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Centre, UP govt setting new records of procurement from farmers: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh are setting new records of procurement from farmers.
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Lakhimpur Kheri violence: SC slams UP govt, says police 'dragging its feet
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government and said that it was getting an impression that the Uttar Pradesh Police was "dragging its feet" in its investigation into the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri where eight persons
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Delhi CM announces aid of Rs 50,000 per hectare for damaged crops
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): In a relief to farmers hit by unseasonal rains in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced the compensation of Rs 50,000 per hectare for damaged crops.
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Centre trying to bifurcate society, create deep state, alleges former Punj
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], October 20 (ANI): Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday alleged that the BJP-led Centre is trying to "bifurcate society" and create a "deep state" in Punjab.
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Singhu border killing: Punjab Dy CM alleges conspiracy, says 'will identif
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], October 20 (ANI): Alleging that a "deep-rooted conspiracy" to defame the farmers' protest is behind the Singhu border killing, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the state government would reach the bottom of the case to identify the "conspirators
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Punjab: Ferozpur's biomass power plant generating electricity using stubbl
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], October 20 (ANI): A biomass power plant in Punjab generates electricity using paddy stubble amid the problem of stubble burning by farmers in the state.
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Amarinder Singh to launch new party soon, hopeful of tie-up with BJP, br
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will launch a new political party soon to fight the forthcoming assembly polls in the state and is hopeful of a tie-up with BJP if the ongoing protest by farmer unions against three farm laws is resolved
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Amit Shah chairs key meet on Maharashtra sugar mills, assures to remove bo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a key meet on various issues linked to sugar mills in Maharashtra and assured, "positive action by the Central government to remove bottlenecks" so as to ensure that sugar mills and
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Uttar Pradesh: Moradabad farmers suffer as crops get destroyed due to heav
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Amid rainfall for the last two days in Moradabad of Uttar Pradesh, the farmers say that their crops have been destroyed due to waterlogging in the field.
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SC to hear Lakhimpur Kheri violence case tomorrow
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear the case relating to the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri where eight persons, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers' protest.
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Madhya Pradesh govt announces electricity subsidy of over Rs 20,700 cr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Amid concerns regarding a power crisis in the country, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday announced a subsidy of over Rs 20,700 crores on electricity, with an aim to provide cheap electricity to farmers and domest
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Railway services disrupted due to farmers' 'rail roko' protest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Railway services in 184 locations in all seven zones of the railways were disrupted due to a nationwide 'Rail Roko' protest called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Monday, as per the information received from the Ministry of Railways.
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