Singur: At least 10,000 farmers, Bargadars and agricultural workers launched a historic march towards Kolkata on Wednesday. The national highway lit up in the afternoon sun, as the farming community of Singur and south Bengal, holding aloft giant Red flags, briskly covered 10 km in just under three hours. The gritty[Read More…]
New Delhi: Kisan Mukti March which is scheduled to hold a protest march on November 30, in Delhi from Ramleela Maidan to Parliament Street is facing the prohibition order of National Green Tribunal (NGT) which allowed a maximum of 1000 people to organise protest march at Jantar Mantar area. As[Read More…]
New Delhi: All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) led Kisan Mukti March will enter national capital from five entry points. A final approval was given ahead of the scheduled ‘Padyatra ’ on November 29. Left-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) leader Avik Saha speaking with Newsd said, “We will[Read More…]
New Delhi: Even as over a lakh farmers representing more than 200 organisations are marching on 29th and 30th November 2018 under the banner of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) in the Kisan Mukti March, the BJP and Sangh Parivar are seeking to divert attention from the real[Read More…]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh for achieving record grain procurement and directly benefiting the farmers. Modi congratulated the state administration as he inaugurated a three-day farmers’ conclave “Krishi Kumbha” in Lucknow via video conference. Compared to his predecessors the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Thursday said that the government has reoriented the farm sector by focusing on an income-centric approach that stresses on achieving high productivity, reduced cost, and a remunerative crop price to double the farmers’ income. Addressing an event here,[Read More…]