The 32-member gang has been involved in 15 cases Move to invoke Act comes after killing of Nashik Additional Collector The police have booked a 32-member sand mafia from Nevasa taluk under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). This is the first time the Act has been invoked against a sand mafia in the State, Ahmednagar Superintendent of Police Krishna Prakash told The Hindu. The mafia, led by the absconding Anna...
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Deere & Co ties up with Gujarat to provide farm equipments to tribal farmers
In a first of its kind public private partnership project (PPP),US-headquartered Tractor and farm equipment manufacturing firm Deere & Co. and Gujarat government on Friday announced a scheme specially aimed to increase farm productivity of the marginalized tribal farmers of the state. “Under the five year long project the state government will buy from us 529 Tractors each with a set of 13 farm equipments. These equipments will be provided to...
More »Farmers attempt suicide on court premises
When the judge of the Hassan district court quashed a plea against a Tractor company, two farmers Somshekar (45) of Sharanya village and Rangaswamy (48) of Hosaupanahalli village of Belur taluk attempted suicide on the court premises on Thursday. They had filed a case against the Angadha Tractors company for selling them technically defective mini Tractors and had demanded compensation, said police sub inspector Anil Kumar. Both farmers are undergoing...
More »CPI-M leader stuns party over GM crops
Deviating from his party's stand, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai staunchly supported GM crops at an agriculture seminar here. Pillai, who inaugurated the three-day seminar 'Agriculture in the era of Globalization', declared that opposition to GM seeds was superstitious. He said that the use of GM seeds would help improve farm productivity, and help tackle malnutrition. He, however, added that they should be used only after taking...
More »Farmers' suicides reflective of death of rural banking by G Arun Kumar
Since the beginning of December last, 220 tenant farmers in the state have committed suicide or died of shock, crushed by mounting debts and loss of crops. Overall, the farmer death toll stands at a staggering 350-400. Though the fickle weather wreaked havoc, experts believe it's only partly to blame as several other factors have worked against the farming community. While economic expansion continues to bypass the farming community leaving...
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