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- India
PM Kisan scheme: 21 lakh farmers chosen in UP found ineligible, says Agri Minister
Lucknow: Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, 21 lakh farmers selected in Uttar Pradesh have been found ineligible in a probe, state Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said on Wednesday.…
- Telangana
Telangana: Bandi Sanjay ridicules KCR for his free power to farmers’ promise
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president Bandi Sanjay on Tuesday pooh-poohed chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s announcement that he would ensure free power supply to farmers all over the country if a…
- Hyderabad
KCR to take lead in uniting peasants to fight against Centre
Hyderabad: A meeting of the National Farmers Unions on Sunday adopted a resolution that Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will take the lead in uniting the farmers of the country from the…
- Telangana
Telangana: KCR snacks with farmer leaders, screens achievements
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday spent time with farmer leaders from different states across the country at Pragati Bhavan and held a conference to discuss issues relating to…
- Telangana
Hyderabad: Farmers from 26 states to meet KCR; discuss agri issues
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao held a meeting with National Farmers Union leaders from 26 states to discuss the current state of the agricultural sector in the country on Saturday.…
- India
Ghaziabad: Plaint against Ajay Mishra over remarks against Tikait, farmers
Ghaziabad: A farmer has lodged a complaint with police here against Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra for making “disparaging” remarks against farmers and their leader Rakesh Tikait. Naresh Yadav, a resident of…
- Photos
Farmers at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Police stand guard as farmers gather for their protest at the Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 22, 2022. Some farm unions have given a call to stage a…
- India
Farmers reach Jantar Mantar as Delhi borders witness massive jams
New Delhi: Farmers have started reaching the Jantar Mantar in the national capital on Monday for their ‘mahapanchayat’ amid massive traffic jams at Delhi’s borders, especially in Ghazipur where the police have…
- 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…
- India
Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait
Noida: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said his farmers’ group would begin a campaign against the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath from August 7. Addressing a farmers’ congregation…
