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- India
Farmers ‘struggle’ against farm laws to ‘intensify’, say unions
New Delhi: Even as the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues to crumble the country’s health care system, Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) have said that they will…
- Andhra Pradesh
Jagan credits Rs 128 cr to 6 lakh farmers under loan scheme
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday credited Rs 128.4 crore into the bank accounts of 6.2 lakh farmers under YSR Zero Interest Crop Loan Scheme for the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Fall in onion prices brings tears to farmers’ eyes
Hyderabad: Tje price of onions in markets here are seeing hug dip, so much so that the cost per kilogram of the vegetable is now as low as Rs 6 a some places.…
- Entertainment
Arshi Khan worries about protesting farmers amid Covid spike
Mumbai: “Bigg Boss 14” housemate and actress Arshi Khan says with the rise in Covid-19 cases, she is concerned about the farmers who continue protesting against the government. “I’m traveling to Ludhiana…
- India
Farmers ready to talk if govt invites, no change in demands: Rakesh Tikait
Ghaziabad: Farmers protesting the contentious new farm laws are ready to talk if the Centre invites them, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday, maintaining that the dialogue would resume where it had…
- India
‘Public streets should not be blocked’: Supreme Court
New Delhi: Public streets should not be blocked, observed the Supreme Court on Friday while hearing a plea of a Noida-based woman alleging difficulties in commuting to Delhi for work due to…
- India
Farmers gherao BJP MP in Haryana, smash car windscreen
Kurukshetra: Protesting farmers on Tuesday confronted a ruling BJP MP here, holding a gherao’ and smashing the windscreen of his car, police said. Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh Saini was not in the…
- India
Won’t end farmers stir even if there is nationwide lockdown: Rakesh Tikait
Ghazipur: With the surge in coronavirus cases all over the country, the threat of the pandemic looms large over the hundreds of farmers sitting on protest at various borders of the national capital…
- India
Farmers thrash BJP legislator in Punjab
Chandigarh: Angry over the three Central farm laws passed by the Parliament in September last year, a group of protesting farmers on Saturday heckled Arun Narang, the BJP legislator from Abohar, in…
- Telangana
BJP’s poll promise of turmeric board for TN brings T’gana farmers on the warpath
Hyderabad: With the Centre categorically ruling out establishment of a turmeric board in the state, turmeric farmers in Telangana are furious over the BJP’s Tamil Nadu poll manifesto which mentions setting up…
- India
Bharat Bandh: Agitating farmers block NH-24
New Delhi: Hundreds of farmers on Friday blocked the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh Ghazipur border here as part of their 12-hour Bharat Bandh on the completion of four months of protest over the three contentious…
- Top Stories
Farmer builds Solar-powered car that can run 300 km on a single charge
Mayurbhanj (Odisha): A farmer in Mayurbhanj has built a four-wheeled electric vehicle that runs on a solar-powered battery. Sushil Agarwal from Karanjia subdivision of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district built the car, powered by 850 Watts motor, 100 Ah/ 54 Volts of…
- India
Agitation against new farm laws: Farmers build pucca houses on Singhu border
New Delhi: The farmers’ agitation against the three new farm laws has been going on for the last 106 days at different borders of Delhi. Due to the farmer’s movement, the Delhi-Haryana’s…
- Business
City-based startup to connect farmers directly with customers
Hyderabad: Our Food, a city based agri-tech startup, announced on Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government to set up over 20,000 micro food processing units across…
- Politics
Government treating farmers as enemies: Akhilesh Yadav
Aligarh: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the arrogance of power has made the government sitting in New Delhi “blind and deaf” to the suffering of millions of farmers in the…
