Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced increase of 11 rupees in the price of sugarcane after hundreds of farmers protested, demanding an increase for a hike in the sugarcane price.
After a row erupted over Haryana Agriculture Minister JP Dalal's alleged remarks against those who took part in the farmers' protest in 2020-21 against three now-repealed farm laws, the farmers on Wednesday sought his removal from the cabinet.
Farmers in Pakistan will hold protests in a number of towns in the South Asian nation, urging international lenders to cancel loans to Pakistan and other developing nations and compensate Pakistan for economic losses brought on by climate change, according to Dawn.
After halting the trains in their protest, Farmers have now blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway too. Farmers have staged a protest on the highway going from Chandigarh to Ambala in Mohali.
Farmers in Trichy engaged in an unexpected way as a token of protest against Karnataka and the central government demanding Cauvery water release from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.
Farmers in Mandya on Monday staged sit in protest and blocked road while demonstrating against the order of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), asking the Karnataka government to continue releasing 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for another 15 days.
On Thursday, the Cauvery Water Management Authority filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court stating that a meeting was held and after that Karnataka fulfilled the directions of CWMA by releasing a total of 1,49,898 cusec of water at Biligundulu from August 12 to August 26.
Farmers associations in Karnataka will on Thursday stage a fresh protest near Krishna Raja Sagar(KRS) reservoir in Mandya district against the release of 5,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of Cauvery water to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. The Farmers will also stage a protest in