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Farmers won't have suffered if Sardar Patel was made first PM, says PM Mod
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a whirlwind tour of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday intensified his attack on the Congress party, saying that if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were the first prime minister of India, then the condition
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UP will switch to bio-fuel very soon: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra), [India] November 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that in the coming years "Bio-fuel" made from the sugarcane would be used widely in the state for running various industries, adding that that switching over to the green-fuel will al
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Rahul Gandhi slams Modi govt for not doing enough for farmers and poor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): Tearing into the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi government accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent over his government's failure to do anything substantial for farmers an
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Farmers call off protest after Maharashtra government's assurance
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Lok Sangarsh Morcha, which led the farmers' protests at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, called off the protest after getting written assurances on their demands from the Maharashtra Government on Thursday.
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Farmers march to Azad Maidan in Mumbai for land ownership
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 22 (ANI): Thousands of farmers under the aegis of Lok Sangharsh Morcha on Thursday marched towards Azad Maidan here to press for their demands, which include farm land ownership and implementation of Forest Rights Act.
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Happily-married couple to fight elections against each other from Bikaner
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
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Punjab farmers complete 77 pc of wheat sowing in record time
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The sowing of wheat in Punjab has been completed in an area of 26.20 lakh hectares, which is 77 per cent of the total area to be sown under wheat, said Jasbir Singh Bains, Director, Agriculture, in a statement.
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Smriti takes on Rahul with 'desi' banana jibe
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 20 (ANI): Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani took a swipe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for distributing foreign seeds of banana in his constituency. "I have come to know that Rahul Gandhi is getting foreign banana seeds distributed among farmers, b
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BJP's Vision Document for MP promises safety for women, jobs, transparency
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh [India], Nov 17 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised higher transparency, better governance, improved women safety and empowerment, better education facilities, infrastructure development, higher income and better facilities to farmers, modernised healt
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Kerala Govt launches Gau Samridhi scheme for dairy farmers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday launched the 'Cow Samridhi Plus Scheme' to provide insurance coverage to dairy farmers in the state.
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In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi assures jobs, free treatment
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told voters in poll-bound Chhattisgarh that, if voted to power, his party will provide jobs to the youth, free treatment in government hospitals and waive off farmers' loans.
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Not farmers, Ram temple is Centre's priority: Sharad Pawar
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): National Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government saying that it failed to formulate right policies for farmers.
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