More than 30,00'0 farmers are planning a massive protest outside Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and are marching from Nashik towards Mumbai to demand for a complete loan waiver from the state government. Expected to reach Mumbai on Sunday (March 12), the…
The Protest led by more than 20,000 farmers of All Indian Kisan Sabha (AIKS), demanding a complete waiver of loans, arrived in Thane on Friday. Currently, the protest has reached Shahapur in Thane district, which is around 73 Km away…
As the state government prepares to present its Budget on Friday, around 20,000 farmers have started on a “long march” from Nashik to Mumbai to draw attention to their plight. Organised by the All India Kisan Sabha, they plan to…
Shankar Waghere flings his plastic bag on the ground and hunches over on his wooden cane to gather his breath. Then he kneels down, panting, and closes his eyes. They remain shut for the next 15 minutes. It’s been a…
In a bid to ensure that their needs are fulfilled, farmers of the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan will make an attempt to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and give him a list of their demands. PM Modi is slated to…
Despite Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) member Jayant Patil brought attention of the Upper House towards the massive Long March organised by All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) which began from Nasik on March 6 and will reach and gherao Vidhan…
The Communist Party’s Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS)’s move to organise a long march from Nashik to Mumbai on Tuesday is an example of the booming farmers’ agitations across the country and the fact that mass mobilization of the farming…
ON THE first night of a 180-km “long march” by farmers and labourers from Nashik to Mumbai, the nearly 10,000 protestors who braved the blazing sun as they walked all day had realised just how difficult the journey will be.…
Around 30,000 farmers from across the state on Tuesday embarked on a march from Nashik to Mumbai to press their demands, including complete waiver of farm loans and minimum support price (MSP) for crops. On Wednesday, they reached Ghatandevi in…
Nearly 25,000 farmers today continued their "long march" from Nashik to Mumbai to press for their various demands, including a complete loan waiver. The farmers, who began the 180-km-long march last evening from the CBS chowk in Central Nashik, took…