Farmer
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Rahul Gandhi must apply his mind, farm income still tax exempt: Arun Jaitley
National | Nov 10, 2016, 02:36 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Congress leader must "apply his mind" and understand that those in farming will not face any tax whether they keep their money at home or in banks.
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Shameful! Father dead, son begs to pay Rs 3,000 bribe for compensation
India | Aug 28, 2016, 12:48 PM ISTBringing shame to the Villupuram district administration of Tamil Nadu, a 15-year-old boy has been forced to beg to pay off debts incurred in performing the last rites of his father’s death.
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Farmer Manmohan Singh, Vijay Mallya’s ‘guarantor’ charges BoB for defamation, claims Rs 10 lakh in compensation
Jun 11, 2016, 02:40 PM ISTAfter Bank of Baroda freezed the bank accounts of Pilibhit farmer Manmohan Singh for being the guarantor of the embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the former has served a legal notice to the bank’s Mumbai and Pilibhit branches.
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Doubling farmers' income by 2022 will prove Herculean
India | Mar 31, 2016, 07:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: After adjusting for rising costs, an Indian farmerÂ’s income effectively rose 5 percent per year over the decade (2003-2013), according to an IndiaSpend analysis of various government data. This calls into question Finance
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Two more farmers commit suicide in Odisha
India | Oct 20, 2015, 03:01 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Two more farmers died on Monday in Odisha after consuming poison following crop failure. Sixty-two-year-old Sudam Biswal of Dabardhua village under Banarpal block of Anugul district died on Monday.A private company had acquired Biswal's two acre farmland for settting up
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Maharashtra: Farmer kills self after writing "suicide" note to Devendra Fadnavis
India | Sep 12, 2015, 08:56 PM ISTNagpur: A 35-year-old farmer from Washim district in Vidarbha allegedly committed suicide after writing a suicide note addressed to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis drawing his attention to the agrarian crisis and plight of cultivators
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Dodgy Data: Farmer suicides drop 67% in 6 years
India | Jul 22, 2015, 12:00 PM ISTWith 25 farmers in Karnataka committing suicide in June, it appears evident that rural India is in distress–the long-term cause, a growth rate of almost zero (0.2%), and the immediate cause, crop failures caused by
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Maharashtra opposition uses nursery rhymes against government
National | Jul 13, 2015, 08:54 PM ISTMumbai: A belligerent opposition targeted ministers facing allegations of wrong doing by shouting slogans and singing nursery rhymes on the opening day of the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature here on Monday.Led by Leader of
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Anna Hazare to launch stir over OROP and Land Acquisition Bill
India | Jul 07, 2015, 11:06 PM ISTMumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare today said a countrywide agitation will be launched over the issues of One Rank One Pension (OROP) and the Land Acquisition Bill."I will inform you about the date of the
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Vidarbha: After Rahul Gandhi's visit, Congress helps dead farmers' families pay off loans
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his ‘padyatra' over
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Rahul Gandhi to take up farmers issues in Chhattisgarh
National | Jun 12, 2015, 12:54 PM ISTCongress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will take his "battle" for the cause of farmers to tribal- dominated Chhattisgarh next week where he is likely to corner ruling BJP over several issues including displacement due to
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Rahul Gandhi condoles death of Punjab farmer who met him
National | Jun 11, 2015, 06:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condoled the death of a debt-ridden farmer from Punjab who had met him, and blamed the Narendra Modi government for the plight of farmers in the
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Maggi sale banned in Delhi; know top 5 news headlines of june 3
India | Jun 03, 2015, 09:58 PM ISTMaggi in deeper soup: Centre files complaint before NCDRCIn further troubles for Nestle over Maggi issue, the government has filed a complaint on its own with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) -- using
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Farmer attempts suicide in front of Union minister in Patna
National | May 15, 2015, 10:18 AM ISTPatna: A farmer today allegedly attempted suicide in front of Union minister of state Ram Kripal Yadav demanding compensation for his land acquired by the state government.The incident took place in Bihta sub-division of Patna
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Don't invite farmers' wrath, Sena tells BJP
National | May 12, 2015, 02:21 PM ISTMumbai: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Maharashtra coalition government not to invite the 'wrath' of the farming community writhing under natural calamities and resorting to suicides."We
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Modi Govt stands for crony capitalists, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 30, 2015, 06:31 PM ISTModi Govt stands for crony capitalists: Rahul GandhiStepping up the attack on the Narendra Modi Government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused it of “abandoning” farmers at a time when the country is faced
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Aaj Ki Baat: 'Make in India' is anti-farmer, says Jyotiraditya Scindia
India | Apr 30, 2015, 12:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi today once again launched an attack on the ruling NDA government and stated that Narendra Modi led government is anti-farmer. Speaking exclusively to IndiaTV, senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia
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Ahead of Rahul's tour, another farmer ends life in Amravati
India | Apr 29, 2015, 10:14 PM ISTAmravati: A day ahead of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's day-long padyatra in Vidarbha to highlight the plight of farmers, suicide of yet another agriculturalist has come to light.The agriculturist, Gajanan Sheshrao Khongal, allegedly committed suicide
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Since PM is in India for some time, he should visit farmers in Punjab: Rahul Gandhi in LS
National | Apr 29, 2015, 02:29 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over farmers' issues in Lok Sabha and said that it is not a government of farmers.Rahul Gandhi who was in Punjab
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Delhi Police seeks to reconstruct last 24-hrs of farmer Gajendra's life
India | Apr 29, 2015, 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Police is trying to piece together the last 24 hours of farmer Gajendra Singh's life by analysing his mobile phone data and questioning people to find out where he had visited and