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After Phone Goes Missing, National Award-Winning Farmer Loses Rs 83,000
Despite running from pillar to post for over three and a half months, approaching the police station, the Cyber Crime Department, and bank authorities, he has neither recovered the money nor received any resolution.
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Bengal Farmer, Who Crossed Bangladesh Border, Returns Home After 15 Months
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 country, officials said.
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Bengal Writes To Centre Over Exclusion Of 9.5 Lakh Farmers From PM-Kisan Scheme
The West Bengal government has written to the Centre questioning the exclusion of 9.5 lakh farmers of the state from the list of beneficiaries of the PM-Kisan scheme, a senior official said on Thursday.
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Will Meet Bengal Farmers On March 13, Says Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait today said he would hold a meeting with farmers on March 13 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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Trinamool To Bring Resolution Against Farm Laws In Bengal Assembly Session
The two-day special Assembly assembly session in Bengal began with obituary references made during the first half of Wednesday.
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BJP To Launch "Ek Mutho Chaal" Drive For Bengal Farmers On Jan 9: Report
BJP President JP Nadda will launch a campaign "ek mutho chaal" (a handful of rice) in Bengal's Bardhaman district on January 9, sources said.
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India Is The Top Exporter Of Virtual Water As Cities Stare At Scarcity
After Chennai's water shortage, people are rushing to fix leaky taps and toilets in their homes. Good move, say water experts, but time to stop sweating the small sweat and tackle India's biggest water consumer. No, not factories, not power plants, not homes but farms.
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India Matters: Fields of Despair
There is the reality of a farmer's suicide and then there are versions of this reality. Whether you choose to accept the farmer's context of poverty, debt and extreme risk, or deny it, often depends on the class and profession you belong to.
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Mamata vs Tata: Supreme Court stops transfer of land to farmers
Mamata Banerjee will have to wait to return land at Singur to farmers. The land was leased to Tata Motors by the Left when it was in power in West Bengal.The Supreme Court today has said farmers should not receive their land till the Calcutta High Court rules on the legal battle that's being fought between Ms Banerjee's government and the Tatas.Ms ...
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4 killed, 150 injured over playground in West Bengal
Four persons were killed and 150 others injured on Tuesday after a clash allegedly broke out between residents of two villages over the control of a playground at Purbasthali area in Burdwan district.The clash occurred after a man from Ghoshpara village was allegedly shot dead by some persons from Alunipara village following an altercation between ...
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First farmer suicide in West Bengal
West Bengal, where 11 districts were declared drought-hit, registered its first farmer death on Saturday in the rice bowl of Burdwan district."Forty five-year-old farmer Yunus Sheikh of Basantapur village of Ausgram I block drank pesticide last evening and died at the Burdwan Medical College Hospital," SDO, Burdwan, (North) Arindam Neogi said."We h...
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After Phone Goes Missing, National Award-Winning Farmer Loses Rs 83,000
Despite running from pillar to post for over three and a half months, approaching the police station, the Cyber Crime Department, and bank authorities, he has neither recovered the money nor received any resolution.
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Bengal Farmer, Who Crossed Bangladesh Border, Returns Home After 15 Months
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 country, officials said.
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Bengal Writes To Centre Over Exclusion Of 9.5 Lakh Farmers From PM-Kisan Scheme
The West Bengal government has written to the Centre questioning the exclusion of 9.5 lakh farmers of the state from the list of beneficiaries of the PM-Kisan scheme, a senior official said on Thursday.
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Will Meet Bengal Farmers On March 13, Says Farmer Leader Rakesh Tikait
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait today said he would hold a meeting with farmers on March 13 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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Trinamool To Bring Resolution Against Farm Laws In Bengal Assembly Session
The two-day special Assembly assembly session in Bengal began with obituary references made during the first half of Wednesday.
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BJP To Launch "Ek Mutho Chaal" Drive For Bengal Farmers On Jan 9: Report
BJP President JP Nadda will launch a campaign "ek mutho chaal" (a handful of rice) in Bengal's Bardhaman district on January 9, sources said.
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India Is The Top Exporter Of Virtual Water As Cities Stare At Scarcity
After Chennai's water shortage, people are rushing to fix leaky taps and toilets in their homes. Good move, say water experts, but time to stop sweating the small sweat and tackle India's biggest water consumer. No, not factories, not power plants, not homes but farms.
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India Matters: Fields of Despair
There is the reality of a farmer's suicide and then there are versions of this reality. Whether you choose to accept the farmer's context of poverty, debt and extreme risk, or deny it, often depends on the class and profession you belong to.
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Mamata vs Tata: Supreme Court stops transfer of land to farmers
Mamata Banerjee will have to wait to return land at Singur to farmers. The land was leased to Tata Motors by the Left when it was in power in West Bengal.The Supreme Court today has said farmers should not receive their land till the Calcutta High Court rules on the legal battle that's being fought between Ms Banerjee's government and the Tatas.Ms ...
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4 killed, 150 injured over playground in West Bengal
Four persons were killed and 150 others injured on Tuesday after a clash allegedly broke out between residents of two villages over the control of a playground at Purbasthali area in Burdwan district.The clash occurred after a man from Ghoshpara village was allegedly shot dead by some persons from Alunipara village following an altercation between ...
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First farmer suicide in West Bengal
West Bengal, where 11 districts were declared drought-hit, registered its first farmer death on Saturday in the rice bowl of Burdwan district."Forty five-year-old farmer Yunus Sheikh of Basantapur village of Ausgram I block drank pesticide last evening and died at the Burdwan Medical College Hospital," SDO, Burdwan, (North) Arindam Neogi said."We h...
