News Topic:Farmers
India
PM Narendra Modi announces repeal of contentious farm laws
Following protests by the country's farmers, PM Modi stated that the union government has chosen to repeal the three agricultural laws.
Jammu
Bharat Bandh: Rallies, protest mark day in Jammu
Farmers on Monday blocked Jammu-Pathankot highways and other roads at many places to express support for Bharat Bandh call.
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Kashmir
Kokarnag farmers protest against CRPF after paddy fields get inundated
After getting their paddy fields inundated due to rise in water level, several farmers staged a protest against CRPF at Vailoo Kokarnag.
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News & Interviews
Farmers in Kashmir ecstatic as vegetables earn good prices
Farmers in Kashmir, including from Pulwama district, have profited from high vegetable prices during this year's cultivation.
Kashmir
On SKM’s call, J&K Kissan Tehreek protests in J&K
On the call for country-wide protest day on May 26, Jammu and Kashmir Kissan Tehreek staged protest demonstrations across the region.
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Jammu
Jammu-based farmer leader arrested by Delhi Police for Republic Day violence
A famous farmer leader from Jammu was detained by the Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in the violence during Republic Day.
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India
Nearly 1,30,000 farmers protest against new farm laws in Barnala Punjab
A mammoth gathering of Indian farmers and farm workers was organized in the Barnala city of Punjab on Sunday.
Views
Violence staged in New Delhi to defame farmers: Mehbooba
Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the violence in New Delhi on Republic Day eve was aimed to defame the farmers.
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Latest news
NHRC intervenes in alleged harassment of Kashmiri shawl sellers and students in several states
The NHRC has taken cognisance of alleged incidents of harassment, intimidation and attacks against Kashmiri shawl sellers and students in different parts of the country.
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Govt in J&K will collapse on its own, BJP won’t topple it: LoP Sunil Sharma
Senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Friday said the present government in the Union Territory would "collapse on its own."
Time to review AFSPA as security situation improved in J&K: Minister Sakina Itoo
Sakeena Itoo on Friday said the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) should be reconsidered in view of an improved security environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
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