farmers
- Telangana
Farmers accuse ex-Bhupapalli municipal vice-chairman of grabbing 40 acres
Hyderabad: Scores of farmers from Kasimpally village under Bhupalapalli municipality submited a representation to Jayashankar Bhupalapalli district collector Bhavesh Mishra accusing the former municipal vice-chairman K Haribabu of usurping 40 acres of…
- India
Karnataka: Rising arecanut prices bring relief to growers
Bengaluru: As temperatures soar in Davanagere district, the arecanut heartland, there’s a silver lining for farmers as the price of arecanut has surged past Rs 50,000 per quintal. This unexpected rise in…
- Telangana
Telangana: Water released for irrigation from Gayatri Bahubali pump house
Hyderabad: As a respite to the increasing challenges faced by farmers due to unseasonal rains this year in Telangana, the state government ordered the release of water from the Gayatri Bahubali pump…
- Telangana
Telangana: KCR to meet farmers, inspect damaged crops on Sunday
Hyderabad: Leader of the Opposition and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) will commence inspecting agricultural fields affected by unseasonal rains and engaging with farmers, intensifying its battle against the Congress government’s…
- Telangana
KCR to visit some Telangana districts, meet farmers on March 31
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will visit some districts of Telangana on March 31 to inspect crops drying due to lack of irrigation water…
- News
Govt directs NCCF, NAFED to start buying 5L tonnes of onion directly from farmers
New Delhi: The government has directed the NCCF and the NAFED to start buying 5 lakh tonnes of onion for the country’s buffer requirement directly from farmers as the Rabi-2024 harvest has…
- Telangana
Telangana: BRS shedding crocodile tears over farmers’ issues, says Shabbir
Hyderabad: Advisor to the Telangana government (SC, ST, BC and minorities) and Congress senior leader Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused the BRS leaders of shedding crocodile tears over the farmers’ issues. He questioned,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Panchayat secy wears gorilla costume to keep monkeys at bay
Hyderabad: In a bid to guard crops from monkeys in Morampalli Banjar village of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, gram panchayat secretary, M Bhavani, came up with a novel idea. Instead of deploying scarecrows,…
- India
Congress accuses govt of doing nothing to protect interests of farmers
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the government of not doing anything to protect the interests of farmers and exporters of Basmati rice, which it claimed was being grown illegally in…
- Telangana
Telangana government to help farmers hit by unseasonal rains
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will help the farmers, whose crops were damaged due to unseasonal rains, Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said on Wednesday. He said Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has…
- Telangana
BRS demands compensation for farmers hit by unseasonal rains in Telangana
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader T. Harish Rao has demanded the Telangana government to provide financial assistance to farmers who suffered huge losses due to unseasonal rains. The former minister…
- India
AIKS slams RSS for calling protesting farmers ‘disruptive forces’
New Delhi: The All India Kisan Sabha on Monday slammed the RSS for calling the protesting farmers of Punjab and Haryana “disruptive forces,” and claimed “Hindutva terrorism” as the gravest internal threat…
- Telangana
Dharani panel begins field visits to address application backlogs
Hyderabad: The field trips of Telangana government committee tasked with studying the Dharani portal and resolving the application backlog have begun. The exercise began on Wednesday, March 11, in parts of the…
- Bangalore
Investigation underway in farmers violence in Haveri: Karnataka Home Minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said that an investigation is underway to find out who triggered the violence in Haveri after prices of the famous Byadgi chilli crop came…