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Jaya announces measures for cylone-hit farmers

Providing succour to the farmers of Cuddalore and Villupuram districts hit by cyclone Thane, Tamil N...

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Ktk CM urges Centre to declare package for farmers

Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has urged the Centre to announce a special package for p...

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WB should protect farmers’ interest: Brinda

CPI(M) Politburo member Brinda Karat slammed the Mamata Banerjee govt in West Bengal for being "ind...

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Mamata no to all-party probe into farmers` deaths

CM Mamata Banerjee ruled out a probe by a team of MLAs belonging to all political parties into repo...

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Thwart farmers` suicides: Bengal Governor

West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan on Monday said many agriculturists owed huge sums and the governme...

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Land acquisition: HC hikes compensation to farmers

The Central government had classified plots in `A` and `B` categories and had awarded Rs 13.82 lakh...

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Mamata denies farmers` suicide in Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee denied reports about farmers` suicide in the state.

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WB govt denies farmers` suicide, but assures probe

The West Bengal government on Monday denied reports of farmers` suicide for failing to get the ri...

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SP: Waive farmers` loans if voted to power in UP

The SP said it would provide free electricity to weavers and farmers and waive loans of kisans if ...

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TN govt gives more aid to cyclone-hit farmers

Tamil Nadu govt Wednesday announced a series of relief measures to farmers in the Thane cyclone-aff...

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Opponents attack Jagan ahead of fast at Nizamabad

Jagan is scheduled to hold a 48-hour fast at Armoor in Nizamabad district over farmers` problems.

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CPI(M) accuses Bihar of ignoring farmers

The CPI(M) on Friday said the Nitish Kumar government has failed to keep promises made to farmers an...

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TRS’ bandh against Naidu`s proposed yatra

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has called for a bandh on Friday in protest against TDP President N ...

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BJP demands relief measures for AP farmers

BJP on Thursday asked the Government to announce one year moratorium on the payment of crop loans.

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Hindi is foreign language for Guj farmers: HC

Hindi is a foreign language to farmers of Gujarat as it is not the language of the region.

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Farmers` suicides unabated in Chhattisgarh: Cong

The Congress in Chhattisgarh Monday said it would step up campaign against the BJP government for "u...

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Farmers free to vote for any party: Tikait

BKU chief Naresh Tikait says his organisation will not support any particular party in upcoming As...

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`Guj govt has no concern for farmers, common man`

Congress MP Kunvarji Bavaliya accused Gujarat CM of favouring industrialists more than farmers when ...

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Self-employed committed more suicides than farmers

Self-employed people committed suicides, 76 per cent more than farmers` suicides, in 2010, according...

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Rs 2,000 cr package for farmers historic: Chavan

The soya and paddy growers will receive Rs 2,000 per hectare. The minimum help will be Rs 500, and t...

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Raju to take up woes of onion farmers

Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju has assured the onion farmers that he would hold talk...

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Farmer suicides a matter of shame: Swaminathan

Eminent agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan said the farmers` suicides was a matter of shame an...

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No discussion in LS on suicide by farmers

Discussion on agrarian crisis and incidence of suicide by farmers could not be taken up in the Lok ...

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Govt proposes JPC to look into farmers` suicides

The government on Monday favoured setting up of a joint parliamentary panel to go into the issue of...

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Maha: Farmers threaten to give govt aid to Maoists

Some farmers in Vidarbha region have threatened to donate govt aid averaging Rs.1,700 per head, to M...

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BJP for spl Parl session to discuss farmers` woes

The BJP demanded a seven day special Parliament session to discuss the problems of farmers.

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Punjab farmers dump potatoes on roads

Potato farmers in Punjab on Thursday dumped hundreds of quintals of potatoes on the roads in various...

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Govt indifferent to farmers` suicides, rue BJP MPs

The government is turning a blind eye towards suicides by debt-ridden farmers, BJP members said in t...

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Punjab potato growers to dump crop in Jalandhar

If potato growers of Punjab have their way, the streets of Jalandhar could soon resemble a giant dum...

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Farmers` suicides likely to dominate Winter session

Shiv Sena launched a statewide agitation for better prices to the produce and its executive presiden...

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Farmers stall work in Noida

Farmers, under the banner `Kisan Sangarsh Samiti` stopped work and sat on a dharna in sectors 133, 1...

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AP govt draws flak over drought relief for farmers

The Kiran Kumar Reddy govt in came under fire from a combined opposition for "failing" to come to th...

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Assam: Commission to inquire into farmers’ firing

Assam govt has constituted a one-man commission of inquiry to probe circumstances leading to the kil...

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Nitish greets farmers for setting world record

Five Bihars farmers were on Tuesday congratulated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for setting a world...

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2.9 cr farmers benefitted from loan waiver scheme

More than 2.9 crore farmers have benefitted from loan waiver scheme so far, Parliament was informe...

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BJP seeks package from Centre for farmers

The state unit of BJP on Monday demanded that the Central government sanction a Rs 10,000 crore pa...

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Setting up of FPO underway in J and K

The programme was designed to create employment opportunities for skilled and unskilled persons, esp...

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FDI in retail dangerous for farmers: Naidu

The party would oppose tooth and nail any move of the Govt of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail whi...

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Poor UP farmers branded as Maoists, says Rahul

Rahul Gandhi accused the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh of branding poor farmers as Maoists fo...

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Jaya announces scheme for sugarcane farmers

Under the scheme, farmers taking up drip irrigation will get a 100 per cent subsidy from the governm...

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Cotton farmers` stir intensifies in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena activists joined in the stir in the district headquarters of Amravati for the third day.

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Minimum income for farmers demanded

BJP`s Kisan Cell Chairman said that the three types were farming for livelihood, capital intensive ...

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NGO comes to aid of Vidarbha farmers

In a bid to extricate debt-ridden farmers in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO has come forwa...

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‘Jan Lokpal will give relief to Vidarbha farmers’

Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal has said that corruption was one the major factors behind farmer s...

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Jan Lokpal Bill to help Vidarbha farmers: Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal has said corruption is one the major factors behind farmer suicides in Vidarbha regi...

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TDP failed to defend farmers` interests: AP Cong

Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Botsa alleged that TDP president NC Naidu failed to defend the welf...

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Amend Land Act for "rationale" settlement: SC

The Supreme Court noted that the Land Acquisition Act has become outdated and failed to adequately c...

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Punjab won`t acquire Zirakpur land without farmers

The Punjab government will not acquire any land in Zirakpur town, on the outskirts of state capital ...

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Farmers launch dharna in Karnataka secretariat

A group of farmers staged a dharna in Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat, rejecting the price o...

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Farmers` protest hits rail traffic in Punjab

Rail traffic was disrupted on Amritsar-Pathankot route for about four hours Saturday as members of ...

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