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As mining lobby “hijacks” Ajmer public hearing, “tokenism” on Aravallis condemned
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan has raised serious questions on the tokenisms behind the recent public hearings on the Aravallis, and condemned the “hijacking” of the process by the “mining lobby”
Gov’t appears to soften stand as farmers remain persistent
Farmers demand that an early Parliament session be held to repeal the laws as Delhi borders remain clogged with growing number of relentless protesters
Go ahead, call me a Khalistani!
A Sikh journalist based in Canada writes about the unfairness of dubbing protesting Sikh farmers as Khalistani
More Delhi border roads shut down as farmers from UP-Haryana join protest
Farmers are protesting at the Delhi-Noida border, wanting to join those from farmers of Punjab and Haryana protesting against the Centre's agriculture reform laws.
Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan
Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT
Farmers Protest: Bad journalism is doing more damage than water cannons!
Manipulated mainstream media launched a bigger attack at farmers cause, than water cannons, teargas and lathis did; independent journalists, social media are solutions
Punjab CM did not stop farm bills when he could: Arvind Kejriwal
Launching attack on Amrinder Singh, Kejriwal says he’s pro farmer; asks Central govt to accept farmers’ demands, and provide a legal guarantee of MSP
We will gherao Delhi if laws are not withdrawn: Farmers’ leaders
Rejecting the central government’s suggestion of a farmers’ committee to oversee the three agriculture laws, farmers’ leaders warned that protesters would not hesitate to surround the national capital.
Govt must repeal the new farm laws: Civil society
Scores of civil society groups have demanded that government promulgate an ordinance to stop the implementation of these laws and withdraw cases imposed on farmers
Govt buys itself time to negotiate, tells farmer unions to submit point-by-point objections
Farmers have been raising specific concerns for months, why has Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar called for ‘clause-by-clause’ objections, again?
Meeting adjourned, farmers to meet Agriculture and Railway ministers on December 3
Government proposed formation of a committee to discuss contentious provisions of the farm laws with protesting farmers
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