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Water crisis in Madurai affects crop cycles
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The water crisis in Tamil Nadu's Madurai is leading to many problems as farmers are unable to manage their crop cycles due to unavailability of water in the ponds.
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Odisha farmers block NH over token system for paddy procurement
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Sambalpur (Odisha) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Escalating their agitation against the token system for paddy procurement, farmers of Odisha's Sambalpur district on Thursday blocked the National Highway with paddy loaded tractors.
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Farmers don't have options: AAP MP Bhagwant Mann on stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): At a time when Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is blaming stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana for air pollution in the national capital, party MP from Punjab, Bhagwant Mann on Thursday defended the farmers over the practice.
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Odisha assembly adjourns multiple times after Cong MLAs protest over farme
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Odisha Assembly was on Thursday adjourned multiple times after Congress MLAs staged protest in the Well of the House over issues related to law and order, mining mafia and farmers in the state.
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Centre first praises farmers for growth in paddy production, later blames
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwat Mann on Wednesday hit out at the Centre, stating that government praises the farmers for growth in paddy production and later punishes them for stubble burning.
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Stubble burning issue: 81 FIRs filed against defaulting Bareilly farmers
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): In a drive to contain stubble burning amid worsening levels of air pollution, Bareilly administration has registered 81 FIR's against the erring farmers indulging in the prohibited practice.
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'Very poor' air quality leaves Delhi gasping for breath, AQI likely to fal
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas such as Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad again plunged to 'very poor' category on Thursday and is expected to fall into 'severe' category by tomorrow, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting
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Pune: Leopard cubs rescued from sugarcane field in Nagargaon village
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 21 (ANI): Three leopard cubs were rescued and returned to their mother by the Wildlife SOS and Forest department team from a sugarcane field in Nagargaon village in Shirur range here.
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Governor Koshyari concerned about President's rule in Maharashtra: MNS MLA
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLA Raju Patil on Wednesday said that the governor of the state Bhagat Singh Koshyari is concerned about President's rule in the state.
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Sharad Pawar meets PM Modi, talks farmer crisis in Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday a meeting that comes in the midst of political churning in Maharashtra that was put under President's rule a week ago after no party mustered enough numbers to
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Delhi: Sharad Pawar to meet Modi to discuss Maharashtra farmers' issue
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in Parliament over the issue of Maharashtra farmers.
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Tiwari attacks Kejriwal govt on pollution, says should have spent Rs 50 cr
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Delhi BJP chief and party MP Manoj Tiwari said Delhi government should have spent Rs 50 crore to buy stubble from farmers in the National Capital Region (NCR) to help tackle deteriorating air quality but instead it has provided a budget of Rs 200 crore for
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