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SC-appointed panel member writes to CJI urging early release of report on farm lawsIn the letter dated November 23 written to Chief Justice of India, Ghanwat said after the government's decision to repeal the three farm la...- Supreme Court appeals to protesting farmers to join panel, restart agitation if laws upheldFollowing the stepping down of Bhupinder Singh Mann from the Supreme Court-appointed committee - set up to study the Centre's contentious F...
- Narendra Singh Tomar targets Opposition parties over farmers' stir, says it has become their nature to oppose"When the agricultural reforms were brought, there was opposition to this too.... There are some people who just oppose and weaken the coun...
- Govt advisory on illegal 'Genetically Modified' crops soonSeveral cases of cultivation of illegal GM crops have been reported from across states in the last few months, prompting the Centre to step...
- Raju Shetty fights to stay relevant as farmers’ netaThe assembly election is going to be the biggest litmus test for a noted farmer-leader of the state who was twice an MP before losing his H...
- Farmers to defy ban on use of HTBT cotton: To plant genetically modified variant publicly on June 10On June 10, these farmers will openly plant HTBT cotton seeds at Akot in Akola district of Vidarbha.
- Battle for Maharashtra: ‘Bitter’ sugarcane farmers may back Pawar this time in Western MaharashtraNDA made a strong headway into Western Maharashtra in 2014 winning seven of the 11 seats of the region including Ahmednagar.
- Pink bollworms may hurt Maharashtra cotton cropJain said it was difficult to convince farmers to remove the crop from the field earlier.
- Farmer organisations plan to lock up IMD office if it doesn't rain till SundayScanty rains in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka have put crops of soyabean, cotton, maize, pulses and jowar under moisture stress.
- Millers taking revenge of defeat in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, allege farmers' organisationKolhapur and Sangli districts are known as sugar bowl of the state due to their high sugar recovery and these areas are also the base of wo...
- Crushing hit as sugarcane farmers launch protest over wage delayMaharashtra sugarcane farmers, who haven’t been paid even two months after the start of crushing, have launched protests to press for their...
- Centre unlikely to yield on major clauses in land billThe sticking points are two provisions of the existing law, the government claims, made any land acquisition virtually impossible.
- Sugarcane crushing off to a slow start in trouble-hit MaharashtraSugarcane crushing is limping back to normal across Maharashtra after farmers' agitation for higher sugarcane prices turned violent in the ...
- Maharashtra govt seizes Endosulfan worth Rs 85 lakhThe move is in response to the Supreme Court imposed ban on sale of the controversial pesticide in the country for two months from mid-May ...
- Economists debate 'inflated' MSP hike fearsWith inflation topping the double-digit mark, the farm sector is now contemplating a further delay in the minimum support price for kharif ...
- SEZs are turning into land scam: Rahul BajajBajaj Auto Chairman and Rajya Sabha member Rahul Bajaj has said that in a zest to secure tax holidays, developers are gradually turning Spe...
- SEZs turning into land scam: Rahul BajajHe said the cos must give the farmers the right value, and not the subsidised rates.
- Shutting shop may open door to troublesThe Centre may consider inclusion of a penalty clause for private companies that shut shop shortly after acquiring farm land for big develo...
- Farmers feel pinch of falling sugar pricesFarmers are already feeling the pinch of a bearish sugar sector. Cane farmers in Maharashtra have agreed to accept a lower price than last ...
- Sui-side: The many faces of truthWhen it got time for the many faces of truth to get together in Vidarbha last weekend, to mourn the destitution of local farmers, the end r...
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