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Allow production of bio-ethanol: Baghel asks Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday met Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi and urged him to give permission for the production of bio-ethanol from surplus paddy purchased from the farmers of the state in addition t
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Odisha asks border districts to prevent entry of paddy from Chhattisgarh
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Odisha government has asked eight bordering districts to prevent entry of paddy from Chhattisgarh into the state to ensure that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) does not go to unauthorised people and paddy is procured only from registered f
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CM Chouhan ploughs his field in Vidisha, extends greeting to farmers on Di
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 14 (ANI): Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan ploughed his field in Vidisha district on Friday and extended his good wishes to the farmers and wished for their prosperity on the occasion of Diwali.
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41 trains cancelled, 11 short terminated due to farmers' agitation in Punj
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Forty-one trains have been cancelled while eleven trains short terminated in view of farmers' agitation in Punjab, according to a release by Northern Railway.
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Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar hold meeting with Punjab farmers protes
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar held a meeting with farmers from Punjab at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday.
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Portal for e-auction of Saffron inaugurated in J-K's Pampore
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pampore (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 12 (ANI): As part of the mission to restore the pristine glory of Kashmiri Saffron and provide a registered platform for Saffron growers in the Valley, the PAN-India e-auction portal was inaugurated on Thursday.
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Construction of SIFCO's organic food processing units underway in Rangpo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
East Sikkim (Sikkim) [India], November 11 (ANI): The construction of two integrated food processing units, which are being set up under IFFCO's organic joint venture, Sikkim IFFCO Organics Ltd (SIFCO), has started at Rangpo, Sikkim.
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As Delhi records 'severe' AQI, farmers in Amritsar continue to burn stubbl
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 10 (ANI): Farmers in Amritsar continued to burn stubble on their fields even as neighbouring Delhi choked with Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining well over 400, in the "severe" category, on Tuesday.
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Punjab CM terms Railway's decision to link goods train movement with passe
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 9 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday dubbed the Railways' decision to link the movement of goods trains in the state with passenger trains as totally "irrational and illogical".
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Maha govt to distribute Rs 2,297.637 cr as first installment for flood rel
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 9 (ANI): Maharashtra government on Monday issued a notification to distribute Rs 2,297.637 crores as the first installment of relief compensation for farmers affected by heavy rains and floods between the months of June to October in various districts o
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Let soldiers come home for Diwali, vacate rail tracks: Punjab CM to farmer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], November 9 (ANI): Urging the agitating farmers to allow "Punjabis, including soldiers," to come back home for Diwali, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday appealed to the state kisan unions to lift their rail blockade completely, thus allowing the movem
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15 farmers 'missing' after Pak police stop them from demonstrating, petiti
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): Farmers protesting in Punjab last week demanding their rights have no clue about the whereabouts of their 15 colleagues who went missing after the police began baton charging their protest and arrested around 250 farmers on Multan Road, Dawn reported.
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