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Maharashtra To Blacklist Farmers Using Fake Crop Insurance Claims: Report
The Maharashtra government has decided to blacklist farmers found submitting fake crop insurance claims, an action largely limited to intermediaries and service providers earlier, a senior official from the state agriculture department said.
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"Will Take To Streets If Dairy Farmers Don't Get Subsidy": Sharad Pawar
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday warned of agitation if the Maharashtra government did not provide subsidy to milk producers.
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Exclusive: With Cracked Soles, Bleeding Feet, Maharashtra Farmers March On
Cracked soles, swollen feet and many companions hospitalised - farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai are braving all odds to continue their agitation for relief to onion growers and several other demands.
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Don't Teach Us Hindutva, Why No Bharat Ratna For Savarkar Yet: Uddhav Thackeray To BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the BJP over issues ranging from the commitment to Hindutva to the ongoing farmers' agitation on Delhi borders.
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Blame Centre For Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar Being Trolled: Raj Thackeray
The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.
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Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray To Join Farmer Protest In Mumbai On January 25
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.
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Farmers From Maharashtra Leave For Delhi To Join Protests
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra on Monday left for Delhi from Nashik to join the ongoing agitation by cultivators seeking the repeal of three agri laws passed by the Centre.
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Maharashtra Dairy Farmers Launch Stir For Higher Milk Procurement Prices
Facing losses in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy farmers in Maharashtra launched an agitation on Tuesday to press for their various demands, including a hike in milk procurement prices, and spilled milk on roads at some places in protest.
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BJP Behaving Like "Fish Out Of Water": NCP MLA Over Aid To Farmers
NCP MLA Jitendra Ahwad today hit out at the BJP over ruckus in the Maharashtra Assembly on the issue of financial aid to farmers hit by untimely rains, saying the saffron party was behaving "like a fish out of water".
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To Protest "Betrayal", 50,000 Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Again
Over 50,000 farmers on Wednesday embarked on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the BJP governments at the state and centre. The Kisan Long March-2 -- expected to take over nine days to complete -- is being organised by the CPI(M)'s All ...
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"Under Pressure", 3 Women Call Off 6-Day Hunger Strike In Maharashtra
Hours after they were forcibly admitted to hospital, three Maharashtra farmers' daughters on Saturday afternoon called off their agitation, but claimed it was done "under pressure" from the government.
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Farmers' Daughters In Maharashtra Village Protest, Demand Loan Waiver
Daughters of farmers in Puntamba village of Maharashtra, which saw a movement for loan waiver two years ago, launched an agitation today in support of their demands for cultivators.
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"Maharashtra Sugarcane Crisis Not Created By Us," Says Nitin Gadkari
As sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra plan to launch an agitation over their grievances, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday blamed "external factors" for the prevailing crisis.
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Farmer Gets Rs 1,064 For 750 kg Of Onion, Sends Money To PM In Protest
An onion-grower from Maharashtra who had to sell his produce for little over Rs 1 per kg has sent his earnings to the Prime Minister to mark his protest.
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185 Farmers Facing Trail In 2011 Maval Firing Case Acquitted
A court in Maharashtra has discharged 185 farmers facing trial in the 2011 Maval firing case, allowing the state government's application seeking withdrawal of the case filed against the cultivators. Three farmers, including a woman, were killed in police firing and 16 farmers had received injuries during the agitation on August 9, 2011 in Maval te...
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Maharashtra To Blacklist Farmers Using Fake Crop Insurance Claims: Report
The Maharashtra government has decided to blacklist farmers found submitting fake crop insurance claims, an action largely limited to intermediaries and service providers earlier, a senior official from the state agriculture department said.
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"Will Take To Streets If Dairy Farmers Don't Get Subsidy": Sharad Pawar
NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday warned of agitation if the Maharashtra government did not provide subsidy to milk producers.
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Exclusive: With Cracked Soles, Bleeding Feet, Maharashtra Farmers March On
Cracked soles, swollen feet and many companions hospitalised - farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai are braving all odds to continue their agitation for relief to onion growers and several other demands.
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Don't Teach Us Hindutva, Why No Bharat Ratna For Savarkar Yet: Uddhav Thackeray To BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the BJP over issues ranging from the commitment to Hindutva to the ongoing farmers' agitation on Delhi borders.
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Blame Centre For Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar Being Trolled: Raj Thackeray
The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.
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Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray To Join Farmer Protest In Mumbai On January 25
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar will take part in a protest to be staged in Mumbai in support of the farmers agitating against Centre's three new farm laws on the borders of New Delhi, state Minister Nawab Malik said on Tuesday.
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Farmers From Maharashtra Leave For Delhi To Join Protests
Thousands of farmers from Maharashtra on Monday left for Delhi from Nashik to join the ongoing agitation by cultivators seeking the repeal of three agri laws passed by the Centre.
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Maharashtra Dairy Farmers Launch Stir For Higher Milk Procurement Prices
Facing losses in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy farmers in Maharashtra launched an agitation on Tuesday to press for their various demands, including a hike in milk procurement prices, and spilled milk on roads at some places in protest.
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BJP Behaving Like "Fish Out Of Water": NCP MLA Over Aid To Farmers
NCP MLA Jitendra Ahwad today hit out at the BJP over ruckus in the Maharashtra Assembly on the issue of financial aid to farmers hit by untimely rains, saying the saffron party was behaving "like a fish out of water".
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To Protest "Betrayal", 50,000 Maharashtra Farmers March To Mumbai Again
Over 50,000 farmers on Wednesday embarked on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the last 12 months to protest against what they termed as the "betrayal" of peasants by the BJP governments at the state and centre. The Kisan Long March-2 -- expected to take over nine days to complete -- is being organised by the CPI(M)'s All ...
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"Under Pressure", 3 Women Call Off 6-Day Hunger Strike In Maharashtra
Hours after they were forcibly admitted to hospital, three Maharashtra farmers' daughters on Saturday afternoon called off their agitation, but claimed it was done "under pressure" from the government.
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Farmers' Daughters In Maharashtra Village Protest, Demand Loan Waiver
Daughters of farmers in Puntamba village of Maharashtra, which saw a movement for loan waiver two years ago, launched an agitation today in support of their demands for cultivators.
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"Maharashtra Sugarcane Crisis Not Created By Us," Says Nitin Gadkari
As sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra plan to launch an agitation over their grievances, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday blamed "external factors" for the prevailing crisis.
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Farmer Gets Rs 1,064 For 750 kg Of Onion, Sends Money To PM In Protest
An onion-grower from Maharashtra who had to sell his produce for little over Rs 1 per kg has sent his earnings to the Prime Minister to mark his protest.
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185 Farmers Facing Trail In 2011 Maval Firing Case Acquitted
A court in Maharashtra has discharged 185 farmers facing trial in the 2011 Maval firing case, allowing the state government's application seeking withdrawal of the case filed against the cultivators. Three farmers, including a woman, were killed in police firing and 16 farmers had received injuries during the agitation on August 9, 2011 in Maval te...
