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Chouhan bigger Jumlebaaz than PM Modi: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 12, (ANI): The Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of being anti-farmers and called Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan a bigger "jumlebaaz" than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Despite ban, farmers in Karnal burn stubble
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Even after prohibition, farmers in Haryana's Karnal district burned stubble in the region.
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Punjab: With no alternative in hand, farmers forced to burn stubble
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Farmers from Punjab's Patiala on Thursday claimed that with no alternatives left, they are forced to burn stubble.
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'BPCL refinery to make India less reliant on other countries for crude oil
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bargarh (Odisha) [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that refinery plant under Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will make the country less reliant on other for crude oil and will also fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promis
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Centre working towards welfare of farmers: PM
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Oct 9 (ANI): Unveiling a 64-foot-tall statue of Sir Chhotu Ram on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the central government is making all efforts for the welfare of farmers, taking a cue from the peasant leader.
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Despite ban, Ludhiana farmers to burn stubble even this year
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): As the harvest season is around the corner, the threat of air pollution in the northern region is looming due to the burning of paddy stubble.
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Greater than scientists, you are demigods: Naidu to farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday hailed farmers and called them as 'demigods' for making 'Zero Based Nature Farming' (ZBNF) a success in the state.
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Govt agrees to farmers' demand of keeping tractors out of NGT list
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday announced that the government has agreed to farmers' demand to keep tractors out of the list of banned vehicles by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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'Kisan Kranti Padyatra': Delhi Police opens barricades for farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Following a day-long agitation, the Delhi Police late on Tuesday night opened the barricades at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border allowing the entrance of farmers, who were stopped during 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra'.
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Kisan Kranti Yatra: Ghaziabad schools, colleges to remain closed
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 02 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing farmers' agitation, all schools and colleges in Ghaziabad will remain closed on Wednesday as a preventive measure.
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Lathi-charge on farmers height of BJP's anarchy: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 02 (ANI): Condemning the police action against the agitating farmers on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border earlier today, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to be prepared to bear the consequences
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Farmers pelted stones, wielded lathis: Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 02 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday clarified that limited measures had to be used during the Kisan Kranti Yatra earlier in the day as a number of protesting farmers resorted to stone pelting and wielded lathis, causing injuries to police personnel on duty.
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