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If voted to power, will pass Bill in first Bihar Vidhan Sabha session to s
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 17 (ANI): If elected to power after the Bihar Assembly polls under the leadership of Tejashwi Yadav, the government will pass a Bill in the first Vidhan Sabha session to scrap the three "anti-farm laws", said Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala o
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Kamal Nath stabbed farmers in back by putting complicated conditions for f
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Morena (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Kamal Nath stabbed farmers in the back by putting in complicated conditions to qualify for the farm loan waivers, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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Over 50 per cent Indians concerned the next pandemic could come from farm
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of World Food Day, International animal welfare organisation, World Animal Protection has released a report, which finds that superbugs are emerging on farms from antibiotic overuse, and those antibiotic resistant bacteria are
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MSP, govt procurement important for country's food security, here to stay:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Once again terming the three recent agricultural reforms "a very important step in improving the agriculture sector of the country and increasing the income of farmers", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Minimum Support Price (MSP) and gove
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Capt. Amarinder Singh urges farmers to ease Rail Roko, blames Centre for p
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): While appealing to farmers to ease the Rail Roko agitation, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday blamed the central government for failing to resolve the Brar Power Crisis resulting from the agitation.
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TDP leader visits submerged farm fields, demands immediate compensation fo
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Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 15 (ANI): Former minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao on Thursday visited villages in Kanchikacharla Mandal and inspected the farm fields of which crops were damaged due to heavy rain in past few days.
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Ludhiana DC Varinder Kumar Sharma urges farmers to sell paddy straw instea
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Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Thursday urged farmers to sell paddy straw to companies that generate electricity from it, instead of burning it.
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SAD moves private member bill demanding Punjab be declared as one mandi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 15 (ANI): A private member bill demanding that the entire state of Punjab be declared as one 'mandi' was moved by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday, claiming that it would protect the interests of farmers in Punjab.
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Punjab: Several farmers' unions hold meeting to discuss agri laws
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 15 (ANI): Leaders of several farmers' unions of Punjab on Thursday conducted a meeting to discuss farm laws here at the Kisan Bhawan.
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Haryana farmer dies during tractor rally organised by BJP to support farm
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], October 15 (ANI): A 72-year-old farmer died on Wednesday in Ambala during the BJP's tractor rally in support of the farm laws. The rally was led by Union Minister of State Ratanlal Kataria and BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naib Saini.
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Delhi's air quality dips as Punjab farmers continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 14 (ANI): Despite increasing concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital, farmers in Amritsar's Wadala Johal village on Wednesday continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Special Punjab Assembly session on October 19 to bring in bill to negate f
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Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 14 (ANI): The Punjab Government has decided to convene a special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on October 19 to bring in a legislation to counter the "dangerous anti-farmer" farm laws of the Central government.
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