Farmers

Farmers' Budget To Declare Minimum Support Prices: Rahul Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2019

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday that Minimum Support Prices (MSP) would also be announced in the separate farmers' budget which his party's manifesto has promised.

General Elections 2019: Gujarat Farmer Refuses To Let Hardik Patel's Chopper Land On His Field

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2019

Congress leader Hardik Patel had to cancel his helicopter ride to Lunawada in Mahisagar district of Gujarat Thursday at the last moment after the farmer on whose field the chopper was to land did not give his nod for its use as a helipad, an official said.

Sacrifice Of Soldiers As Much A Poll Issue As Farmer Deaths, Says PM Modi

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday April 16, 2019

Nationalism and the sacrifice of soldiers are as much an election issue as the death of farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday, rejecting opposition criticism that he was using the defence forces in his campaign speeches for influencing voters.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Will Give Complete Loan Waiver To Farmers, Rafale Probe, If UPA Wins: Sharad Pawar

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 15, 2019

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said the UPA would give complete farm loan waiver and conduct a detailed probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal if it forms the next government after the April-May Lok Sabha polls.

"Stop Talking About Pak If You're Nationalist": Priyanka Gandhi Attacks BJP

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 15, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, campaigning in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur Sikri today, mounted a two-point attack on the ruling BJP focusing on the narrative around nationalism and the state of potato farmers in the region.

Indian Student In UAE Invents Robots That Clean Oceans, Help Farmers

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday April 12, 2019

An Indian student in Abu Dhabi has developed robots to help protect marine life and also minimise human labour on farms, an innovation he hopes would be implemented on a bigger scale in the UAE, according to a media report.

On PM's Scheme For Farmers, A Reality Check For Rajnath Singh In Bihar

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday April 11, 2019

Amid the debate over the Congress's Rs 6000 a month Basic Minimum Income Scheme and the government's Rs 6000 a year PM Kisan Scheme, Union minister Rajnath Singh had a reality check at a remote village in Bihar today. It was one that also left the government of Nitish Kumar red faced before the Union Minister. The ambitious scheme was launched in...

Rajinikanth Praises BJP's Poll Promise Of Interlinking Rivers

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday welcomed the BJP's poll promise of implementing river inter-linking and said the initiative would address the issue of poverty as it would lead to upliftment of farmers and employment for crores of people.

Naveen Patnaik Lodges Complaint Against Stopping Of Kalia Funds

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Strongly protesting the Election Commission of India's decision to stop disbursement of funds to farmers under Odisha government's Kalia scheme, Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Tuesday went to office of the Chief Electoral Officer to lodge a complaint.

"It's Welcome": Rajinikanth On BJP's Poll Promise Of Interlinking Rivers

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday welcomed the BJP's poll promise of implementing river inter-linking and said the initiative would address the issue of poverty as it would lead to upliftment of farmers and employment for crores of people.

Suicide Bombers Attack Syria Army Post, Several Dead: Reports

World News | Reuters | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Suicide bombers disguised as farmers struck an army position in western Syria on Tuesday in an attack that killed three people and all the militants, state-run media said.

PM Modi's Big Appeal To "My First-Time Voters" In Maharashtra Rally

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged first-time voters to choose the BJP that will help strengthen the country even more. "Can your first vote in your life ensure that the poor get a home? Can your first vote ensure that water reaches the fields of farmers?" PM Modi asked the crowd at a rally in Maharashtra's Latur, as he prodded them to t...

Maoists Put Up Posters In Kerala's Wayanad Asking For Election Boycott

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 8, 2019

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Maoists have put up posters and banners asking farmers and plantation workers in Kerala's Mundakkai, a part of Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency from where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is contesting, to boycott the April 23 elections.

Opposition Shreds BJP Manifesto, Calls It "Copy Pasted" From 2014

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday April 8, 2019

The opposition today shredded the BJP's manifesto for the national election that made a string of promises, including scrapping a law for special rights to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and doubling farmers' income by next year.

Doubling Farmers' Income, Ram Temple: 10 Big Points From BJP's Manifesto

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Monday April 8, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's manifesto or Sankalp patra, a document promising good governance, security and prosperity of the country. BJP chief Amit Shah in his introductory message claimed that India is a "maha-shakti" now. During the period between 2004 and 2014, when UPA was in power, India had "slipped in the eyes of the wor...