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Farmers' 4-Hour 'Rail Roko' Today In Protest For Safety Net On Crop Prices
- Sunday March 10, 2024
- India News | NDTV News Desk
The protesting farmers will organise a rail blockade today to press their demands that include a legal guarantee for a safety net on the pricing of all crops.
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Arson, Road Blockades In Kolkata After Girl, 7, Found Dead In A Sack
- Monday March 27, 2023
- Kolkata News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
A police jeep was torched and road and rail movement affected as protesters in Kolkata took to streets over the death of a seven-year-old girl, who went missing last morning.
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Bihar Court Acquits BJP Leader, 22 Others In 9-Year-Old Rail Blockade Case
- Saturday March 25, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
A Bihar court on Saturday acquitted Union minister Giriraj Singh and 22 other people in connection with a nine-year-old case that was lodged after they staged a rail blockade.
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Kurmis Lift Rail Blockade after 5 Days
- Sunday September 25, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
A rail blockade by Kurmis, demanding Scheduled Tribe status, at two stations in Adra and Kharagpur divisions in West Bengal was withdrawn on Sunday morning after five days, officials said.
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Rail Roko Successful, Government Will Have To Repeal Farm Laws: Farmers
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Calling its four-hour nationwide rail blockade a "peaceful and successful event", the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of the farm unions protesting against three new agriculture laws, on Thursday said the Centre will have to repeal the legislations as "anger among farmers is intensifying" in the country.
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Entry, Exit At 4 Delhi Metros Shut Due To Farmers' "Rail Roko" Agitation
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Entry and exit at four metro stations, including at the Tikri border, one of the epicentres of the farmers' agitation, were shut by the DMRC authorities for nearly four hours on Thursday in view of the security situation due to a rail blockade called by the protesters.
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Rail Roko Will Be Peaceful, Will Not Join Politics: Rakesh Tikait
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | ANI
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said that 'rail roko', the blockade of trains as part of protests against farm laws, will be done in a peaceful manner and food and refreshments provided to people stranded due to the protest. He also stated that he will not join politics as he considers it "a big disease".
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Protesting Farmers Plan Countrywide Train Blockade On February 18
- Wednesday February 10, 2021
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws at the border of Delhi have decided to step up their protest with a four-point programme. The last of these is a plan to block railways across the country on February 18, said Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a conglomerate of farmers' organisations.
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Punjab Farmers Allow Trains To Run From Monday, Talks To Continue
- Saturday November 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Punjab farmers who had set up rail blockades across the state to protest the centre's controversial farm laws will allow trains (both passenger and goods) to resume service from Monday night, it was announced Saturday after a meeting with Amarinder Singh
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Amarinder Singh To Meet PM Modi, Amit Shah Over Rail Blockade By Farmers
- Thursday November 19, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged the centre to help end the rail blockade by farmers angry at the new agricultural laws and said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue.
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Farmer Protests In Punjab: Rs 1,670 Crore Loss To Railways, Says Report
- Tuesday November 17, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The railways has suffered a loss of Rs 1,670 crore in freight earnings alone due to the farmers' agitation in Punjab that have continued for over 50 days now, resulting in the cancellation of 1,986 passenger services and 3,090 goods trains to the region, sources said on Monday.
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Train Blockade By Farmers Over, Says Punjab. Railways Want 100% Assurance
- Friday November 6, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom
Farmer groups that have been blocking railway tracks at 21 locations in Punjab have withdrawn from the sites to allow freight trains to move, the state government said today. But the trains are not likely to run as the railways want to restart both goods and passenger trains and other services together and not selectively. Some farmers are still ga...
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No Rail Tracks Blocked, Say Punjab Farmer Outfits Protesting Against Farm Laws
- Wednesday November 4, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Farmer bodies in Punjab that are protesting against the central farm laws on Wednesday asserted there were presently no blockades of railway tracks and the platforms will be vacated, as they slammed the Centre over the power crisis in the state.
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Punjab Farmer Unions Lift Goods Train Blockade, State Welcomes Move
- Wednesday October 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Up to 30 protesting farmer unions of Punjab today lifted the three-week-old blockade on goods trains, backing the new bills passed by the state government to counter the new Central farm laws.
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Punjab Stares At Power Crisis With 2 Days' Coal Left Amid Farmer Protest
- Saturday October 10, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The ongoing rail blockade has severely impacted coal supply for the thermal power plants in Punjab, officials said on Saturday, as fear of severe power outages rises in the state.
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Farmers' 4-Hour 'Rail Roko' Today In Protest For Safety Net On Crop Prices
- Sunday March 10, 2024
- India News | NDTV News Desk
The protesting farmers will organise a rail blockade today to press their demands that include a legal guarantee for a safety net on the pricing of all crops.
