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Siddaramaiah responsible for Mahadayi water issue: Shah
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], May 06 (ANI): Taking a potshot at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, on Sunday, suggested that had the former worked sincerely, farmers in Karnataka would have received water from the Mahadayi River without a
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Farmer dies standing in queue to sell his crop in Amethi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 05 (ANI: A farmer died here on Saturday while standing in a queue to sell his crop.
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Two farmers shot dead in UP's Sambhal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 05 (ANI): Two farmers were shot dead by unknown miscreants in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district on late Friday night.
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PM Modi govt looks at AI to boost crop yield
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 05 (ANI): To improve crop productivity and farmers' incomes, the Centre may take the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the same and introduce in some parts of the country initially.
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Will waive farmer loans within 10 days of coming to power: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kalgi (Karnataka) [India], May 04 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, claimed that within ten days of the Congress party coming to power in the 2019 General Elections, all farmer loans nationwide will be waived off.
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Yeddyurappa launches BJP's manifesto for K'taka Assembly Polls
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Karnataka [India], May 04 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Chief Minister candidate for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Elections, B. S. Yeddyurappa, on Friday, underscored his party's priority for the welfare of farmers.
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PM Modi failed to tackle farmers apathy in K'taka, says Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 03 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the condition of farmers in Karnataka and said that the Centre failed to tackle the apathy of the peasants.
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Sugar mills to get Centre's financial aid
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] May 2 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday gave its approval to provide financial assistance at the rate of Rs 5.50 per quintal of cane crushed in sugar season 2017-18 to help the sugar mills clear dues of farmers.
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PM Modi accuses Siddaramaiah Govt. for farmers' apathy
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday trained guns at the ruling Siddaramaiah Government in Karnataka and accused them of not letting the benefits of 'Fasal Bima Yojna' reach the farmers.
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Farmers' bodies to go on nationwide protest in June
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 30 (ANI): The Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh (RKM), which is an amalgamation of around 110 farmers' organisations have decided to go on nationwide "gaon band" protest from June 1 to June 10.
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Farmer suicides, a global problem: MP minister
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 29 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh minister Balkrishna Patidar on Sunday appeared to downplay farmer deaths in his state by saying that suicide was a "world problem".
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Sonia Gandhi accuses PM Modi of duping youth, farmers
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 29 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, saying that every section of the society was facing hardship under its regime.
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