Govt would be responsible if I suffer health issues during fast under blazing sun: Manoj JarangeMaratha quota activist Manoj Jarange announced an indefinite hunger strike starting May 30, vowing to protest directly under the summer sun...
28 May, 2026, 01.07 PM IST
Onion farmers stage protest against government's procurement prices in Nashik, block Mumbai - Agra National highwayOnion farmers protested on the Mumbai-Agra National Highway in Nashik demanding higher prices for their produce. Opposition leaders includi...
26 May, 2026, 03.27 PM IST
Sharad Pawar chairs NCP (SP) meet on political situation; Rohit skips citing urgent water issueSharad Pawar led a crucial NCP (SP) meeting in Mumbai to strategize for the party's revival and discuss national and state political scenar...
20 May, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Rohit Pawar joins onion farmers' protest; says govt must buy produce at Rs 25 per kgNCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar led a protest demanding the government buy onions at Rs 25 per kg. Farmers are selling produce at distress prices ...
18 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Bouquets and brickbats: BJP welcomes ex-minister Kadu as allyBacchu Kadu joins Maharashtra's ruling alliance with Shiv Sena. The BJP welcomed him but pointed out his history of changing political side...
30 Apr, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
'KCR isn't same anymore, power corrupted him': K Kavitha launches her new party 'Telangana Rashtra Sena'Kalvakuntla Kavitha has launched a new political party, Telangana Rashtra Sena, in Hyderabad. She aims to fulfill the unachieved dreams of ...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
Bengal polls: Tata exit still shapes Singur, 18 years onSingur's landscape is marked by abandoned factory remnants and damaged farmland. The Tata Motors Nano project's 2008 exit reshaped Bengal p...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
More than 400 farmer outfits to take part in 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in Delhi on March 14: SKMOver 400 farmer outfits will participate in a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a law on ...
02 Mar, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
Farmers' agitation to cause Rs 500 cr economic loss daily to northern states: PHDCCIAgrawal stated that the farmers' agitation is severely impacting the businesses of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSM...
16 Feb, 2024, 10.20 PM IST
Farmer agitation: Centre issues 'formal letter' agreeing to farmers' demandsIt stated that the Prime Minister and later the Union Agriculture Minister have announced to form a committee on MSP which will have as its...
10 Dec, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Will maskless farmers' agitation aggravate pandemic which, says WHO, is at critical stage?The winter of December 2020 and of January and February 2021 have seen protests in northern India by thousands and thousands of farmers agi...
07 Feb, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Farmers' protest: Several former sportspersons to return awardsAmong them are Padma Shri and Arjuna awardee wrestler Kartar Singh, Arjuna awardee basketball player Sajjan Singh Cheema and Arjuna awardee...
01 Dec, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Farmers' stir: Schools, colleges in Ghaziabad to stay shut WednesdayThousands of farmers held fort at the Delhi-UP border here Tuesday after police stopped their protest march to the national capital.
02 Oct, 2018, 10.31 PM IST
Farmers' agitation hits several statesFarmer organisations also called for boycott of mandis or wholesale markets in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh an...
01 Jun, 2018, 11.55 PM IST
View: Farmer agitations reflect clout more than distressRising farmer agitations are not good indicators of distress. Rather, they reflect high returns to agitations, increasing the incentive to ...
08 Apr, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
Farmers across India unite for common minimum agendaSections of farm leaders trying to come together on a national scale for the first time are doubtful about the response the programme may g...
01 Jul, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Fall in onion prices bring tears to Cong, NCP; farmers out on streetsResentment among farmers over poor returns for various crops is slowly becoming a cause for worry for the Congress and the Nationalist Cong...
19 Dec, 2013, 04.06 AM IST