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'Congress unable to come to terms with BJP's support towards MP
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 10 (ANI): Blaming Congress for politicising the farmers' issue in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Power Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shrikant Sharma on Saturday said that the former was not able to come to terms with the developmental works
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Shivraj Chouhan has farmers' blood on his hands: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): Taking a dig at the indefinite strike by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, amid the ongoing farmers strike in Mandsaur, the Congress Party on Friday said that the former should stop his 'drama' as he is responsible f
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Mandsaur violence: MP CM to observe indefinite fast, talk to agitating far
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal [Madhya Pradesh) [India] June 9 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will go on an indefinite fast from Saturday in an attempt to restore peace in the state, that is on the boil after six farmers were killed in police firing in Mandsaur.
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Caught-on-cam: Congress MLA incites mob to burn down police station
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Shivpuri [Madya Pradesh) [India] June 9 (ANI): A Congress MLA from Madhya Pradesh was caught on camera purportedly inciting party workers and farmers to burn down a police station here.
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Rajnath tells opposition not to play with farmers' interests
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dudu (Rajasthan) [India], June 9 (ANI): Coming down heavily on opposition political parties for 'unnecessarily' blowing the farmers protest in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh out of proportion, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called on them not to play with the interest
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Govt. making all efforts to double farmers' income: Rajnath
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 9 (ANI): In the back drop of Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district boiling due to extensive agitation carried out by farmers, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government is making all efforts to double the in
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Tamil Nadu farmers resume their protest
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 9 (ANI): In another raging farmer's agitation, farmers from Tamil Nadu, who have been demanding loan waivers, drought relief packages and formation of a Cauvery management board to resolve their irrigation issues, resumed their protest in the national
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Curfew to be relaxed in Mandsaur post farmers agitation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): Curfew in the violence-hit Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh will be relaxed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., today.
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We will stand with the farmers; if it's politics, then we are playing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 9 (ANI): In the wake of the farmer's protest in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress on Friday lashed out at the Centre, stating that they would stand with the farmers and if that is politics, then they are playing it.
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Rahul Gandhi expert in gaining political mileage: Farmers leader
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gulbarga (Karnataka) [India] June 9 (ANI): After Rahul Gandhi met with the kin of farmers, who died in police firing during protests in Mandsaur at Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan border, farmer leader Basavaraj Ingin on Friday lashed out at the Congress vice-president asserting that he is an exper
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Mandsaur: Rahul Gandhi meets kin of deceased farmers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Doria(Rajasthan) [India], June 8 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met with the kin of farmers, who died in police firing during protests in Mandsaur at Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan border.
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Mandsaur violence: Govt. will not do anything to betray farmers, insists R
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): In the wake of the farmer's protest in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government will not take any step that will break the faith of farmers and the common man
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