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Congress party playing politics in the name of farmers: MoS Anurag Thakur
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 11 (ANI): Congress party was playing politics in the name of farmers at a time when the Central government was working to provide autonomy and independence to the farmers, said Anurag Thakur, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance and Corporate Af
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Telangana man who starved and prayed for Trump's recovery dies of cardiac
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Medak (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Bussa Krishna Raju, a farmer who "spent sleepless nights, starving and praying" for the United States President Donald Trump's recoverey from COVId-19, died of cardiac arrest in Medak on Sunday.
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Amid air pollution concerns, farmers in Amritsar continue stubble burning
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Meharbanpura village continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Telangana Cabinet decides to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in vill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 11 (ANI): Telangana Cabinet which met here on Saturday decided to set up 6,000 paddy purchasing centres in villages, in a bid to ensure that farmers do not face problems in the view of the ongoing Covid-pandemic.
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BJP won't understand hardships of Xetkari as they promote Saavkari, says G
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy in pleasing 'Crony Capitalists' while pushing their agenda of 'Savkaari' and hence BJP Government doesn't understand the hardships of 'Xetkaris', said GPCC president Girish Chodankar on Saturday.
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Manipur CM push to Biofloc fish farming, asks Fisheries Dept to conduct tr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], October 10 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has asked the Fisheries Department to conduct training programmes on fish farming using Biofloc technology and create awareness among the breeders about it, even as some in Imphal East and West districts have
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Congress government in Rajasthan did not fall because of Gehlot-Vasundhara
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], October 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) MP Hanuman Beniwal on Friday alleged that the Congress government in Rajasthan did not fall because Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is working in alliance with BJP leader Vasundhara Raje.
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Postman to get Goa farmers enrolled in PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 10 (ANI): In the country's first and unique drive, the Goa government has tied up with India Posts to get 11,000 farmers enrolled in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar said on Friday.
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Karnataka court orders registration of FIR against Kangana over tweet on f
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Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], October 9 (ANI): A Karnataka court on Friday ordered registration of an FIR against actor Kangana Ranaut for her now-deleted tweet on farmers' protests over recently passed farm laws.
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CM Amarinder Singh accuses SAD of trying to 'hijack' farmers' agitation in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], October 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) over the issue of new farm laws and accused the party of trying to "hijack" the farmers' agitation in the state.
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Hold direct talks with farmers: Sukhbir Singh Badal to PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 9 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the grievances of the farming community by holding direct talks with farmers' organisations as well as all other stakeholders.
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Farmers whose crops were damaged will get relief money: CM Chouhan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dewas (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that farmers whose crops have been damaged will be provided with relief funds and the money will be given through the crop insurance scheme.
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