Rattled by the sight of several thousand farmers marching to gherao Mantralaya -- the secretariat -- on Monday, the Maharashtra government has asked the police and law enforcement agencies to let them enter Mumbai unhindered. On Saturday, 25,000-30,000 farmers entered…
Protesting against the Maharashtra government’s “anti-farmer” policies, more than 30,000 farmers from across the state of Maharashtra are marching from Nashik to Mumbai demanding a complete loan waiver from the state government. The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) protest has reached…
Thousands of farmers in Maharashtra are marching from Nashik to Mumbai, demanding a complete waiver of loans and electricity bills, NDTV reported on Thursday. They are also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations on providing minimum support prices…
The 180-km long protest march that was started by the Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS) from Nashik is all set to reach the Mantralaya in Mumbai on March 12. The farmers, who have been perennially upset about the BJP government's…
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…
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…