Tag: Farmers

Nuapada: A six-hour bandh called by the BJP brought life to a standstill in Nuapada district on Saturday. The bandh observed by the saffron party members demanding disbursement of crop ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide free Android smartphones to all registered farmers. “It has been decided that about 2000 registered farmers in each of the 30 districts ...

Bhubaneswar: Farmers of Anandpur block in Keonjhar district met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday. They were in Odisha capital to participate in a farmers’ awareness programme, which began on Wednesday. After ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide loan to landless farmers with strict implementation of the existing provisions. Talking to mediapersons here on Friday, Cooperation minister Surya Narayan Patro ...

Bargarh: Dozens of farmers staged a massive protest at Garbhana Chhak in Bargarh district on Thursday against the prevailing water crisis for irrigation. The agitators staged a blockade and dharna demanding immediate ...

Bargarh: Agitating farmers locked up several government offices in Bargarh district on Friday demanding immediate release of crop insurance money of last year’s Kharif season. Hundreds of farmers took out ...

Bhogarai: Tension ran high at Mahismunda village under Bhogarai block in Bhadrak district on Friday after a Junior Engineer (JE) of electrical department was thrashed by the locals over alleged ...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of farmers from different parts of the state attended a mass convention at Lower PMG here on Monday to press for various demands, including farm loan waiver. Holding ...

Balangir: Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi visited Balangir district on Wednesday to take stock of the drought situation. Sethi, accompanied by other officials, interacted with the farmers of the ...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has set a target to cover 25 lakh farmers under Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) during 2017 Kharif, which is 8 lakhs more compared to ...