition walkout in Bihar assembly.
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Video: Bihar Farmers Dump Hundreds Of Potato Sacks On Road, Demand This
The situation has worsened so much that the farmers are not even getting labourers to extract potatoes from the potato fields.
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Watch: In Midnight Raid, Bihar Cops Thrash Farmers Sleeping At Home
The police crackdown was against a group of farmers who had been on protest for the last two months, demanding better rates for their land being acquired by a state-run power company.
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Nitish Kumar Welcomes PM Modi's Assurance On MSP In Rajya Sabha
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday observed that the new agriculture laws are in the "interests of the farmers", and expressed hope that misgivings over the legislations that have arisen in some states would be addressed squarely by the Centre.
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Bihar Opposition Leaders Form Human Chains To Support Farmers' Protest
Supporters of the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar formed human chains across the state today to express solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting in the national capital seeking the repeal of the contentious farm laws.
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Bihar Man Cycles 1,000 Km To Join Farmers' Protest Near Delhi Border
Satyadev Manjhi, a 60-year-old man from Bihar's Siwan reached Tikri at Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday, after completing a journey of nearly 1,000 kilometres in 11 days on a bicycle to participate in the ongoing farmers' protest against agricultural laws.
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Government Wants Farmers' Income Down To Bihar Average: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar.
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Bharat Bandh Hits Life In Bihar As Supporters Block Highways, Railway Tracks
Railway tracks, highways and roads across Bihar were teeming with supporters of the ''Bharat Bandh'', which affected normal life in the state today, with the opposition parties extending support to the protest led by the farmers' unions against the centre's farm laws.
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"Arrest Me If You Can": Tejashwi Yadav Dares Nitish Kumar Government
The BJP-backed Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has filed a case against Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and 18 other leaders from various constituents of the Grand Alliance-led Opposition for protesting without permission amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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"Our Duty To Back Farmers Who Feed Nation": Rahul Gandhi Attacks Centre
Ahead of the third round of talks between the BJP-led central government and farmers' representatives, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi called on all Indians to support their demand for a complete rollback of three contentious agricultural laws.
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Centre Must Reassure Farmers, Abolishing Government Mandis Helped Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Central government should allay the protesting farmers' fears over minimum support price (MSP), citing his own state's experience of increased procurement since abolishing the Agriculture Produces Market Committee (APMC) mandis in 2006.
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No Covid Rules In Bihar Polls, But They Apply To Farmers: Yogendra Yadav
Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, detained by the Haryana Police at Gurugram, questioned why the state's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala recently held a rally with farmers if the coronavirus pandemic was the cause for crackdown on protesting farmers.
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Bharat Bandh Live Updates: Farmers Hit The Streets In Large Numbers In Haryana, UP, Punjab And Bihar
Thousands of farmers are protesting today in Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh against farm bills that were recently passed in parliament amid massive protests by the opposition, and will soon become law.
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Ahead Of Farmers' Protest, Nitish Kumar Supports Farm Bills
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has extended vocal support to the contentious farm bills of ally BJP that has created huge turbulence among farmers and drawn opposition criticism. Breaking his self-imposed boycott of electronic media, Mr Kumar told reporters on Thursday that the countrywide farmers' protest called on Friday is "completely unneces...
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"May Not Be Able To Get A JNU Degree," Say Students On Fee Hike
Nandini Sharma is a 22-year-old studying Pashto at JNU. She comes from a small town near Patna, Bihar where her father, who works as a farmer, earns barely enough to support his three children.
