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9/20/2016: FRONT PAGE: PM clears effective response, Army says it’s ready & willing to hit back Bihar farmer loses a second son to terror… after 30 years

New Delhi: Amid rising calls for retribution after an audacious jihadi strike on an Army camp at Uri, PM Narendra Modi authorised the Army to deliver an effective response to the latest terror attack believed to have been engineered by… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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5/25/2016: FRONT PAGE: Farmer sells farmland to build dam

Mumbai: A 42-year-old farmer from a small village in Maharashtra’s Akola district has sold a large chunk of his farmland to build a dam for himself and farmers of his villages after he got no aid from the state government. Sanjay Tidke, who along with… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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India stunned as farmer kills self at AAP rally

New Delhi :  An AAP rally attended by thousands against the land ordinance on Wednesday turned tragic when a Rajasthan farmer, his crops ruined by untimely rains, hanged himself from a tree in the heart of the capital, shocking India and sparking an ugly political blame game. “Gajendra (Singh)’s death has saddened the nation,” Prime Minister Narendra […]

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AAP govt to name farmer scheme after Gajendra

On the back foot over suicide of the farmer from Rajasthan, the Delhi govt also decided to give a job to Gajendra’s kin and martyr status for him. The Hindu – Delhi

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Farmer suicide: Delhi CM apologises

Two days after a farmer hanged himself in front of thousands of people at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal apologised on Friday for not calling off the meeting and… The Hindu – Delhi

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