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Maharashtra is staring at an unprecedented loss of cotton crop this year, as the pink bollworm pest is estimated to have affected nearly half of the total crop. Government bodies, committees and even Opposition parties have asked the government to…

Following the refusal to a civil society delegation to meet Krishak Multi Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader Akhil Gogoi in jail in Dibrugadh, Assam, several farmers' leaders, who have got together under Bhumi Adhikar Andolan (BAA), have decided to raise their…

Puducherry, Nov 16 (UNI) All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) would picket the Parliament for 48 hours from November 20, its General Secretary Hannan Mulla said here today. Talking to newspersons after an AIKS meeting for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, in…

“The continued incarceration of Akhil Googi is a political ploy to completely silence any voice of dissent in Assam today,” alleged leaders of Bhumi Adhikar Andolan at a press conference in Delhi. A delegation of BAA was not allowed to…

Mumbai: Despite distributing certificates to farmers on Diwali, the State government has managed to waive loans of only 55,000 of 56.58 lakh farmers. “We have been saying that this government is busy enacting a drama by bringing in an online…

An umbrella organisation of farmers' rights activists on Wednesday demanded the release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi, arrested on sedition charges, and also urged the Assam government to issue a white paper on his arrest. The Bhumi Adhikar Andolan also…