Representational image of a farmer at a paddy field in Kalpetta in Wayanad | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) promulgated rules for implementing a recent law that seeks to grant farmers unrestricted land use rights on acreage allocated solely for farming and housing to landless … Read more
In Nilwande village, 50 kilometres away from Nashik city, 35 years old Chhaya Thete wakes up early morning to send her two children to a private English medium school around an hour away from her village. Tiffins packed, meals cooked, she then heads to her farm to see if the stems in her vineyard have … Read more
Image used for representaive purpose. File Farmers’ groups close to the government, during an interactive meeting with the Union Agriculture Ministry here on Tuesday, appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement that his government would provide high priority to the welfare of farmers. The groups said such a stern message addressed the concerns of farmers … Read more
The Koorgalli unit of the Federation of Farmers’ Organisation was inaugurated on Sunday in a bid to give a thrust to local movement against land acquisition. The unit was inaugurated by Kurubur Shanthakumar, president, State Sugarcane Cultivators Association who rued that politicians who seek farmers votes to get elected, conspire to evict them by acquiring agricultural … Read more
Bharath Beej Swaraj Manch and the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh, two organisations of farmers, have written to the Union Agriculture Ministry against the proposed amendments. File. As the ‘Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group’ to enhance the Multilateral System (MLS) under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the ‘Plant Treaty’) meets in … Read more
Shivamogga: Two farmers died after they came in contact with live electric wire at their farm at Shettikoplu village in Arasikere taluk on Tuesday (June 18, 2025). The police have identified the deceased as Balegowda, 73, of Shettikoppa and Hombe Gowda, 55, a native of Kudakundi village. They were neighbours. They came in contact with … Read more
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s birthday greetings to Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday (May 18, 2025) were laced with a dig at the Narendra Modi government, whom he accused of “continuously ignoring” Mr. Dhankhar’s impassioned pleas on behalf of the agitating farmers. Mr. Dhankhar, who … Read more
The female calves produced by using the sex-sorted semen technology under the Accelerated Breed Improvement Programme in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh Livestock Development Agency (APLDA) has planned to promote artificial insemination of cattle using sex-sorted semen technology extensively to ensure more female calves, thereby increasing milk production and income … Read more
फसलों का न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (MSP) वर्षों से किसानों का सबसे बड़ा मुद्दा बना हुआ है. अब यह सियासत का बड़ा औजार बन चुका है. जहां आंदोलन कर रहे अधिकांश किसान संगठन यह आरोप लगा रहे हैं कि मोदी सरकार एमएसपी खत्म करना चाहती है, वहीं मुख्य विपक्षी पार्टी कांग्रेस भी एमएसपी को लेकर संसद … Read more
Water cannons being used on Congress workers during their protest against the Punjab government in Chandigarh on Friday, March 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid the crackdown on protesting farmers by Punjab Police, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) [BKU (U)] on Friday (March 21, 2025) declined to participate in … Read more