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AAP urges Tendulkar to tweet in favour of protesting farmers
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid the ongoing debate over Sachin Tendulkar's tweets over farmers issues, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has urged the cricket legend to tweet in favour of the agitating farmers.
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'Montek panel wanted to reform Punjab farming, but Amarinder Singh got col
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): In the ongoing debate and protests over the Central farm laws -- a report from a panel headed by former Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, suggested the reform of Punjab's agri sector like the present Narendra Modi government b
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Don't link farmers' agitation with one religion or community: Sukhbir Sing
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Fazilka (Punjab) [India], February 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to link the farmers' agitation with any one religion or community and said farmers from Uttar Pradesh to Kerala were united on one platform
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PM Modi quotes Manmohan Singh referring to those taking 'U-turn' over farm
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): Defending Centre's policies for farmers and referring to those taking a "U-Turn" from laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday quoted his predecessor Manmohan Singh who had once called for making one single market for agriculture produce.
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Govt allocates Rs 16000 crore for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 202
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Union government has allocated Rs 16,000 crores for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for the fiscal year 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers' crops and to ensure that maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches farmers.
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Himachal CM inaugurates nutrition garden at Palampur Agriculture Universit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 7 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday inaugurated a Golden Jubilee Nutrition Garden at Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Palampur built under a Rs 19 crore environment sustainability plan.
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New agriculture cess will fund farm infrastructure, says FM Sitharaman
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 7 (ANI): Elaborating on the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC), a new cess announced in the union budget 2020-21, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that with AIDC, the central government will have some money
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Tikri, Singhu, Ghazipur borders remain closed amid farmers' stir; traffic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur borders remain closed for traffic on Sunday as farmers continue to protest against the central agricultural laws.
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Farmers' protest: Heavy security deployment continues at Tikri border
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): Heavy security deployment continued at the Tikri border (Delhi-Haryana border) on Sunday morning as farmers' protest against three agriculture laws enters the 74th day.
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Rahul Gandhi to visit Rajasthan on Feb 12-13
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 7 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Rajasthan on February 12 and February 13 to express solidarity with farmers' who are protesting against the new agricultural laws of the Centre.
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J-K: National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture helps Ritti villagers in
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 7 (ANI): The locals of Ritti village in Udhampur district, which recently become the first Panchayat to be adopted under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) in Jammu and Kashmir, are buying cattle under the scheme to increase
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Being in opposition, Congress feels it should oppose everything: Pralhad J
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 6 (ANI): Asserting that the central government implemented the same agriculture reforms which were mentioned in Congress party's manifesto for 2019 general election, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said that being in t
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