Maharashtra Farmers Strike

Maharashtra farmers' strike: CM Fadnavis says loan waivers will reach needy, calls UPA write-offs a 'scam'

The Maharashtra government will ensure with the help of a digital platform that only needy farmers benefit from its loan waiver scheme, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said.

Presidential Election 2017: Sanjay Raut says Shiv Sena to propose MS Swaminathan's name

The Shiv Sena said it would recommend MS Swaminathan's name for the highest post if the BJP was not ready for the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's candidature

Maharashtra farmers' strike: BJP takes a lesson from history, excludes rich farmers from loan waiver

Rich farmers are likely to be excluded from the loan waiver announced by the BJP-led government in Maharashtra, according to a senior minister. They also added that the loan waiver scheme introduced previously had benefited rich farmers

Farmers in Rajasthan observe bandh in solidarity with Madhya Pradesh protesters

Farmers restricted milk, grain and vegetable supply in several districts of Rajasthan in support of a 'bandh' to express support for their counterparts in Madhya Pradesh

Farmers' strike: Congress demands Centre formulate national policy on farm loans

Congress in Karnataka on Sunday demanded that the central government formulate a national policy on farm loans.

Madhya Pradesh farmers' protest: RSS-affiliated BKS blame crisis on central policies

Farmers were not the Central government's priority, BKS National Secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra said, demanding that they are given higher prices for farm produce

Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway promises prosperity, but spells misery for Nashik farmers forced to give up land

Around 10,000 hectares of land, most if it homestead and farms, is being acquired for the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway, to bring "prosperity" to the poorer regions of eastern Maharashtra. But the agitating farmers in Nashik are sceptical about the promised prosperity.

After Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu braces for farmers' strike as cultivators resume protest in Chennai

Tamil Nadu farmers on Friday launched an "indefinite" protest in Chennai pressing for their charter of demands including comprehensive drought relief.

Madhya Pradesh farmers' strike: Looming crisis should be a lesson for BJP; election rhetoric can backfire

It is a miracle that farmers in India still continue to grow crops when it is clear that it ultimately leads to their ruin and, sometimes, even their death.

Maharashtra farmers strike: Shiv Sena warns ally BJP, says 'lava of farmers' pain' will create havoc

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday warned its ally BJP to take lessons from the ongoing farmers strike in Maharashtra