Around 72 villages from Maharashtra’s Raigad district have started a sit-in demonstration in front of the tehsil office in Mangaon against the multi-billion-dollar ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial

It has been three days since the farmers gathered at Parliament Street for a 'mahapanchayat' under the banner of Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements - the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Karna

The stir by Maharashtra's sugarcane farmers demanding higher prices for their crop has spread to more areas of the state’s western region.

The 165-km-long Yamuna Expressway, which will reduce commuting time between Greater Noida and Agra to a mere two hours, was inaugurated today by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from Luc

Despite getting a cold shoulder from the farmers who boycotted Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) camps for acquisition of land for the proposed ring road project in majority of the zones, the civic body has once again announced to start the camp from October 12.

LUCKNOW: Even as the Uttar Pradesh government issued directives to the Divisional Commissioners and District magistrates (DMs) for evolving a consensus on the sugarcane farmers getting a price more than the State Advised Price (SAP), the growers have threatened to intensify their agitation. The cane farmers have demanded a price of Rs. 280 per quintal.

Difference in FRP and SAP to be paid by mills, not state govts.

To mollify political rivals and farmer lobbies, the Centre today swiftly moved to

New Delhi: No less than 12,000 farmers descended on the capital on Thursday to protest against the Centre

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NEW DELHI: The Central government took a small step backwards and the Opposition a similar step forward on Thursday on the sugarcane price issue, suggesting that an end could be found to the current agitation.