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NGT seeks report from UP, Haryana, Punjab govts over steps to stop stubble
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday sought a report from the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab over the action taken to stop stubble burning in their respective states.
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Haryana: Stubble burning continues in Fatehabad despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Fatehabad (Haryana) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Haryana government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in Fatehabad town of the state. Farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack alternatives.
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Yogi Adityanath tells farmers to stop stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday here appealed to farmers to avoid burning the stubble that is left in the fields after harvesting of crops.
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Stubble burning continues in Amritsar despite ban
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Though stubble burning is banned in Punjab, several farmers in Amritsar continue to burn crop residue claiming lack of alternatives.
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Here's how we can look at world's deadliest crop killers
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 12 (ANI): With the help of recent advances, we can now take a magnified look at the world's deadliest crop killers for the first time.
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MP: Poster of Scindia along with PM Modi, Shah surfaces in Bhind
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 11 : A poster of Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah cropped up here on Friday.
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Vegetable prices soar in Hyderabad as rains damage crops
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Vegetable prices in Hyderabad, Telangana are increasing drastically as heavy rains have damaged crops and caused a supply shortage, local vendors say.
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Centre sanctions over Rs 26 cr of CCL for Punjab's paddy procurement
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Punjab government on Wednesday received over Rs 26 crore against a cash credit limit (CCL) for procurement of paddy in the Kharif marketing season 2019.
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Kamal Nath calls on PM Modi, seeks centres help for flood, rain relief
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Oct 4 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday and sought centres help in the backdrop of "estimated loss amounting to worth Rs 16000 crores" due to incessant rain lashing the state.
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Punjab: SGPC urges farmers not to burn crop residue in reverence to 550th
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday urged the farmers of Punjab to abstain from burning crop residue in open fields in reverence to 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev.
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Delhi govt taking all steps to prepare for onset of 'parali', winter seaso
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met OP Aggarwal, CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), to discuss ways to implement staggering office hours to combat heavy traffic congestion and air pollution in the national capital during the crop burning
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Rajasthan: Unseasonal rains damage crops
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Unseasonal rainfall and storms occurring during the last few days have destroyed different crops in the region.
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