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Udhampur: Mushroom cultivation attracts locals, witnesses surge in women p
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 4 (ANI): A growing number of women from the region are engaging in mushroom cultivation as a means to increase their income and come out of poverty.
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Punjab: Farmers block railway tracks, demand clearance of sugarcane dues
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Demanding the clearance of sugarcane dues from Rana Sugar Mill, farmers on Tuesday blocked the Amritsar-Delhi railway tracks.
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Shivamogga farmer paints his dog as tiger to save crop from menacing monke
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): A farmer at Naluru village under Thirthahalli Taluk in the district has found a unique solution to protect his coffee and areca crop from the menace of monkeys by painting the fur of his dog to make him look like a tiger.
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Jharkhand: Rahul promises farm loan waiver, return of tribal land
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Simdega (Jharkhand) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised loan waiver to farmers and return of tribal land given to industrialists while addressing an election rally here.
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UP: Farmers protest against shifting of flower market
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): A large number of farmers engaged in flower farming on Sunday staged a protest here against the shifting of their market from the city.
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Maharashtra: Govt considering assistance to farmers affected by unseasonal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Congress leader Husain Dalwai on Sunday said that Maharashtra government is considering providing assistance to the farmers affected by unseasonal rains.
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Maha CM seeks support from Centre to help out farmers in state
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday sought the help from the Centre to help out farmers in distress in the state.
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Nana Patole belongs to farmer family, will give justice to everyone: Uddha
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 1 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that newly-elected Speaker of the state Assembly Nana Patole will give justice to everyone as he belongs to a farmer family.
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No one can deny sharp slowdown in India's economy: Manmohan Singh
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Friday said that no one can deny the sharp slowdown in India's economy and its disastrous consequences, particularly for farmers, youths and the poor.
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PDP MP demands loan waiver for J-K farmers
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MP Nazir Ahmad Laway on Friday requested the central government to waive off the loan of Jammu and Kashmir farmers while asserting that unseasonal rain and snowfall in the region has led to crop loss.
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'Why this secrecy and fear': Fadnavis corners Maha Vikas Aghadi over full
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said that in the first Cabinet meeting the new state government, led by Uddhav Thackeray, chose to discuss about how to prove majority secretly, instead of discussing about assistance an
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J-K: Unseasonal rain causes 35-40 pc crop loss in Samba district
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Unseasonal rainfall and hailstorm in the past two days have damaged 35 to 40 per cent crops here.
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