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Farmers

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Farmer protest ‘activists’ confess to raping West Bengal girl in the train and at protest venue: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2021

Main accused in the Tikri border rape case Anil Malik confesses he had raped the Bengal girl in train and farmer protest site

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Modi govt transfers Rs 76,000 crore to farmers under DBT, Punjab and Haryana farmers get direct payment for the first time

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2021

For the first time since independence, farmers from Punjab received more than Rs 26,000 crore in their accounts directly

Politics

‘Farmers’ now decide to ‘defeat PM Modi’ in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections, had earlier talked about defeating PM in 2024

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2021

So-called farmers, protesting and creating a ruckus for months now are now set on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections

Politics

After BKU, now Navjot Singh Sidhu snubs CM Amarinder Singh, raises black flag to support superspreader farmers protest in Patiala: Details

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2021

Navjot Singh Sidhu instigated the farmers of Punjab to continue their quest until the Central Government is forced to repeal the 'black laws'

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No, farmer income will not ‘suffer’ with the new import policy of the govt for pulses: Here is why it is being implemented and...

OpIndia Staff - 23 May, 2021

Union govt clarifies that import of pulses needed to prevent inflation, and international availability can't impact farmer incomes

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Punjab Minister admits that rise in Covid-19 cases in Punjab due to farmers protests

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2021

The Minister revealed that the farmers returning from Singhu and Tikri borders are not getting themselves tested.

Government and Policy

Punjab: After Modi Govt implements direct benefit transfer, agencies procure record wheat quantity, 9 lac farmers receive Rs 23,000 cr

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2021

A farmer named Gurdip Singh from Chak Kalan village said, "I am very happy with this system with money coming directly. I sold my entire crop to government agencies as the MSP was also better this time."

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Activist who raised questions about Hemkunt Foundation’s funding and donations faces abuses, death threats

OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2021

Yuvraj Pokharna, one of the activists who raised questions against Hemkunt Foundation's fundraiser is getting abuses and threats on social media and phone.

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