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Warangal: BJP leaders are misleading the farmers on paddy purchase issue. While the Centre led by BJP is not ready to buy the paddy, the BJP leaders in Telangana instigated the farmers stating that they would ensure purchase of paddy. But both of them have cheated the farmers, alleged Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister […]
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Suryapet: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday said that the Centre should purchase every grain of the wheat and paddy crop produced by the farmers in the country as per food security act. Participating in protest demonstrations held by the TRS members here against the Centre over paddy procurement issue, he said that the […]
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Khammam: The Centre’s adverse stance in procuring yasangi paddy from Telangana was harming the interests of farmers in the State, alleged Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. A long term struggle by the farmers would be launched against the BJP government at Centre if it did not buy the paddy harvested in the State, the minister […]
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Karimnagar: CPI State secretary Chada Venkat Reddy found fault with the Central government for showing discrimination towards Telangana by not implementing assurances given in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act. It was wrong on the part of the Centre to create troubles for farmers in paddy procurement, he said. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao should not remain […]
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Hyderabad: Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday said the onus of making the Centre purchase the entire paddy crop from Telangana was on the BJP State leadership considering the assurances given by the party’s State president Bandi Sanjay as well as union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy. He reminded that the two had, […]
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Warangal: Prices of red chilli have been shooting up for the last one month at the Enumamula agriculture market year causing overwhelming joy to the farmers. Enumamula is one of Asia’s biggest agriculture markets located near here. While a quintal of red chilli (Deshi variety) has got a record price of Rs 48,000 per quintal […]
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Adilabad: A customer service provider (CSP) of Telangana Grameena Bank (TGB) was arrested for allegedly siphoning Rs 1.25 crore using Kisan credit cards of farmers. He was produced before pressmen here on Monday. Authorities recovered Rs 20,000 in cash, two cameras worth Rs 4 lakh and golden ornaments worth Rs 80,000 were recovered from him. […]
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Hyderabad: Farmers’ leaders from 10 States will congregate in Bengaluru on March 19 and 20 to discuss the issues faced by ryots in Karnataka and other States and issue an appeal to implement Telangana’s farmer-friendly programmes in Karnataka. The Turmeric Farmers Association of India, Federation for State Farmers Organisations and State Sugarcane Growers Association, Karnataka […]
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The incident occurred when a bike rammed into an earthmover after hitting a woman walking on the road near Jyothinagar sub-station.
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Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy urged all the political parties in the State to rise above politics and encourage farmers to take up cultivation of alternate crops through crop diversification as a social responsibility. He cautioned that cultivation of the same crop for a long period will increase the salinity of the soil and […]
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Warangal: With the health consciousness among the people is growing day by day, Bala Vikasa, one of the reputed non-governmental organisations (NGO) in South India, is all set to open its stalls to facilitate the farmers sell their organic produce in Warangal city. “We are trying to see that sites for setting up the stalls […]
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Hyderabad: Continuing its priority to the agriculture and allied sectors, the State government earmarked Rs 24,254 crore in the State budget for 2022-23. The primary sector comprising both these sectors, have contributed to more than 20 per cent in the State’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) indicating an improved income in rural areas of the […]
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Sangareddy: The trial run of the Talelma Lift Irrigation Project (TLIP) has been commenced at Talelma village located on the foreshore of the Singur project, constructed across river Manjeera in the Sangareddy district, on Sunday. As many as 14 villages located in Andole, Alladurgam, Vatpally and Tekmal Mandal of Andole Assembly Constituency will benefit from […]
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Hyderabad: Entrepreneurs, farmers and experts recommended setting up of bamboo boards at national level and state level and a national Bamboo Policy for promotion of bamboo cultivation extensively across the country. On the last day of national conference on “Dissemination of innovations in bamboo sector for improving the rural economy” here on Friday, different stakeholders […]
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Amaravati: Amaravati erupted in celebrations on Thursday after Andhra Pradesh High Court pronounced its judgment on petitions challenging Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government’s decision to create three state capitals. Raising slogans of ‘Jai Amaravati’, farmers of the region burst crackers and distributed sweets to hail the court order. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Prashant […]
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Kothagudem: Tension prevailed at Ramanujavaram village in Manuguru mandal in the district on Monday when local farmers opposed the land acquisition for BTPS railway line. Sources said TS Genco officials along with police visited the village to acquire the land for laying railway line connecting Bhadradri Thermal Power Station (BTPS) with Manugur station for transportation […]
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Khammam: Leaders of various political parties have demanded that the officials pay a compensation of Rs 1 crore per acre for lands that were being acquired for the Khammam to Devarapalli Greenfield Highway in the district. The Land Evacuees Committee, different farmers organisations and political parties took out a protest rally and staged dharna at […]
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By Arun Sinha Regardless of how the government negotiates with the farmers on the issue of legally guaranteed Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 23 crops, there seems to be no way it can abandon them. The state has been a foster father to the farmers, encouraging them to grow wheat and rice, pushing them to […]
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Jangaon: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao came out with his guns blazing against the BJP government at the Centre in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular, and declared that he was prepared to play a crucial role in national politics, if required, for the nation’s cause. “I am a Telangana Puli (Telangana tiger) […]
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By Arun Sinha Which way will the farmers vote in the elections in UP and Punjab? That is a serious worry for the BJP. The signs are not good for it, and the Budget has not made them any better. The fire of farmers’ anger is still not extinguished. They recently observed a Vishwasghat Diwas (Betrayal Day) […]
