A farmer from Ibrahimpatnam attempted suicide by pouring petrol in front of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's camp office at Pragati Bhavan, police said on Monday.
Farmers staged a protest on the railway track at Batala railway station for three hours on Sunday against the "forcible acquisition of their land" and in support of their demand for an increase in the minimum support price of sugarcane.
In order to make it more people-centric, participative and reflective of the views of various stakeholders in society, the government has invited suggestions from the general public, industries, trade and farmers associations on the budget.
Nek Ram Sharma, a farmer of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, has been conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award for his distinguished service in the field of agriculture, especially organic farming.
"All the farmers and the marginalised people should have farms and houses, few should not have farmhouses. That is not the development. Everyone should have an equal share in the development," added Soundararajan emphasising the importance and meaning of development in her speech.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar visited two blocks of Bhojpur district during his Samadhan Yatra. On 19 January, CM Nitish's program was organized in Tirthakoul village of Sandesh block. Deputy CM and district in-charge minister Tejashwi Yadav was also present with him.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and JK Maheshwari also imposed various other conditions including that Mishra will leave Uttar Pradesh within one week of his release.
Considering the damage to Tur crop in Bidar, Kalburagi and Yadgir districts a special case, the Karnataka government announced a compensation of Rs 10,000 per hectare but limiting it to the maximum of two hectares as per NDRF/SDRF guidelines.