People in Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing the issue of severe load-shedding for a long time. The agitation of the people recently turned into a massive protest, resulting in scores of women and children organising a rally to express their anger.
Amidst the ongoing agitation by farmers demanding legal recognition of Minimum Support Price and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report including on pricing mechanism, prominent agricultural economist Dr Sardara Singh Johl has said that giving MSP on all crops "is not practical"
The dead body of the victim of the Coast Guard could not be recovered from the sea. After the event, the members of the Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan have called upon all the officials and the general public to gather near the district collector office to protest against the heinous act.
The Congress chief came down heavily on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government after the alleged freezing of the grand old party's bank accounts by the Income Tax department.
In a major setback to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court ordered the removal of prohibitory orders that were imposed under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the vicinity of the SP's office in Basirhat in view of the agitation by the BJP over allegati
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the anti-central agitation in Delhi is a new beginning and his visit to the national capital was not intended to beat up anyone.
"We do not support taking law into one's hands. What is happening in the last 12 years there? It seems that democracy is over there. The right to vote and the right to voice one's opinions are over. Whatever is happening is a normal turn of events. People were angry for a long time and that
"Kerala is poised for a historic protest in Delhi tomorrow. Ministers, legislators, and parliamentarians from the state will actively participate in this protest. We have had to resort to such an unprecedented struggle, as it is essential for Kerala's survival and advancement," Vijayan sa
"The Kerala budget presented in the State Assembly is a big farce...The state has no realistic plans for improving the capital expenditure and financial status of the state...But they have no hesitation in spending half a crore on agitation in Delhi," said Union Minister and BJP leader V Mur
Farmers have called for a loosening of the rules that govern the bloc's shared agricultural policy, saying they are not paid enough, are being choked by taxes and environmental restrictions and face unfair competition from abroad - including cheap agricultural imports from Ukraine.
The agitation against the provincial government's plan to raise wheat prices in Gilgit-Baltistan has been intensifying on a daily basis, according to vernacular media, Daily K2.