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MP CM ended fast after realising it made zero impact: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): With Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan ending his indefinite fast for bringing back peace in the state amid raging farmers' protests, the Congress party on Monday dubbed the former's act as sheer 'drama' and said in spit
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Shiv Sena lauds Fadnavis on loan waiver to farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): In the wake of the state government's decision to waive off farmer loans, the Shiv Sena on Monday while backing the same, noted that it is a big victory for farmers who will finally be able to reap the benefit of their relentless agitation.
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Rajasthan: Congress to hold state-wide demonstration in support of farmer&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The Congress Party will hold a state-wide demonstration in support of farmers' demand.
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Maharashtra Govt. announces complete loan waiver to farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): The Maharashtra Government on Sunday announced complete loan waiver to farmers.
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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar detained, stopped from entering Mandsaur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, social activists Medha Patkar, Swami Agnivesh and JNUSU president Mohit Kumar Pandey were detained by the police on Sunday when they were trying to enter restive Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh to meet the
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Farmers hopeful for 'pro-farmer' decision amid CM Chouhan's
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), June 11 (ANI): As Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan continues his fast for the second consecutive day, farmers on Sunday expressed hope for a 'pro-farmer' decision while lauding the former for his selfless effort to pacify the situation in
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Mandsaur violence: CM Chouhan vows to solve farmers' issues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who started an indefinite fast on June 10 amid raging farmers' protests in the state, on Sunday said that despite falling asleep "intermittently", the farmers and their issues
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Congress criticises Shivraj Chouhan's inability to control farmers�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 11 (ANI): Criticising Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's indefinite hunger strike over farmers' agitation, the Congress Party on Sunday said the fast is observed to divert the attention from the former's mistakes in handling the crucia
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Rupee 1 compensation: K'taka Govt calls it 'test to avoid subsid
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): Clarifying the recent reports of providing Rupee 1 subsidy to the farmers, the Karnataka Department of Revenue (District Management) on Sunday asserted that the measure was taken to test the account, to avoid input subsidy being credited to wrong
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Mandsaur violence: Deceased farmers' kin request CM Chouhan to end fa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): The families of the four farmers, who were killed in the police firing in Mandsaur, met Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today and requested him to call off his fast.
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NITI Aayog should invite Kisan Sangh for dialogue: RSS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India] June 10 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue M.G. Vaidya on Saturday said that the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog should invite the representatives of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) for a dialogue to address the farmers�
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Karnataka CM writes to PM Modi asking to repeal 'unconstitutional
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Dubbing the Centre's notification on cattle trade as 'unconstitutional and unfair', Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to repeal the new rules which would put 'enormous financial b
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