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Protesting Noida Farmers Warn Of Delhi March Again On Friday
The protesting farmers' groups in Noida and Greater Noida today said they will march to Delhi on February 23 to press for the resolution of their issues, including developed plots and increased compensation for their land acquired in the past.
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Traffic Jams At Delhi-Noida Border As Cops Prep For Big Farmers' Protests
Traffic in some parts of Delhi and surrounding areas has been hit ahead of the farmers march to the national capital to protest against land acquisition policies.
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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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Haryana Farmers Protest Land Acquisition, Talk Of "Mass Suicide": Report
A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.
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66-Year-Old Farmer Dies At Land Protest Over New Chhattisgarh Capital
A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.
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Farmer Union Leaders Ask Government To Hold Talks On Tuesday: 10 Points
The protesting farmers have accepted the centre's offer of talks to end the deadlock over the three contentious agriculture laws passed earlier this year. The joint front of around forty farmers' unions on Saturday wrote to the government and proposed that the talks be held on December 29. They also said that repealing the three laws should be on t...
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Karnataka Farmers Join Stir Against New Laws, Block Roads In Bengaluru
Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruled Karnataka joined the countrywide protest against the new farm laws this morning. Their other grouse was against changes to the land acquisition act -- which makes it easier for non-farmers to buy agricultural land -- and amendments to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act, which lists rules for ...
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Congress MLA's "Headstand Protest" After Official Refuses To Meet Him
A Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh performed a headstand in protest against a local collector not meeting him. Congress MLA Babusingh Jandel along with his supporters and some farmers had gone to the collector's office in Sheopur, some 390 km from state capital Bhopal, to demand raise in compensation for land acquired by the government to build the A...
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Resolve Unnao Farmers' Demands Without Using Force: Mayawati To UP Government
BSP president Mayawati on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to resolve the demand of the protesting farmers in Unnao district for adequate compensation for their land acquired for an upcoming township and desist from using force against them.
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Farmers, Cops Clash In UP's Unnao In Land Dispute Over Smart City Project
Violent clashes broke out between police and farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao on Saturday, after the latter gathered to protest against the state government acquiring land for a residential project in the district
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47 Farmers Arrested During Protest For Hike In Land Compensation In Jewar
Forty-seven farmers were arrested on Monday while protesting in Jewar demanding a hike in compensation for the land acquired for an airport, officials said.
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Farmers Go On Indefinite Strike In Noida Over Land Being Acquired
After over two weeks of sit-in demonstration, some farmers in Noida have launched an indefinite fast to press for their demands, including enhanced compensation in lieu of their land acquired by the Noida Authority over the years.
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Women Farmers Tie Up Hands In Symbolic Protest Near Delhi-Noida Flyway
In a symbolic protest near the Delhi-Noida Flyway, women farmers tied their hands up to express helplessness, during a farmers rally in Delhi. Over 1,500 farmers from Uttar Pradesh staged aprotest near the Delhi-Noida flyway on Saturday, demanding an increased compensation for land acquired before 2013. The crucial route connecting UP and Delhi was...
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Traffic Resumes At DND Flyway, Shut Earlier Due To Farmers' Protest
Traffic has resumed at the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway that connects Uttar Pradesh with the national capital after it was shut for several hours for a farmers' rally. Thousands of protesting farmers demanded an increased compensation of their land acquired by builders.
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Andhra Farmer, Family Turn To Begging To Arrange "Bribe" To Get Land Back
For almost a week now, a farmer, his wife and two little children have been going around a market in Andhra Pradesh's Mothkur village of Kurnool district, begging bowls in hand. They want money, not for food, but to bribe an officer and get their land back, says Manyam Venkateswarulu or Raju, a small farmer in the Rayalaseema region.
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Protesting Noida Farmers Warn Of Delhi March Again On Friday
The protesting farmers' groups in Noida and Greater Noida today said they will march to Delhi on February 23 to press for the resolution of their issues, including developed plots and increased compensation for their land acquired in the past.
