Farmers are now surviving on groundnuts, the supply of which is also running out. Farmers such as a 60 year-old Sundarabai Mhadu Bhoi, have carried groundnuts to the rally which they have generously shared with the reporters at the venue.…
Over 35,000 farmers from across Maharashtra, who embarked on a 'Long March' from Nashik on March 6 to press their various demands, arrived in Mumbai today to protest at the Vidhan Bhavan. Currently, a meeting between the delegation of farmers and…
The opposition raised the issue in the house Monday, while the BJP’s bitter ally Shiv Sena slammed the government in an editorial in Saamana. Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government has approached the leaders of the ongoing farmer…
The massive, seven-day march by the farmers of Maharashtra led by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) from Nashik to Mumbai has ended in victory, with the State government accepting the demands of the struggle. (Watch this space for updates.)…
An important feature of Kisan Sabha's "Long March", as it entered Mumbai city, is the extraordinary support it has been receiving from the Mumbai's middle class households. Resident associations are lining up the Eastern Express Highway and distributing water, poha…
At least 35,000 farmers have converged on India's financial capital Mumbai to protest what they term the government's failure to help them out of deep distress. The demands of the farmers, who walked for four days from Nashik district in…
Tens of thousands of farmers who marched up to six days from across western India arrived Monday in the country's business capital to demand loan waivers, fair prices for their produce and other help as India's agriculture sector struggles from…
The marches came on the heels of a rise in farmers' suicides across India, estimated at nearly 12,602 farmers committed suicide between 2015 and 2016. After a sea of red swept part of the Indian state of Maharastra with nearly…
Indian farmers shout slogans during a rally at the end of their six day long march on foot, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 12, 2018. Tens of thousands of farmers from across western India have arrived in Mumbai demanding, among…
With thousands of angry farmers and tribals at its doorstep, the State government scrambled to send positive signals to the protesters. To open a much-delayed dialogue, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sent senior party leader and State Irrigation Minister Girish Mahajan…