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Amarinder Singh to launch new party soon, hopeful of tie-up with BJP, br
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will launch a new political party soon to fight the forthcoming assembly polls in the state and is hopeful of a tie-up with BJP if the ongoing protest by farmer unions against three farm laws is resolved
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Amit Shah chairs key meet on Maharashtra sugar mills, assures to remove bo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a key meet on various issues linked to sugar mills in Maharashtra and assured, "positive action by the Central government to remove bottlenecks" so as to ensure that sugar mills and
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Uttar Pradesh: Moradabad farmers suffer as crops get destroyed due to heav
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Amid rainfall for the last two days in Moradabad of Uttar Pradesh, the farmers say that their crops have been destroyed due to waterlogging in the field.
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SC to hear Lakhimpur Kheri violence case tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the case relating to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri where eight persons, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers' protest.
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Madhya Pradesh govt announces electricity subsidy of over Rs 20,700 cr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Amid concerns regarding a power crisis in the country, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced a subsidy of over Rs 20,700 crores on electricity, with an aim to provide cheap electricity to farmers and domest
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Railway services disrupted due to farmers' 'rail roko' protest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Railway services in 184 locations in all seven zones of the railways were disrupted due to a nationwide 'Rail Roko' protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Monday, as per the information received from the Ministry of Railways.
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Rail Roko agitation was successful, we will make further strategy, says BK
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Monday called the Rail Roko protest called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) as successful. The protesting farmers are demanding dismissal and arrest of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra.
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Priyanka Gandhi slams UP govt over lawyer's murder in Shahjahanpur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 18 (ANI): A few hours after a lawyer was shot dead on court premises in Shahjahanpur on Monday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said no one is safe in today's UP: not women, not farmers and now not advocates.
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Govt procures paddy worth Rs 11,099 crore in Kharif marketing season
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Over 56.62 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been procured in the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 up to 17 October 2021, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday.
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Centre increases subsidy on fertilisers to Rs 28000 cr to benefit farmers:
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizer Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday announced that the Centre has increased subsidy on fertilisers to benefit farmers so as to enable them to purchase fertilisers at the same rate despite the hike in their prices in t
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, NCP leader Sharad Pawar meet to discuss f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar, among other leaders, met at the Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai on Monday to discuss issues related to farmers and COVID relaxations.
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President of All India Kisan Sabha calls Rail Roko Andolan 'successful'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): As the 'Rail Roko' agitation is being staged by the farmers' unions to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, the President of All India Kisan Sabha Ashok Dhawale has called the agitation "successful".
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