-
Traffic Jams At Delhi-Noida Border As Cops Prep For Big Farmers' Protests
Traffic in some parts of Delhi and surrounding areas has been hit ahead of the farmers march to the national capital to protest against land acquisition policies.
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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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Haryana Farmers Protest Land Acquisition, Talk Of "Mass Suicide": Report
A group of farmers protesting the acquisition of 1,810 acres of land in Haryana's Manesar region on Wednesday sought from the government "permission" for mass suicide, news agency PTI reported.
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66-Year-Old Farmer Dies At Land Protest Over New Chhattisgarh Capital
A 66-year-old man died on Friday at a protest by farmers affected by the land acquisition for the new capital city of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The cause of the death of farmer Siyaram Patel, however, was not yet clear, they added.
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Farmer Union Leaders Ask Government To Hold Talks On Tuesday: 10 Points
The protesting farmers have accepted the centre's offer of talks to end the deadlock over the three contentious agriculture laws passed earlier this year. The joint front of around forty farmers' unions on Saturday wrote to the government and proposed that the talks be held on December 29. They also said that repealing the three laws should be on t...
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Karnataka Farmers Join Stir Against New Laws, Block Roads In Bengaluru
Thousands of farmers across BJP-ruled Karnataka joined the countrywide protest against the new farm laws this morning. Their other grouse was against changes to the land acquisition act -- which makes it easier for non-farmers to buy agricultural land -- and amendments to the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committees) Act, which lists rules for ...
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Congress MLA's "Headstand Protest" After Official Refuses To Meet Him
A Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh performed a headstand in protest against a local collector not meeting him. Congress MLA Babusingh Jandel along with his supporters and some farmers had gone to the collector's office in Sheopur, some 390 km from state capital Bhopal, to demand raise in compensation for land acquired by the government to build the A...
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Resolve Unnao Farmers' Demands Without Using Force: Mayawati To UP Government
BSP president Mayawati on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to resolve the demand of the protesting farmers in Unnao district for adequate compensation for their land acquired for an upcoming township and desist from using force against them.
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Farmers, Cops Clash In UP's Unnao In Land Dispute Over Smart City Project
Violent clashes broke out between police and farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao on Saturday, after the latter gathered to protest against the state government acquiring land for a residential project in the district
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47 Farmers Arrested During Protest For Hike In Land Compensation In Jewar
Forty-seven farmers were arrested on Monday while protesting in Jewar demanding a hike in compensation for the land acquired for an airport, officials said.
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Farmers Go On Indefinite Strike In Noida Over Land Being Acquired
After over two weeks of sit-in demonstration, some farmers in Noida have launched an indefinite fast to press for their demands, including enhanced compensation in lieu of their land acquired by the Noida Authority over the years.
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Women Farmers Tie Up Hands In Symbolic Protest Near Delhi-Noida Flyway
In a symbolic protest near the Delhi-Noida Flyway, women farmers tied their hands up to express helplessness, during a farmers rally in Delhi. Over 1,500 farmers from Uttar Pradesh staged aprotest near the Delhi-Noida flyway on Saturday, demanding an increased compensation for land acquired before 2013. The crucial route connecting UP and Delhi was...
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Traffic Resumes At DND Flyway, Shut Earlier Due To Farmers' Protest
Traffic has resumed at the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway that connects Uttar Pradesh with the national capital after it was shut for several hours for a farmers' rally. Thousands of protesting farmers demanded an increased compensation of their land acquired by builders.
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Andhra Farmer, Family Turn To Begging To Arrange "Bribe" To Get Land Back
For almost a week now, a farmer, his wife and two little children have been going around a market in Andhra Pradesh's Mothkur village of Kurnool district, begging bowls in hand. They want money, not for food, but to bribe an officer and get their land back, says Manyam Venkateswarulu or Raju, a small farmer in the Rayalaseema region.
