Mysuru: Strongly condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu (TN), over a hundred farmers under the banner of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association staged a demonstration in front of the Cauvery CADA (Command Area Development Authority) office on Sayyaji Rao Road here on Friday. Alleging that the State Government was releasing water to TN…
Farmer ends life
February 28, 2017A 32-year-old farmer from Hunsur taluk who was being treated at a city hospital after consuming pesticides at his residence yesterday, breathed his last in the hospital this morning. The deceased has been identified as Mayigowda of Bolanahalli in Bilikere Hobli. Mayigowda, depressed over the failure of all borewells which he had dug at his…
Protest against Srirangapatna SI for harassing farmer
February 15, 2017Alleging harassment by Srirangapatna Sub-Inspector on a farmer, by joining hands with the owner of Athithi Resorts and Estate, more than 100 members of Karnataka Veerakesari Pade, staged a protest in front of the DC’s office here yesterday. The members, who assembled in front of Visvesvaraya statue, took out a protest rally to the DC’s…
Farmer’s new profession!
February 12, 2017Wang Enlin, from Yushutun village, in China’s Heilongjiang Province, will never forget that day in 2001, when his village and farmland were flooded with toxic waste. On the eve of the Lunar New Year, villagers notice that the house they were in was being flooded with waste water from the nearby Qihua Group, a State-owned…
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