Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait on Friday (December 13, 2024) met Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the eighteenth day, at Khanauri border and called for unity of farmers’ groups for a “joint fight”. Mr. Tikait was accompanied by SKM leader Harinder Singh Lakhowal. Meanwhile, a group of 101 farmers under … Read more
The TSRTC Employees’ Union, affiliated to the AITUC, has given a call for ‘Chalo Bus Bhavan’ on May 21 to press for its charter of demands, including speedy completion of the process for merger of the TSRTC with the government. The other demands of the TSRTC Employees’ Union include revival of trade unions in the … Read more
A file photo of Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has no moral right to criticise the Congress government with regard to its attempts to revive the damaged Medigadda Barrage, part of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), terming it a disaster thrusted upon … Read more
Farmers at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during their âDelhi Chaloâ protest, near Patiala district, on February 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI After the fourth meeting between Union Ministers and farmer representatives to deliberate on their demands, in which the government proposed to give a guarantee on procuring five crops on Minimum Support Price (MSP), … Read more
Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests A meeting of the farmer unions and the central government has been scheduled for today at 5 pm. Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher criticised the centreâs way of handling the protests pointing out the high-level security measures involving even para-military forces. âThere … Read more
Ahead of the ‘Chalo Siddheswaram Sangameswaram’ call given by Rayalaseema activist and former MLA Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy, publicity graffiti for the event was released here on Wednesday. Tirupati-based Rayalaseema Porata Samithi convener P. Naveen Kumar Reddy, who released the posters, recalled that the samithi had already expressed solidarity to the cause of building a bridge-cum-barrage … Read more