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"Helped Him In Crisis," Recalls Sharad Pawar After PM Modi's Attack
A day after PM Modi slammed Sharad Pawar over farmers' plight, the NCP (SP) chief said when he was the Union Minister (2004-2014), he helped the then Gujarat Chief Minister - now the Prime Minister - a lot for the agricultural crisis in his state.
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Farmer Lights "Bonfire Of Onions" In Protest Against Crash In Prices
Distressed by the crash in prices of onions, a farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra lit a bonfire of the crop in protest against the government's policies and to highlight the plight of growers.
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Congress Failed To Respond To Plight Of Farmers In Northern Karnataka: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday accused the Opposition Congress of failing to respond to the plight of farmers of the northern part of the state when it was in power.
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Adityanath Government Cannot Hide "Plight" Of Farmers By Giving Full Page Ads: Priyanka Gandhi
Attacking the Uttar Pradesh government, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said it cannot hide the "plight" of farmers by giving full page advertisements and asked what it had done about the "black agri laws".
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Farmer Donates Rs 2 Lakh, Kept For Daughter's Wedding, To Buy Oxygen
Moved by the plight of COVID-19 patients and the growing scramble for medical oxygen, a farmer from Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh has donated Rs 2 lakh he had set aside for his daughter's lavish marriage to the local administration for buying th
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Centre Too Arrogant To Empathise With Farmers' Plight: Sachin Pilot
Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday accused the Union government of being too stubborn and arrogant to understand farmers' sufferings.
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Will Never Be Able To Forget Visuals Of Farmers Protest, Says Sonu Sood
Actor Sonu Sood on Friday said he is deeply saddened to see the plight of farmers protesting against the three new agri laws and hoped for a resolution to their issues.
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Seeing Struggle, Children Don't Want To Do Farming: Protesting Farmers
As thousands of farmers dig their heels in at Delhi's borders bracing chilly winter winds and preparing for a long fight to press for their demands, some rue that seeing their plight, their children no longer wish to get into agriculture.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor To Andhra Farmer After Video Of His Plight Goes Viral
Reel life villain Sonu Sood turned real life hero once again, this time by gifting a tractor on Sunday to a farmer in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh to help him till the land.
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Free Grain, Universal Ration For Migrants In Centre's Package: 10 Points
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...
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Congress MPs Sell Potatoes Outside Parliament To Raise Farmers' Plight
Several Congress MPs on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament premises on Friday, selling potatoes to raise issues concerning Punjab farmers.
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Blog: Modi Government's Own Data Exposes Farmers' Horrific Plight
The Modi Government's critics have long been saying that India's farmers are in trouble. Now, its own data shows that the critics were right all this time. GDP numbers for the second quarter of this fiscal, released last week, reveal how badly Indian agriculture is doing.
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Children Refuse To Take Up Farming Seeing Our Plight: Protesting Farmers
Several farmers, who took part at a protest in New Delhi yesterday remorsed that their children do not want to take up farming seeing their parents plight, as protestors raised slogans to protect "farming legacy".
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"Helped Him In Crisis," Recalls Sharad Pawar After PM Modi's Attack
A day after PM Modi slammed Sharad Pawar over farmers' plight, the NCP (SP) chief said when he was the Union Minister (2004-2014), he helped the then Gujarat Chief Minister - now the Prime Minister - a lot for the agricultural crisis in his state.
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Farmer Lights "Bonfire Of Onions" In Protest Against Crash In Prices
Distressed by the crash in prices of onions, a farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra lit a bonfire of the crop in protest against the government's policies and to highlight the plight of growers.
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Congress Failed To Respond To Plight Of Farmers In Northern Karnataka: Chief Minister
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday accused the Opposition Congress of failing to respond to the plight of farmers of the northern part of the state when it was in power.
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Adityanath Government Cannot Hide "Plight" Of Farmers By Giving Full Page Ads: Priyanka Gandhi
Attacking the Uttar Pradesh government, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said it cannot hide the "plight" of farmers by giving full page advertisements and asked what it had done about the "black agri laws".
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Farmer Donates Rs 2 Lakh, Kept For Daughter's Wedding, To Buy Oxygen
Moved by the plight of COVID-19 patients and the growing scramble for medical oxygen, a farmer from Neemuch district in Madhya Pradesh has donated Rs 2 lakh he had set aside for his daughter's lavish marriage to the local administration for buying th
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Centre Too Arrogant To Empathise With Farmers' Plight: Sachin Pilot
Former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday accused the Union government of being too stubborn and arrogant to understand farmers' sufferings.
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Will Never Be Able To Forget Visuals Of Farmers Protest, Says Sonu Sood
Actor Sonu Sood on Friday said he is deeply saddened to see the plight of farmers protesting against the three new agri laws and hoped for a resolution to their issues.
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Seeing Struggle, Children Don't Want To Do Farming: Protesting Farmers
As thousands of farmers dig their heels in at Delhi's borders bracing chilly winter winds and preparing for a long fight to press for their demands, some rue that seeing their plight, their children no longer wish to get into agriculture.
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"No Less Than God For Us": Andhra Family After Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has gifted a tractor to a farmer from Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district after a video of the farmer's young girls ploughing the fields with a yoke went viral on social media. Seeing their plight, Mr Sood, who has helped a massive number of migrant labourers stranded in cities to get home amid the coronavirus lockdown, cam...
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Sonu Sood Gifts Tractor To Andhra Farmer After Video Of His Plight Goes Viral
Reel life villain Sonu Sood turned real life hero once again, this time by gifting a tractor on Sunday to a farmer in a remote village in Andhra Pradesh to help him till the land.
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Free Grain, Universal Ration For Migrants In Centre's Package: 10 Points
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today unveiled the second tranche of Centre's Rs 20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus, which attempts to address the question of food, shelter and livelihood for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers. The immediate relief measure announced was extra grain. A universal, portable ration card which can be...
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Congress MPs Sell Potatoes Outside Parliament To Raise Farmers' Plight
Several Congress MPs on Friday staged a protest outside Parliament premises on Friday, selling potatoes to raise issues concerning Punjab farmers.
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Blog: Modi Government's Own Data Exposes Farmers' Horrific Plight
The Modi Government's critics have long been saying that India's farmers are in trouble. Now, its own data shows that the critics were right all this time. GDP numbers for the second quarter of this fiscal, released last week, reveal how badly Indian agriculture is doing.
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Children Refuse To Take Up Farming Seeing Our Plight: Protesting Farmers
Several farmers, who took part at a protest in New Delhi yesterday remorsed that their children do not want to take up farming seeing their parents plight, as protestors raised slogans to protect "farming legacy".
