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To pacify farmers, Yeida to give them 10% land for residential use

Updated on Nov 15, 2023 23:30 IST

The hike comes in the wake of repeated farmer protests demanding 10% land on the grounds that in 2011, the Uttar Pradesh government had assured them that much land for their family’s growing needs, said officials (HT Archive)

PM Modi releases 15th instalment of PM-KISAN, hits out at previous govts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting celebrating the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Birsa Munda in Jharkhand’s Khunti on Wednesday. (ANI)

Updated on Nov 15, 2023 10:50 IST

Guest column: Stubble trouble: Why pin blame on farmers for policy failures?

The area under paddy cultivation has increased to 3 million hectares in Punjab this year, with an estimated production of over 20 million tonnes of straw in the state (HT File Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 15, 2023 02:02 IST

Activists urge Tamil Nadu CM to release farmers arrested for protesting

MK Stalin (PTI)

Updated on Nov 15, 2023 01:40 IST

Punjab: Mandi board winds up paddy procurement at 1,559 centres, upset farmers threaten protest

At least 1,559 grain markets and procurement centres across Punjab have stopped purchasing paddy, leaving farmers worried. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2023 24:32 IST

Punjab VB team raids grain markets to check bogus billing

Following a complaint by the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs secretary, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh about bogus purchase in grain markets on Diwali, nearly 40 teams of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) raided various grain markets to access stock of paddy procured in the wee hours on Tuesday. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2023 24:36 IST

PM Narendra Modi to disburse 15th PM-KISAN tranche in Jharkhand

PM-KISAN is a central sector scheme with 100 per cent funding from the central government. (Facebook | Narendra Modi)

Published on Nov 14, 2023 10:58 IST

Belagavi farmers ask MLAs to stay with them during winter session

HT Image

Updated on Nov 14, 2023 02:38 IST

India exempted from review obligations related to trade in Red Sanders

India has been removed from the Review of Significant Trade for Red Sanders (Representative Image) (FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 13, 2023 12:48 IST

‘Attach property for year’: SC advocates carrot and stick policy for farm fires

Amritsar: A farmer burns stubble (parali) after to remove paddy crop residues from a field on the outskirts of Amritsar on Nov 2 (PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Nov 10, 2023 15:54 IST

Sugarcane Tractors Torched on Karnataka-Maharashtra Border

Sugarcane Tractors Torched on Karnataka-Maharashtra Border

Updated on Nov 10, 2023 02:08 IST

Will not celebrate Diwali as farmers are in distress: RLD chief

RLD chief chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh. (HT file)

Published on Nov 9, 2023 16:04 IST

Farm fires record uptick across Punjab

Smoke billows out as stubble burned by the farmers after harvest at Village Jodhan near Ludhiana on Wednesday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)

chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 9, 2023 03:48 IST

Power bills: Weavers, farmers continue protest

Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chadhuni( in saffron turban) joined the protest of farmers and weavers at Urja Bhawan on Wednesday. (HT)

Updated on Nov 9, 2023 24:38 IST

‘Paltry hike’ in sugarcane SAP a joke: Opposition

‘Paltry hike’ in sugarcane SAP a joke: Opposition (PTI File)

chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 8, 2023 04:12 IST

May not procure foodgrains of farmers burning stubble next year: Dalal

May not procure foodgrains of farmers burning stubble next year: Dalal (PTI)

chandigarh news

Updated on Nov 8, 2023 02:30 IST

Led by SP MLA, weavers & farmers protest against high power tariff

SP MLA Atul Pradhan addressing weavers and farmers at Urja Bhawan in Meerut on Tuesday. (HT)

Updated on Nov 7, 2023 23:50 IST

Unnecessarily being targeted, defamed for Delhi air pollution: Punjab farmers

Amid the recent decline in air quality in the national capital, the AAP and the BJP have blamed stubble burning in states ruled by the other for the pollution. (PTI/File)

Published on Nov 7, 2023 08:49 IST

Paddy gambit may hold the key to power in Chhattisgarh

In many ways, conversations around paddy have framed political fortunes in Chhattisgarh since it became a state in 2000. (HT file)

Updated on Nov 7, 2023 24:32 IST

Punjab Police yet to arrest farmers who forced officials to burn stubble

A day after nine farmers and activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Sidhupur) were booked on chief minister Bhgawant Mann’s directions after villagers forced an official on duty to burn paddy stubble, the Bathinda police have not made any arrest.

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Updated on Nov 6, 2023 02:20 IST

Farmers force officials to burn stubble after holding them hostage in Bathinda

A video grab of farmers holding Punjab PWD sub divisional engineer Hardeep Sagar by the arm and forcing him to torch the paddy residue at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda district on Friday. (Sourced)

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Updated on Nov 5, 2023 01:08 IST

Defiant farmers hold officials hostage, force them to burn stubble in Punjab

A video grab of farmers holding Punjab PWD sub divisional engineer Hardeep Sagar by the arm and forcing him to torch the paddy residue at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda district on Friday. (X)

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Published on Nov 4, 2023 10:57 IST

Farmers stage protest against Prayagraj development authority’s demolition drive

For representation only (HT File Photo)

Updated on Nov 2, 2023 23:34 IST

Admn takes strict actions against stubble burning, files FIRs

A local farmer burning stubble in his farm, despite bans, in Ludhiana. (Gurpreet Singh/ HT)

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Updated on Oct 30, 2023 23:36 IST

Chitradurga residents grapple with water crisis, lack of fodder

As fodder dries up in the fields in Chitradurga, people with cows and sheep are moving to the Malnad region in Karnataka. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 30, 2023 01:10 IST

Pawar hits back at Modi, says he doubled MSP, made India top producer of wheat, rice

Mumbai, India - May 02, 2023: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar with his wife at the launch of the second part of his autobiography ‘Lok Mazhe Sangati', at Y.B. Chavan Centre, Nariman Point, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, May 02, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 29, 2023 01:16 IST

Paddy procurement: Over ₹10,000 crore transferred into accounts of nearly 2.75L Punjab farmers, says govt

The food civil supplies and consumer affairs minister said 17 districts in the state have transferred more than 100% of payment of the due MSP, which is to be paid within 48 hours of purchase as per norms, three districts have disbursed more than 95% of the due payment, and the remaining three districts have also made more than 85% of due payment. (File)

chandigarh news

Updated on Oct 26, 2023 02:54 IST

CSIR-NBRI 70th Annual Day: NBRI transfers herbal Curcumin technology for second time

NBRI Director AK Shasany releasing Insitute’s annual report along with guests in Lucknow on Wednesday (HT Photo)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 14:29 IST

Farmers take crocodile to electricity office in Karnataka to protest power cut

The Crocodile was left in the Almatti dam by forest officials. (Representative image)

Published on Oct 25, 2023 08:29 IST

Centre unveils co-op for Indian organic exports

Home minister Amit Shah with Union minister Piyush Goyal and minister of state BL Verma in Delhi on Monday. (ANI)

Updated on Oct 23, 2023 23:52 IST

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