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- India
Rakesh Tikait asks farmers to be ready for nationwide agitation
Lakhimpur Kheri: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait exhorted farmers to be ready for a massive nationwide agitation over their demands as a 75-hour sit-in by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha here…
- Telangana
Telangana: TRS opposes BJP MP D Arvind’s dharna for farmers
Hyderabad: Telangana roads, buildings and legislative affairs minister V Prashanth Reddy on Monday criticised Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Arvind Dharmapuri for reportedly planning a farmers’ protest in Balkonda constituency. In a…
- Delhi
Farmers jam Delhi-Jaipur e-way to protest low compensation for land
Gurugram: Thousands of farmers of Kasan, Mokalwas, Sehrawan and other adjoining villages on Saturday blocked the National Highway in Gurugram’s Panchgaon Chowk demanding more compensation for the land acquired in their villages…
- Andhra Pradesh
Icrisat opens agro-processing unit in AP to aid small farmers
Anantapuramu: The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) and Walmart Foundation on Wednesday inaugurated a secondary processing unit at Muddalapuram village here to support local farmers with new livelihood opportunities…
- India
Farmers block highway in Phagwara over sugarcane arrears
Phagwara: Farmers on Monday blocked traffic on a national highway near a sugar mill here to protest “inordinate” delays in clearance of arrears worth Rs 72 crore to cane growers by the mill…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: CM Jagan asks officials to maximize farmer benefits
Amaravati: Andra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday conducted a review of the Agriculture Department and emphasized providing quality seeds to the farmers and directed the officials to complete…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rains in Mancherial destroy crops on 30,000 acres
Hyderabad: The severe rain that pounded Mancherial for six days continued last week and caused devastation to roughly 18000 farmers in the region, destroying standing crops on 27592 acres. This is according…
- Telangana
Only Adanis and Ambanis’ income doubled in NDA rule: Telangana Minister
Hyderabad: Ridiculing the Centre’s claim that the income of farmers in some states has doubled, Telangana Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy on Tuesday said only the Adanis’ and Ambanis’ income doubled during…
- Telangana
Telangana: Rythu Bandhu halted to farmers found producing Ganja, says chief secretary
Hyderabad: Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar chaired the state-level Narcotics Co-ordination meeting at BRKR Bhavan on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that stringent measures have been taken by the government…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad startup to provide financial solutions to 60,000 farmers
Hyderabad: City-based Agri-Fintech startup Hesa announced an extension of financial solutions to 60,000 Hesaathis including farmers across 30,000 villages in tire two and three cities of Telangana. The feature will provide ease…
- Bangalore
Sugarcane farmers attempt to lay siege to Karnataka CM residence, detained
Bengaluru: Karnataka sugarcane farmers who attempted to lay siege to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommais residence in Bengaluru were detained on Monday. Thousands of sugarcane farmers had arrived in Bengaluru from across the…
- Telangana
Telangana: TRS MLA’s brother threatens farmer over property dispute
Hyderabad: An elderly farmer, Manchireddy Ramchandra Reddy, on Monday filed a complaint at the Ibrahimpatnam police in the Rachakonda commissionerate stating that the brother of the Ibrahimpatnam MLA, Manchireddy Prabhakar Reddy, had…
- Telangana
Telangana launches ‘Rythu Bandhu’ investment support scheme for farmers
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Tuesday launched ‘Rythu Bandhu’ investment support scheme for farmers, an official release said. State Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy said on the first day Rs 586.65 crore…