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- India
’60L farmers waiting for loan waiver promised by Rahul’: Raj BJP leader
Jaipur: Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly and former state unit BJP president Satish Poonia on Tuesday targetted the Ashok Gehlot-led government in the state over the issue of waiving…
- India
BKU leader Naresh Tikait acquitted in 20-year-old murder case
Muzaffarnagar: A local court here has acquitted Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait in a 20-year-old murder case due to lack of evidence. Tikait and two others were accused of shooting…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP farmer robbed of Rs 30 lakh earned from tomatoes, killed
Amaravati: A tomato farmer has been murdered in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district by unidentified persons allegedly to rob him of the money he fetched by selling tomatoes following a big jump in…
- Telangana
Telangana: Tractor runs over farmer in Karimnagar; he dies
Hyderabad: A farmer in Karimnagar died after a tractor loaded with paddy ran over him while he was sleeping under a tarpaulin cover. This incident took place in Vachunur of Thimmapur mandal…
- India
Cop slaps woman farmer protesting land acquisition in Punjab
Chandigarh: A Punjab Police officer has been caught on camera slapping a middle-aged woman farmer at a village in Gurdaspur district, the video of which has gone viral on social media. As…
- India
Will vote for Indira Gandhi’s party, says farmer in Karnataka’s Gadag
Gadag: He was not even born when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984, but farmer Surya Naik, 28 in Gadag district of North Karnataka, asked who will he…
- India
Farmer, who crossed over to Bangladesh by ‘mistake’, returns home after 15 months
Gede: A farmer of West Bengal’s Nadia district, who “mistakenly” crossed over to Bangladesh while working on farmland at the international border, returned home on Saturday after 15 months in the neighbouring…
- Telangana
Telangana: Tribal farmer dies of electrocution
Hyderabad: A 45-year-old tribal farmer died on the spot due to electrocution caused by touching an iron fence through which high-voltage electricity passed. According to police, the incident occurred at Raghapur village…
- Telangana
Telangana farmer’s son gambles away Rs 92 lakh
Hyderabad: A farmer lost Rs 92 lakh that he had received as compensation for the land acquired by the government as his son gambled away the money in an online casino. The…
- India
RSS’ farmer body holds rally in Delhi, warns govt of trouble if demands not met
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers held a rally here on Monday under the banner of RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) to press for a rollback of GST on agricultural goods and other…
- Telangana
Telangana: Tiger terror continues in Asifabad
Hyderabad: A tiger that allegedly mauled a tribal farmer to death last week, continues to roam around in the region, triggering panic among the rural population and keeping Forest officials on their…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Drug peddler held, hash oil worth Rs 18L seized
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old drug peddler was apprehended by the city commissioner’s task force along with the Abids Road Police. Further, 354 bottles of hash oil worth Rs 18 lakh was seized from…
- India
Maha: Farmer dies by suicide, blames PM Modi in death note
A 45-year-old farmer allegedly drowned in a pond in Pune on Sunday, leaving a suicide note blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his demise. According to The New Indian Express, police have…
- Politics
Kejriwal’s five promises to farmers in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday made five “key promises” to farmers in Gujarat while addressing a rally at Dwarka town in the state’s Saurashtra region. He said if the…
- India
Gujarat: Farmer ‘seizes’ govt office property over pending compensation
Gandhinagar: A farmer took possession of movable assets, including computers and printers, of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam at its Gandhinagar office in Gujarat in a bid to recover his long pending dues…
