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Assam govt to repay 25% of farmers' loans
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the state cabinet will provide 25 per cent of loan amount upto Rs 25,000.
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Chief Minister Khattar pins hope on KKP for doubling farmers' income
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana), [India], Dec 8 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said the establishment of Kisan Kalyan Pradhikaran (KKP) will play a very important role in doubling farmers' income by integrating different schemes and policies.
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Two-day farmer protest rally begins in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): More than one lakh farmers, belonging to 200 farmers' organisations, gathered in the national capital on Thursday to push their demands, including implementation of the MS Swaminathan Committee report, farm loan waiver and better Minimum Support Price (MSP) f
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Despite ban, Ludhiana farmers to burn stubble even this year
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): As the harvest season is around the corner, the threat of air pollution in the northern region is looming due to the burning of paddy stubble.
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Govt agrees to farmers' demand of keeping tractors out of NGT list
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday announced that the government has agreed to farmers' demand to keep tractors out of the list of banned vehicles by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
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'Kisan Kranti Padyatra' ends at Delhi's Kisan Ghat
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra', which was started on September 23 by the Bharatiya Kisan Union, ended at the Kisan Ghat in the national capital in the wee hours of Wednesday.
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'Kisan Kranti Padyatra': Delhi Police opens barricades for farmers
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): Following a day-long agitation, the Delhi Police late on Tuesday night opened the barricades at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border allowing the entrance of farmers, who were stopped during 'Kisan Kranti Padyatra'.
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Kisan Kranti Yatra: Ghaziabad schools, colleges to remain closed
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 02 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing farmers' agitation, all schools and colleges in Ghaziabad will remain closed on Wednesday as a preventive measure.
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Lathi-charge on farmers height of BJP's anarchy: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 02 (ANI): Condemning the police action against the agitating farmers on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border earlier today, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to be prepared to bear the consequences
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Farmers pelted stones, wielded lathis: Delhi Police
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 02 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday clarified that limited measures had to be used during the Kisan Kranti Yatra earlier in the day as a number of protesting farmers resorted to stone pelting and wielded lathis, causing injuries to police personnel on duty.
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Farmers, Centre reached consensus on most demands: MoS Agriculture
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 02 (ANI): In the wake of the ongoing Kisan Kranti Padyatra here, the Centre has agreed to majority of the demands raised by the agitating farmers.
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Cops use water cannons, teargas to stop farmers' march, Kejriwal questions
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): Police at Delhi- Uttar Pradesh border in Ghaziabad used water cannons and fired teargas to disperse the agitating farmers who were marching towards the national capital.
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