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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister accuses PM Modi, BJP leaders of misleading far
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleagues are stating that farmers can now sell their agriculture produce anywhere, but when were they not allowed to sell their pro
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Day after breaking ties with NDA, Sukhbir Singh Badal calls for united fig
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (India) September 27 (ANI): Making his first public speech after breaking alliance with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday night, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday called upon all political parties to close ranks for a united
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Thanks for firmly standing with farmers: Sharad Pawar to Sukhbir Singh Bad
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday congratulated Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal and SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal for pulling out of NDA in a protest against the farm bills.
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Paddy procurement begins in Punjab, new mandis created to maintain COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 27 (ANI): The procurement of paddy has begun in Punjab with over two thousand new 'mandis' created to ensure COVID-19 protocols are maintained, said Food and Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday.
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West Bengal: BJP 'padyatras' to counter TMC propaganda on farm Bills
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Apart from Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will also reach out to farmers in West Bengal through 'padyatras' in order to dispel the misinformation spread by the Opposition parties over the agriculture sector reform Bills.
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Agriculture sector has freed itself from shackles, strong farmers will lay
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Farmers and the farm sector needs to be strong to lay a strong foundation of "Atmanirbhar Bharat", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
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Cong has betrayed trust of farmers, women, youth of MP: Jyotiraditya Scind
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): Hitting out at Congress for calling him a "traitor", BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said that the opposition party has betrayed the trust of farmers, women and youth of the state.
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Venugopal terms Congress' Speak Up For Farmers campaign as 'loud wake-up c
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): As Congress on Saturday ran a nationwide online campaign - "Speak Up For farmers" - against the farm legislations passed by the Parliament recently, party's General Secretary KC Venugopal termed it as a "loud wake-up call for the BJP government which
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Centre took steps to ensure right price to farmers for produce, says Rajna
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The central government has taken steps to ensure that farmers get the right price for their produce, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.
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SAD decides to pull out of NDA over agriculture bills
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 26 (ANI): Days after quitting the union cabinet, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has now decided to pull out of the BJP-led NDA alliance over "Centre's stubborn refusal to give statutory legislative guarantees to protect assured marketing of farmers crops on MSP".
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Amritsar farmers continue to burn stubble as alternative methods are expen
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 26 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village continued to burn their field stubble, causing plumes of smoke to emanate.
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New fruit and vegetable market starts operations in J-K's Rajouri
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 26 (ANI): In a bid to help marginal farmers, a fruit and vegetable market has been opened in Phalyana area of Rajouri district to facilitate direct marketing.
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