farmers
- India
Farmers begin march towards Delhi, Punjab-Haryana borders fortified
Chandigarh: Farmers from Punjab on Tuesday morning commenced their ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press for their demands, after a meeting with two Union ministers over their demands, including legal guarantee to MSP…
- India
Farmers’ march: Bharti Kisan Union-Doaba extends support to ‘Delhi Chalo’ call
Phagwara: The Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) on Monday announced to support the farmers’ proposed ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on February 13. BKU (Doaba) is part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which had…
- India
Cops foil farmers’ march to Parliament; traffic around Delhi hit
Noida: Noida Police on Thursday stepped up security along its borders with Delhi as thousands of farmers from around 100 villages took to the streets seeking hiked compensation and made an unsuccessful…
- Photos
In pics: Farmers protest in NCR
Noida: Farmers during a protest march to the national capital, in Noida, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (PTI Photo) Noida: Farmers during a protest march to the national capital, in Noida, Thursday, Feb.…
- Bangalore
Unhappy Karnataka farmers’ ‘Bengaluru Chalo’ protest today
Bengaluru: Thousands of farmers are gathering at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Tuesday to stage a protest against the Congress government demanding fulfillment of various demands. About 5,000 farmers from across…
- India
SKM accuses Centre of trying to bring farm laws through ‘back entry’
New Delhi: The proposals to promote private and public investment in post-harvest activities made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman in the interim budget is akin to giving “back entry” to the three…
- India
Turmeric Board will start functioning this season: BJP MP
Hyderabad: BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri announced on Monday, January 29, that the National Turmeric Board will start functioning this season and promised to establish an office with four senior IAS officers. In…
- Telangana
All Rythu Bharosa beneficiaries will receive cash by Feb-end: Telangana CM
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy stated that all the 63 lakh farmers, who are the beneficiaries of the Rythu Bharosa support in the state will receive cash deposits into their…
- India
Govt promise of doubling farmers’ income a ‘propaganda’: Yechury
New Delhi: CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday called the Union government’s promise of doubling the farmers’ income a “propaganda” and said that 30 farmers died on an average since…
- Telangana
Telangana: Chili farmers anxious over drastic price drop
Hyderabad: Farmers all over the state have become restive over the fall of chili prices. As the demand for the crop went down due to the increased production, the farmers had a…
- India
Famers bodies hold ‘mahapanchayat’ in Punjab, demand MSP law’s enactment
Barnala: Samyukta Kisan Morcha and 18 farmer unions on Saturday organised a “mahapanchayat” here demanding the enactment of a law guaranteeing minimum support price for crops and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission…
- Bangalore
Karnataka govt must protect farmers’ interest: Former CM Bommai
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday, January 6, that the government must protect the interests of farmers who have voted for the Congress and brought them to power…
- Bangalore
Karnataka minister’s ‘farmers wish for drought’ remark sparks row
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Agricultural Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil has kicked up a controversy with his remarks that the farmers in the state wish for drought to occur as they get farm loan waivers…
- India
Not old, can still straighten some people out, says Sharad Pawar
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he had not grown old and still had the power to “straighten some people out”. Speaking at a bullock-cart race in Charkoli…
- India
2,366 farmers died by suicide in Maharashtra in 10 months this year: Minister
Nagpur: As many as 2,366 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra between January and October this year, Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation Anil Bhaidas Patil informed the state assembly on Thursday. The…