- www.ndtv.com
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Arson, Road Blockades In Kolkata After Girl, 7, Found Dead In A Sack
- Monday March 27, 2023
- Kolkata News | Edited by Saikat Kumar Bose
A police jeep was torched and road and rail movement affected as protesters in Kolkata took to streets over the death of a seven-year-old girl, who went missing last morning.
- www.ndtv.com
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Bihar Court Acquits BJP Leader, 22 Others In 9-Year-Old Rail Blockade Case
- Saturday March 25, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
A Bihar court on Saturday acquitted Union minister Giriraj Singh and 22 other people in connection with a nine-year-old case that was lodged after they staged a rail blockade.
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Kurmis Lift Rail Blockade after 5 Days
- Sunday September 25, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
A rail blockade by Kurmis, demanding Scheduled Tribe status, at two stations in Adra and Kharagpur divisions in West Bengal was withdrawn on Sunday morning after five days, officials said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rail Roko Successful, Government Will Have To Repeal Farm Laws: Farmers
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Calling its four-hour nationwide rail blockade a "peaceful and successful event", the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of the farm unions protesting against three new agriculture laws, on Thursday said the Centre will have to repeal the legislations as "anger among farmers is intensifying" in the country.
- www.ndtv.com
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Entry, Exit At 4 Delhi Metros Shut Due To Farmers' "Rail Roko" Agitation
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | Press Trust of India
Entry and exit at four metro stations, including at the Tikri border, one of the epicentres of the farmers' agitation, were shut by the DMRC authorities for nearly four hours on Thursday in view of the security situation due to a rail blockade called by the protesters.
- www.ndtv.com
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Rail Roko Will Be Peaceful, Will Not Join Politics: Rakesh Tikait
- Thursday February 18, 2021
- India News | ANI
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said that 'rail roko', the blockade of trains as part of protests against farm laws, will be done in a peaceful manner and food and refreshments provided to people stranded due to the protest. He also stated that he will not join politics as he considers it "a big disease".
- www.ndtv.com
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Protesting Farmers Plan Countrywide Train Blockade On February 18
- Wednesday February 10, 2021
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws at the border of Delhi have decided to step up their protest with a four-point programme. The last of these is a plan to block railways across the country on February 18, said Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a conglomerate of farmers' organisations.
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab Farmers Allow Trains To Run From Monday, Talks To Continue
- Saturday November 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Punjab farmers who had set up rail blockades across the state to protest the centre's controversial farm laws will allow trains (both passenger and goods) to resume service from Monday night, it was announced Saturday after a meeting with Amarinder Singh
- www.ndtv.com
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Amarinder Singh To Meet PM Modi, Amit Shah Over Rail Blockade By Farmers
- Thursday November 19, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged the centre to help end the rail blockade by farmers angry at the new agricultural laws and said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the issue.
- www.ndtv.com
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Farmer Protests In Punjab: Rs 1,670 Crore Loss To Railways, Says Report
- Tuesday November 17, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The railways has suffered a loss of Rs 1,670 crore in freight earnings alone due to the farmers' agitation in Punjab that have continued for over 50 days now, resulting in the cancellation of 1,986 passenger services and 3,090 goods trains to the region, sources said on Monday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Train Blockade By Farmers Over, Says Punjab. Railways Want 100% Assurance
- Friday November 6, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammed Ghazali, Edited by Debanish Achom
Farmer groups that have been blocking railway tracks at 21 locations in Punjab have withdrawn from the sites to allow freight trains to move, the state government said today. But the trains are not likely to run as the railways want to restart both goods and passenger trains and other services together and not selectively. Some farmers are still ga...
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No Rail Tracks Blocked, Say Punjab Farmer Outfits Protesting Against Farm Laws
- Wednesday November 4, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
Farmer bodies in Punjab that are protesting against the central farm laws on Wednesday asserted there were presently no blockades of railway tracks and the platforms will be vacated, as they slammed the Centre over the power crisis in the state.
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab Farmer Unions Lift Goods Train Blockade, State Welcomes Move
- Wednesday October 21, 2020
- India News | Reported by Mohammad Ghazali, Edited by Harish Pullanoor
Up to 30 protesting farmer unions of Punjab today lifted the three-week-old blockade on goods trains, backing the new bills passed by the state government to counter the new Central farm laws.
- www.ndtv.com
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Punjab Stares At Power Crisis With 2 Days' Coal Left Amid Farmer Protest
- Saturday October 10, 2020
- India News | Press Trust of India
The ongoing rail blockade has severely impacted coal supply for the thermal power plants in Punjab, officials said on Saturday, as fear of severe power outages rises in the state.
- www.ndtv.com