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Maharashtra: Minimum rate of milk fixed at Rs 25/litre
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Amid ongoing protests demanding a hike in the price of milk, the Maharashtra government on Thursday announced Rs 25 per litre as the minimum rate of milk for dairy farmers.
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Milk blockade will continue until demands are met: Raju Shetti
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): The 'milk blockade' will continue until demands of the dairy farmers are not met, pledged Hatkanangle constituency MP, Raju Shetti.
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Dairy farmers feed milk to stray dogs
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Maharashtra [India], Jul 16 (ANI): As a mark of protest, workers of Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna (SSS) Monday fed milk to stray dogs in Maharashtra's Buldhana.
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Notices issued to Centre, Maharashtra govt over farmer suicides
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that Maharashtra government in the state assembly has informed that 639 farmers committed suicide in the state between March and May.
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Dairy farmer protest: Truck set on fire in Malegaon
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Malegaon (Maharashtra) [India], Jul 16 (ANI): Demanding price hike for milk farmers, workers of Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna (SSS), on Monday set ablaze a truck of Rajhans Milk Shop in Washim's Malegaon.
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Pune: Farmers outfit spill milk on road to demand price hike
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 16 (ANI): Workers of farmers' organisation Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathna (SSS) on Monday morning stopped vehicles near Pune and spilled milk on road thereby preventing it from being supplied to nearby cities.
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WB: Ahead of PM's rally, farmers appeal for facilities
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): Farmers from West Bengal have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide them with proper facilities and water, ahead of his 'Krishak Kalyan Rally' at Midnapur college ground on Monday.
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IFFCO launches iMandi App for rural digital revolution
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 16 (ANI): Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a large-scale fertiliser cooperative federation has taken another step to serve and connect the farmers digitally by launching a social e-commerce app and web portal, "IFFCO iMandi".
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PM Modi to address farmers rally in West Bengal today
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], July 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a Krishak Kalyan Samavesh (farmer's welfare rally) on Monday at Midnapore town in West Bengal.
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PM criticises Opposition for delaying mega projects in UP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)[India], June 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day tour to the eastern Uttar Pradesh, today visited Mirzapur and inaugurated the Bansagar irrigation project aimed at easing the life of farmers.
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Rahul doesn't even know how onion grows: Shivraj Chouhan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to Mandsaur to meet farmers, and said that he does not even know how an onion grows.
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PM more interested in campaigning than running the country: Tharoor
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is more interested in political campaigning than in running the country.
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