Nanjangud: Over 400 farmers staged a rasta roko this morning on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway at Basavapura blocking the vehicular movement towards Mysuru and Tamil Nadu. The protestors, who arrived at around 11 am, staged a dharna and shouted slogans against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Irrigation Department officials accusing them of releasing Kabini water to Tamil Nadu. The…
If there is one issue that is gripping the country, it is the farmers and their problems. If there is one expert in Mysuru, who is an authority on farmers’ problems, it is Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura, who is an internationally-recognised agriculture scientist and social entrepreneur who runs Green Life Science Technologies. Star of Mysore…
Chennai: A day-long strike, led by Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), began in Tamil Nadu today in support of drought-hit farmers, partially hitting normal life across the State. Farmers from the State, who were on protest in New Delhi for 41 days, reached Chennai this morning and participated in the State-wide bandh. Police have taken…
Irked farmers stage semi-nude protest Condemning the action of Bank officials serving notices to farmers to repay loans taken when the State is reeling under drought, farmers under the aegis of State Sugarcane Growers Association staged a protest in front of State Bank of India (Lead Bank) branch in T.K. Layout here yesterday. The farmers…
Anticipating law and order problem following the death of a farmer from Gundlupet yesterday, the Gundlupet By-poll Returning Officer (RO) Nalin Atul has clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr.PC across the constituency from 6 am this morning till 6 pm tomorrow evening. Nagesh (30), a farmer from Kaggalada Hundi in the taluk, was picked…
Hundreds of farmers, under the banner of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association, staged a demonstration in front of the DC’s Office here this morning, seeking fulfilment of their demands. The farmers, who raised slogans against the CM, District in-Charge Minister and District Administration, demanded fulfilment of their 11-point charter of demands, which included payment of paddy…
Thousands of farmers will stage a demonstration at the DC’s Office here on Feb.14 in protest against the Government’s negligence of the farming community. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association President Kurubur Shanthakumar said farmers have been completely neglected by both the Central and State Government. Though the…
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