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  Rahul Gandhi's next stop Vidarbha, to hold 'padyatra' tomorrow

  Politics | April 29, 2015 13:30 IST

  New Delhi: Ratcheting up pressure on farmers' issues, Rahul Gandhi's next stop will be Vidarbha in Maharashtra where he will hold a 15-km 'kisan padyatra' (footmarch) tomorrow as he criss-crosses the country to reach out

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  Rahul Gandhi likely to visit Maharashtra and Telangana next week, to meet farmers

  Politics | April 25, 2015 10:28 IST

  New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to travel to Maharashtra and Telangana next week.Sources said that preparations are in full swing for Rahul's visit to agricultural distress-hit areas of the two states where

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  Parties must together find credible solution, says Manmohan

  Politics | April 23, 2015 16:06 IST

  New Delhi: Terming farmers committing suicide as a “great tragedy”, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it is not a one party issue and asked all parties in Parliament and outside to pool their

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  #JusticeForGajendra: Five mysteries surrounding farmer's death

  India | April 23, 2015 14:22 IST

  New Delhi: The suicide of 41-year-old Gajendra Singh, a resident of Dausa district, has left many mysteries behind. There are many questions that no one has been able to answer yet.Here are five mysteries surrounding

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  Don't rely on God or government: Gadkari advises farmers

  Politics | April 11, 2015 8:09 IST

  Amravati (Maharashtra): Advising farmers to stop relying on God or government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said they need take charge of their own lives to improve the lot.The minister, who was addressing a gathering at

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  Govt to provide higher compensation to distressed farmers: PM

  India | April 08, 2015 15:41 IST

  New Delhi: Coming to the aid of farmers whose crops have been damaged by the recent unseasonal rains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised higher compensation to them, while directing banks to restructure their loans. 

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  135 farmer suicide cases in 58 days from Aurangabad division in Maharashtra

  India | March 13, 2015 19:13 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra has reported 135 cases of farmers' suicide in the Aurangabad division during a short period of the first 58 days in 2015 due to successive natural calamities and scarcity situation.In a written reply