Unmindful of the scorching heat, nearly 12,000 farmers walked 180km over more than four days and landed at Mumbai’s doorstep, Thane, on Saturday evening. On Sunday, they plan to march into Mumbai, where an equal number of farmers is expected…
On a sweltering Friday afternoon, over 25,000 protesters spilled on to Mumbai-Nashik Highway near Shahapur in Thane district, bringing vehicular traffic to a grinding halt. The protesters, all members of the CPI-M's All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) — the country's…
Clad in soiled white shirt, dhoti and a tulsi mala around his neck, Chandar Shivram Pendhar, 65, stands out from the crowd. While his fellow farmers sport red caps to beat the scorching sun, Pendhar has a white Gandhi topi.…
The 180-km protest march, christened the ‘Long March of Farmers’, steered by the Maharashtra unit of the CPM’s farmers’ wing, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), is the latest in a string of farmers’ protests Maharashtra has seen in a…
About 30,000 farmers in India's western state of Maharashtra are currently on a protest march to demand loan waiver, implementation of government commissions report on farmers and compensation for crop damage. Led by farmer's outfit Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (All…
The march comes on the heels of a rise in farmers' suicides in the South Asian country. Nearly 35,000 farmers in India continued Sunday their 180-km long march in the southwestern state of Maharashtra demanding agrarian reform from the government of right-wing Bhartiya Janta Party, BJP. The…
Around 30,000 farmers, led by the Maharashtra unit of the farmers’ outfit, Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS), are marching towards Mumbai to block access to the state legislature building from Monday until their demands are met. The farmers’ march, which…
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Uneasy days lie ahead for Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis as farmers in huge numbers will enter Mumbai on Monday under the banner of Akhil India Kisan Sabha, the CPM farmers' wing to protest against the failure of the state…
The Shiv Sena has extended support to the farmers’ ‘long march’ currently underway against the BJP government, organisers said today. Ajit Nawale of the All India Kisan Sabha, which has organised the march, told PTI that senior Sena leader and…