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Maharashtra: Milk spilled on road as farmers go on strike
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shirdi (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI): Two tankers of milk were spilled on the road on Thursday in Shirdi as farmers from several districts went on indefinite strike in Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra farmers to go on strike, demand loan waive off
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 1 (ANI): Farmers from several districts of Maharashtra will go on strike from today onwards as they are demanding for loan waive off.
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Cattle ban: Maneka Gandhi lauds Centre's 'pro-farmer' decis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27, (ANI): Welcoming the Centre's decision to ban the sale and purchase of cattle for slaughter from animal markets, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday said the step is laudable and has been taken 'in the interest of farmers.'
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Ban on cattle sale will impose bigger burdens on farmers: CPI (M)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): After the Centre announced strict rules to prohibit sale of animals for slaughter or religious sacrifice at livestock markets and animal fairs that are a common occurrence in rural areas, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday stated that by issui
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International Fertiliser Association hires Rakesh Kapur as Chairman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI-NewsVoir): Rakesh Kapur, Joint Managing Director, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), has been elected as the Chairman of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) at the recent IFA's Annual Conference held from May 22nd - 24th in M
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Palaniswamy meets PM, mum on tie up with BJP for local polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapadi K Palaniswami met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to seek Centre's intervention on the setting up of the Cauvery River Management Authority and seeking relief for farmers.
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Opposition meets President Mukherjee over Land Acquisition Amendment
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24(ANI): A delegation of opposition leaders led by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee here, urging him to reject the Land Acquisition Amendment passed by the Andhra Pradesh Assembly as it compromises the interest of the f
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IFFCO, Bank of Baroda launch co-branded debit card for farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Largest fertiliser cooperative IFFCO on Tuesday announced its collaboration with Bank of Baroda to launch its co-branded debit card for farmers at a card distribution ceremony organized at their corporate office in New Delhi.
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Radha Mohan Singh assigned additional charge of Food Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh on Monday was given the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
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As farming flourishes, Modi eyes doubling farmers' income by 2022
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 22 (ANI): There are many areas in the country where the debt-ridden farmers continue to commit suicides. Though the Opposition parties target Modi government over the issue, but the Centre maintains that the dilapidated condition of the farmers was 'handiwork'
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Rahul Gandhi will bring Congress wave back: Hanumantha Rao
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] May 20 (ANI): Looking forward to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to Telangana, senior Congress leader V. Hanumantha Rao on Saturday said that the former will bring back Congress wave in the entire nation, adding the plight of the farmers will i
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Loan waiver ploy of 'anti-farmer' BJP: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress on Saturday accused the former of deceiving farmers in the guise of granting loan waiver.
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