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'You don't go after big fish but harass poor farmers': SC to Bank on OTS schemeDuring the hearing, the bench said, "You don't go after big fish and only harass poor farmers, who have paid 95 per cent of the amount. The...- Agritech startup Farmkart to raise Rs 90 crore financing for pan-India expansionFarmkart's tech solutions are designed for non-tech savvy farmers providing them with fertilisers, pesticides, fungicides, seeds, farm equi...
- BJP, Congress try to get caste & tribe mix rightIf the 2014 polls saw the saffron party’s best ever show in the state, it was Congress’ turn to stage its best performance in two decades d...
- Patidar quota no longer an issue, says BJPTo seek votes from farmers in Saurashtra, the BJP is banking on the Rs 6,000 annual income scheme for farmers.
- Gujarat: Jasdan bypoll a prestige issue for BJP & CongressThe seat had recently fallen vacant after the incumbent Congress MLA Kunvarji Bavalia jumped ship to become a cabinet minister in Vijay Rup...
- MP not keen on loan waiver, banks on interest-free loans to solve farm woesThe Mandsaur agitation brought into focus the agriculture distress in the state which will go to polls next year.
- Saurashtra Patidars ditch BJP, but Patels in cities remain loyal to ModiAt the root of the success of the Congress formula of KHAM (Kshatriya-Harijan-Adivasi-Muslim) in 1985 was this caste conflict.
- Farmers cost BJP more than reservation-seeking PatidarsFailure of the Vijay Rupani government to honour its word on minimum support price for cotton and groundnuts may have been the reason.
- The day of the Patidars: Why their votes matter in Gujarat electionFor the first time, Patidar voters are split between the Congress and the BJP. Hardik Patel enjoys the support of a lot of young Patels, an...
- Gujarat polls: Dhoraji seat a prestige issue for Hardik PatelDhoraji has traditionally been a stronghold of Congress. Veteran Patel community leader Vitthal Radadiya was elected from the seat for five...
- ‘Patidars will have massive impact on election results this time’According to data from a political activist, 33% of voters here are Leuva Patidars. Including Kadvas, Patidars make up a whopping 38% of th...
- View: Gujarat 2017 is about growing disaffection with the BJPMany expect Modi to make an emotional pitch about Gujarati pride being at stake at the final lap of the campaign. Elections in India are al...
- In Patidar stir epicentre, reservation dominates the discourseMehsana is the political laboratory of Gujarat -- leaders such as Narendra Modi and Amit Shah come from here, and this is where the Patidar...
- Congress VP Rahul Gandhi tries to woo Patidars and farmersAt Dhrol, Gandhi donned the Patidar cap with slogan “Jai Sardar Jai Patidar” written on it, at Tankara, he invoked the Amul model of cooper...
- Govt shouldn't compel farmers to become Naxals: Hardik PatelHe also demanded that the state government should restart procurement of opium poppy husk (which is cultivated in the area) or the farmers ...
- Protesting farmers block highways in various statesA group of 62 farmers' unions had earlier announced that traffic will be blocked for three hours on all national highways across the countr...
- 5 killed after Madhya Pradesh farmers’ stir turns violentSome eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds, but Mandsaur district authorities denied that police fired on protesters...
- Gujarat polls: Congress promises UP like loan waiver for farmersGujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki has announced that the party will waive off the loans of the farmers if elected to power.
- Note ban no surgical strike on black money: Hardik Patel"As far as curbing black money is concerned, it is a right decision but it is not a surgical strike against the wealth amassed illegally."
- Opium farmers likely to fetch more prices after ban on importHe said that 5133 quintals of white poppy seeds had been brought for sale in the Neemuch Mandi in 2011-12 and this quantity had risen to 16...
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