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Maharashtra: Protesting farmers detained by Police in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Several farmers were detained by police on Thursday while they were protesting over crop damage due to unseasonal rains in the state.
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I apologise to farmers who were hurt by viral video: AIMIM leader Farooq S
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Solapur (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): In the wake of a viral video of AIMIM leader Farooq Shabdi being showered with currency notes at an Eid event here, Shabdi apologized for the incident.
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189 farmers penalised in Haryana for stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Haryana government on Wednesday said that 189 farmers have been penalised for stubble burning in the state.
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Punjab, Haryana should take steps to convert stubble into CNG, coal: Kejri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that stubble can be converted into compressed natural gas (CNG) and Punjab and Haryana governments should take steps in this regard as it would generate employment and farmers will be paid off.
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K'taka: Heavy rainfall, fungal infection damage Toor Dal crop, leave farme
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Marred by the frequent change in weather, heavy rainfall and outbreak of fungal infection, the Toor Dal (Pigeon pea) crop here offers little hope to the farmers of the district this year. Farmers rued that yield of the crop has been severely a
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NABARD to devise plan to help peach, walnut farmers of J-K
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12 (ANI): National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is set to lay out a plan to help peach and walnut farmers in Jammu and Kashmir get increased yields and good prices, its chairman said.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman urges farmers to produce oilseeds
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged farmers to produce oilseeds in place of other crops as India particularly imports edible oil and palm oil.
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Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre committed to growth of farmers, urges state
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 12: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the Central Government is committed to rural development and has put farmer's upliftment on a larger map.
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Odisha CM announces relief package for farmers affected by cyclone 'Bulbul
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a relief package for livelihood support for the farmers affected by cyclonic storm Bulbul, that wreaked havoc in several parts of Odisha recently.
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Expelled PDP MP writes to Agri Min over losses to Kashmiri apple growers d
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Expelled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MP Nazir Ahmad Laway on Monday wrote a letter to the Union Agriculture Minister seeking his intervention for assessing the damage caused to the apple crop following the recent untimely snowfall and for compensating the
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Punjab: Farmers continue to burn stubble in Jalandhar district
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Farmers continue to burn stubble on Nakodar Phillaur Highway at Barwalla village in the district as on Sunday.
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Amarinder Singh orders govt deptts to incentivise farmers who refrained fr
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered the Agriculture Department to work out the modalities for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's orders on providing financial assistance to small and marginal farmers who have
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