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Arvind Singh Rathore was born in 1989, which was the year before his grandfather, (late) Thakur Datar Singh Rathore, and his father, Thakur Santosh Singh Rathore, began cultivating soybean on their ancestral farmland in Muradpura, a village on the outskirts of Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The oilseed was quite new to farmers in this area…
Arvind Singh Rathore was born in 1989, which was the year before his grandfather, (late) Thakur Datar Singh Rathore, and his father, Thakur Santosh Singh Rathore, began cultivating soybean on their ancestral farmland in Muradpura, a village on the outskirts of Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The oilseed was quite new to farmers in this area…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (July 3, 2025) attacked the Modi government over farmer deaths in Maharashtra, saying that it remains indifferent to farmers’ plight, even as they are sinking deeper into debt every day. In a post on X in Hindi, the Leader of…
In this image released by AICC on May 29, 2025, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala addresses a press conference at the party office, in New Delhi. Photo by AICC. The Congress on Thursday (May 29, 2025) claimed that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops did not even cover the input costs and accused…
The M.P. Government provides ₹12,000 per year as Kisan Samman Nidhi to farmers — ₹6,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana and an equal amount from the state government. Representative file image. | Photo Credit: PTI The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has given its approval to suspend for a year the financial assistance provided…
Centre to continue dialogue with farmers despite clearance of road blockades NEW DELHI: Indicating that it will continue to engage with farmers, the Centre said its scheduled next round of talks on May 4 will be held despite detention of farm leaders and clearance of blockades at Shambhu and Khanauri borders.“It is learned that the…
BATHINDA/PATIALA: Punjab Police on Wednesday detained fasting farmer activist Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha head Sarvan Singh Pandher as well as other prominent agitators in Mohali when they were returning after attending a meeting with a central govt delegation in Chandigarh and also evicted protesting farmers from the Shambhu and Khanauri borders.The evictions…
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal NEW DELHI: Punjab farmer-activist Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a fast-unto-death since months at the Khanauri border point to press the Centre to accept the agitating farmers’ demands, arrived in ambulance for meeting with Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the seventh round of talks. In the…
BATHINDA: Another protesting farmer died at Shambhu border early Friday, bringing the toll to 36 in nearly a year since the protest started at Shambhu and Khanauri borders on Feb 13, 2024, to press for their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price as per the C2+50% formula.The deceased farmer, Pargat Singh (65),…
Potti Sriramulu and Jagjit Singh Dallewal (R) NEW DELHI: Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on a hunger strike since November 26 of last year, is not the first to resort to such an extreme form of protest. Sikh leaders in post-Independence India have a long history of undertaking prolonged fasts for various…
