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State cannot progress without farmers, asserts MP CM Chouhan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh),[India] June 10 (ANI): Claiming that the majority of the population in Madhya Pradesh is dependent on farming, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said Saturday that the state cannot progress without its farmers.
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Impossible to give loan waiver to farmers, says MP Agriculture Minister
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 10 (ANI): Amid raging protests by farmers spiralling across Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district, state Agriculture Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen on Saturday categorically refused to provide any relief, saying the government has already been providing
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Male farmers at high risk of contracting 'monkey malaria'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 10 (ANI): Beware! A study has found that in Malaysia, adult male farmers, involved in plantation, clearing vegetation and forestry work were four times more likely to contract monkey malaria.
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MP CM Chouhan to begin fast "for peace" to pacify agitated farme
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 10 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will undertake an indefinite fast "for peace" from today, in an attempt to restore peace among the farming community of the state.
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BJP stands in support of Shivraj Chouhan's indefinite fast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): After Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to begin an indefinite fast for peace and talks with farmers on loan waivers and better prices for their produce, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has vowed to stand in support of his initiative stating that this act of th
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BJP ordered to open fire at farmers; we can't be blamed: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Coming down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for unnecessarily blaming the Congress for blowing the farmers protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh out of proportion, the grand old party asserted that they cannot be blamed, when the saffron part
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Congress should be punished: Farmer leader on Re. 1 compensation by K'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gulbarga (Karnataka) [India], June 10 (ANI): Slamming the Congress government for depositing a compensation of Rupee 1 for the damaged crops in farmers' bank accounts, farmer leader Basavaraj Ingin on Saturday said that this move should be punished by the public.
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BJP slams Cong. over video showing its leaders inciting violence in MP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 10 (ANI): Slamming the Congress after its leaders got caught on camera purportedly inciting party workers and farmers to burn down a police station in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday requested the Government to immediately arre
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'Congress unable to come to terms with BJP's support towards MP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 10 (ANI): Blaming Congress for politicising the farmers' issue in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Power Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shrikant Sharma on Saturday said that the former was not able to come to terms with the developmental works
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Shivraj Chouhan has farmers' blood on his hands: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): Taking a dig at the indefinite strike by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, amid the ongoing farmers strike in Mandsaur, the Congress Party on Friday said that the former should stop his 'drama' as he is responsible f
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Mandsaur violence: MP CM to observe indefinite fast, talk to agitating far
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will go on an indefinite fast from Saturday in an attempt to restore peace in the state, that is on the boil after six farmers were killed in police firing in Mandsaur.
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Caught-on-cam: Congress MLA incites mob to burn down police station
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivpuri [Madya Pradesh) [India] June 9 (ANI): A Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh was caught on camera purportedly inciting party workers and farmers to burn down a police station here.
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