BC Welfare Minister inspecting the damaged crop in the Husnabad constituency due to Cyclone Montha, on October 30, 2025 Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Tummala Nageswara Rao visited the cyclone-affected areas of Husnabad and Khammam to assess the damage caused by the Montha cyclone on Thursday. The combined Warangal, Karimnagar, and Khammam districts bore the brunt … Read more
AIADMK leader and former Minister R. Kamaraj on Friday criticised the DMK government over the alleged failure in procurement of paddy from farmers, who have been affected by the recent heavy rains in the Cauvery delta region. In a statement, Mr. Kamaraj charged that about 35% of kuruvai cultivation in the Cauvery delta region has … Read more
Image for the purpose of representation only. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Police resorted to lathi-charge and lobbed teargas shells on Thursday to disperse a crowd protesting against the murder of a farmer allegedly by poachers, after he stopped them from hunting deer at Dangri village in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. The protesters hurled stones … Read more
Labour minister and district-in-charge minister for Dharwad on Monday spent the entire day visiting affected villages in his constituency (Kalaghatagi) where crops have been damaged by wild animals and held ‘Jana Spandana’ grievances redressal meeting in Kalaghatagi town. The visit began with visit to Hulakoppa and Galagi villages, where the crops in the farmland of … Read more
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