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Raipur farmers protest against non-fulfilment of their demands

Raipur, Nov 25(ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district forced a shutdown on Wednesday in protest against non-fulfillment of their demands.

The farmers were protesting to press for higher bonus on rice, increase in the support price of rice, free electricity and release of arrested farmers.

The farmer's courted arrest, but the shutdown remained largely peaceful.

"We made the tea stalls, shops shutdown peacefully then we came to the bus stand, but on the bus stand our associates were arrested. But, as you can see we have not resorted to the violence and the strike has been successful," said Deepak Sahu, an arrested farmer. (ANI)

Consult states on national mineral policy: Ch'grh CM

Raipur, July 16: Chhattisgarh has urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of chief ministers of mineral producing states before finalizing the new 'national mineral policy'. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh pointed out that mineral producing states of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Karnataka had already submitted a joint memorandum expressing their concerns on the proposed national mineral policy. Dr Singh said.....
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