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- 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…
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Gherao TRS leaders’ residence, says Shabbir Ali to farmers
Hyderabad/Kamareddy: Former Minister and ex leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Saturday asked farmers to ‘gherao‘ Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders’ residences if the rythu bandhu payments…
- India
Farmers protest Centre’s Agnipath scheme in Jaipur
Jaipur: Farmers protested the Centre’s Agnipath scheme here on Friday, taking out a protest march to the district collector’s office. Members of the United Kisan Morcha and the organisations supporting it submitted a…
- Telangana
Telangana to transfer money under ‘Rythu Bandhu’ to ryots accounts from June 28
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday said money under the ‘Rythu Bandhu’ investment support scheme would be transferred to the farmers’ bank accounts from June 28 for the Kharif season. “Chief Minister…
- Telangana
Pay farmers immediately for procured paddy: BJP demands Telangana govt
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday appealed to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government to immediately release the payments due to farmers regarding paddy procured from them during the Yasangi (Rabi)…
- Telangana
Telangana: Farmers clash with Transco officials in Warangal
Hyderabad: A dispute erupted between farmers and TS TRANSCO officials in Mogilicherla, Warangal district as the authorities tried to set up high tension wires in the district on Wednesday. The tension broke…
