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Chhattisgarh polls: Congress manifesto focuses on caste census, farm loan
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
With Chhattisgarh set to hold its first phase of Assembly polls on November 7, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched the Congress manifesto for the elections on Sunday, promising a caste-based census, farm loan waivers, and subsided LPG cylinders to women, among other things, if voted back
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Stubble burning in Haryana, UP, causes spike in Delhi's air pollution than
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amid the spike in pollution, Delhi Environment Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai on Sunday said that the stubble burning in Punjab does not have as much impact on the national capital as that of the smoke coming from farm fires in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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Reached to stop farm fires, govt official made to burn stubble by farmers
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A group of farmers in Punjab's Bathinda district courted controversy after they allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to burn the stubble lying in a field on Friday.
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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi in Chhattisgarh, asks when caste census will
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted the BJP-led government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Congress demand for a caste census in the country and said more benefits will be given to farmers in Chhattisgarh if the party comes back to power in the state
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Punjab: Fines imposed on farmers in Punjab's Faridkot over stubble burning
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Kiranjeet Gill, an officer of the Agriculture Department of Faridkot, said, "When we went out in the field yesterday too, a fire was lit by a farmer on Muktsar Kotkapura Road in Wada Daraka village near Kotkapura and there was a lot of smoke coming out of it, there was a danger of an acciden
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'A milky toast': Denmark envoy calls for strengthening dairy partnership,
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Highlighting the green partnership between New Delhi and Copenhagen, Danish Ambassador to India Freddy Svane called on the two countries to explore new opportunities in the dairy industry.
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BSF recovers drone in Punjab's Amritsar
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a Pakistani drone from a farming field on the outskirts of Dhanoe Khurd village in Punjab's Amritsar during a search operation on Friday, BSF Punjab Frontier said in a statement.
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"I am Congress' black crow": Jyotiraditya Scindia ahead of Madhya Pradesh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"26 lakh fake certificates were distributed in the name of loan waivers to farmers. Even I distributed some of those certificates. There is an old saying- Jhoot Bole Kauva Kate, Kale Kauve Se Darriyo. I am the black crow for the Congress," Scindia said.
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321 farmers indulged in stubble burning in Punjab's Moga: Agriculture Depa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Agriculture Department officials in the Moga district of Punjab have said that 321 farmers in the district have indulged in stubble burning, and they have gone to the fields of 205 farmers and imposed a fine against them.
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BSF recovers contraband item from farming field in Punjab's Amritsar
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Border Security Force and Punjab police recovered a contraband item suspected to be heroin from a farming field adjacent to Rattan Khurd village in Amritsar on Friday, said officials.
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Exotic tick that can kill cattle is spreading in Ohio: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers believed that the small brown ticks, which are the size of a sesame seed in some stages and pea-sized when engorged, are persistent: surveillance indicated they returned to the farm the following summer despite pesticide application in 2021.
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BJP manifesto didn't talk about farmers, Old Pension Scheme: CM Baghel hit
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said that the BJP manifesto released by Home Minister Amit Shah a few hours ago did not talk about farmer's loan waiver and Old Pension Scheme (OPS), while accusing the party of "copying" the Congress guarantees.
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