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Stubble-burning: A headache for government, helplessness for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Karnal (Haryana) [India], October 5 (ANI): Despite several warnings by the authorities, the farmers in Haryana's Karnal are still resorting to stubble-burning, which has led to pollution in the surrounding areas.
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If you can't address farmers' issue, go; we'll take over: Rahul tells PM M
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 4 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to provide jobs and secure farm incomes and that he should go and let his party take over in this case.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu gave Rs. 15 lakh to farmers whose crops were damaged in
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 4 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet Minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday gave Rs. 15 Lakh to farmers who lost their crops due to fire that broke out in the fields of few villages in Punjab's Amritsar city in April.
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Debt-ridden MP farmer commits suicide
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Morena (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 4 (ANI): A farmer of Madhya Pradesh's Morena has allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison.
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Rajasthan: Half-Buried farmers say govt. showing negligence behaviour
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 4 (ANI): The farmers at Ninder village near Jaipur, who have half-buried themselves as a mark of protest, on Wednesday said that the government is showing the negligent behaviour and no help is provided to them till now.
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Chhattisgarh Govt. is for farmers: Raman Singh
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 3 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, on the eve of handing over the statewide bonus 'Tihar' to farmers, on Monday said that the state government is for the farmers.
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Rajasthan: Farmers bury themselves in pits to protest against acquisition
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur Rajasthan [India], October 2 (ANI): In order to get their plight heard, farmers at Ninder village near Jaipur went on a unique strike against the acquisition of their lands by the Jaipur Development Authority for housing projects.
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MP: Low yield, heavy debts drive farmer to commit suicide
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A farmer allegedly committed suicide in Sehore's Dabla village on Sunday due to reduced crop yield and heavy debts.
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Karnataka: Farmer commits suicide due to heavy debt
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kalburagi (Karnataka) [India], September 30 (ANI): A farmer has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in his farm at Bikku Naik Tanda of Chincholli Taluk in Kalaburagi district.
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Punjab: Farmers demand loan waiver; block Amritsar- Delhi railway route
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 29 (ANI): Farmers in Punjab on Friday as mark of protest blocked Amritsar- Delhi railway route at Manawala near Amritsar demanding their loans to be waived off.
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Those who worsened farmers' condition mocking at our loan waiver: Adityana
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at the Oppostion for criticising the state's loan waiver to the farmers and said those who worsened the condition of farmers are mocking about it.
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Aerobic rice cultivation to save water
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mandya (Karnataka) [India], Sept 27 (ANI-NewsVoir): This kharif season, due to monsoon deficit in Karnataka, the government had recommended farmers to not go for Paddy cultivation.
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