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UP: Situation returns to normal in Unnao after farmer-police clash
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): The situation in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao has returned to normal on Sunday after hundreds of farmers and the Unnao police clashed at the site for the ambitious Trans-Ganga City on Saturday, with the former claiming that they had not been adequately c
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Karnataka: Maize crops damaged due to incessant rain in Shivamogga
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Unseasonal rains have wreaked havoc in Karnataka by not only disturbing the daily life of the people but also destroying the maize farms, which is one of the major commercial crops of the state.
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Telangana: KCR appoints Palle Rajeshwar Reddy as President of Farmers Coor
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has appointed MLC and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) state general secretary, Palle Rajeshwar Reddy as the President of state-level Farmers Coordination Committee.
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All ministers in BJP-JJP govt in Haryana are 'crorepatis': ADR
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 17 (ANI): All 12 ministers in the BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana are crorepatis with Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Jai Prakash Dalal having highest assets of over Rs 76 crore and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chuatala having assets of over Rs 74
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Maharashtra: Governor announces financial relief to affected farmers
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday took stock of the damage to crops caused by the unseasonal rains during October-November and announced financial relief to the affected farmers.
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Trans Ganga city protest: Agitated farmers pelt stones at JCB machine over
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Scores of farmers in Unnao pelted stones at the JCB machine which was deployed to carry out work for the high-tech trans-Ganga city, claiming that they have not received compensation for their land acquired by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial De
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Stubble burning is not the only reason for air pollution: BS Hooda
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said that stubble burning is not the only reason behind air pollution and urged the central and state governments to provide an alternative to farmers.
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J-K: Apple harvest suffers due to snowfall in Shopian, Pulwama
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Heavy snowfall in Pulwama and Shopian region of the union territory has caused massive damage to apple orchards in the Kashmir valley.
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Punjab: Rs 19.09 cr compensation to 29,343 farmers for not burning paddy r
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has so far disbursed over Rs 19.09 crore to 29,343 non-basmati paddy cultivating small and marginal farmers from across the state, who have not burnt the paddy residue.
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Earthworms, key to double farmers income and much more, claims Union Minis
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Narendra Modi government has sought to take help of earthworms for its ambitious project to double the farmers' income in the country in the next few years.
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Maha: Pawar takes stock of crops destroyed due to unseasonal rains, assure
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday took stock of crop loses in the region due to unseasonal rains and said that he will speak to Central government and concerned minister for appropriate assistance to farmers.
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AP government to launch farmer welfare schemes on World Fisheries day
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh government will be launching a number of measures for the welfare of fisherman as part of its World Fisheries Day celebration events on November 21.
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