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UP: Fed up with stray cattle, villagers lock over 1000 cows in school
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Concerned over the damage being caused to the crops, locals of Maheshwari village here have locked stray cattle in the region in a primary government school.
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UP: Fed up with stray cattle, villagers lock over 1000 cows in school
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Balrampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Concerned over the damage being caused to the crops, locals of Maheshwari village here have locked stray cattle in the region in a primary government-run school.
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Odisha: Wild elephants create mayhem in Mayurbhanj village
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Residents of Karanjia village in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha have claimed that a herd of wild elephants wreaked havoc in the area by destroying crops and even damaging houses.
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Gandhi clan missing from Haryana Congress posters on social media
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana), Aug 3 (ANI): The Gandhi clan, perceived as indispensable to the Congress party, is purportedly missing from Haryana Congress posters, which have cropped up on social media, ahead of the mega rally by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on August 18 to kick-start
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Telangana: 243 farmers committed suicide, Rs 14.58 crore released as ex-gr
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Telangana government on Thursday released Rs 14.58 crore towards payment of ex gratia to families of 243 farmers who committed suicide due to failure of crops this year.
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Punjab: Captain Amarinder orders formulation of crop diversification strat
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 30 (ANI): Pushing forward his agenda for crop diversification to end the vicious wheat-paddy cycle and save the depleting groundwater in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday asked the State Planning Board (SPB) to chalk out a c
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There has been reduction in incidents of paddy residue burning by farmers,
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The government on Friday said that smoke from the burning of paddy crops by farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh contributes to environmental pollution during the winter season, however, there has been a reduction in the incidents of paddy residue bu
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AI can be used in multiple domains of agriculture: Tomar in LS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used in multiple domains of agriculture such as weather, crop and price forecasting and yield estimation, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday.
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Low rainfall, water scarcity damaging paddy crop in East Vidarbha
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 25 (ANI): Less rainfall in East Vidarbha region has made it difficult for paddy farmers as they do not have much water to irrigate their crops.
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For Ghaggar embankments, Capt Amarinder to meet Central ministers, officia
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Sangrur/Patiala (Punjab) [India], July 23 (ANI): Blaming the Akalis for the control of Ghaggar river going to the Central Water Commission (CWC), Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that he would meet Central government ministers and officials to press for reinforce
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Shiv Sena holds protest against non-payment of farmers' insurance
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray staged a protest here along with other party leaders on Wednesday against crop insurance companies and urged them to accelerate the clearing of premium claims of the farmers across the state.
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LS members raise farmers' problems, ways to increase farm income
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Members in Lok Sabha on Tuesday raised problems related to agriculture including delay in procurement of produce, rise in the cost of inputs, late payment of crop insurance and adversities of weather and sought steps to increase the income of farmers.
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