-Outlook The issue of FDI in retail is expected to generate a storm in the Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week, with the Left parties today announcing their decision to move motions entailing voting to oppose the government's proposal. At a time when BJP and several other parties have also opposed FDI in retail, the Left leaders said they have appealed to all parties to support the motions in both Houses...
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Will Maharashtra sugarcane farmers continue to protest despite Chavan's appeal? -Surabhi Malik
-NDTV Sangli, Maharashtra: Sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra, who have been protesting since last week to demand better prices for their produce, will meet today to decide on how they want to continue their agitation. Yesterday, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met the farmers and appealed to them to call off their protests. The Chief Minister reportedly also urged the farmers not to resort to violence and told them that the prices of sugarcane...
More »37 hurt as cops, farmers clash at Bengal mining project site
-The Times of India SURI: A clash between farmers and policemen at the site of a mining project in Birbhum left 37 people injured on Tuesday and conjured up images of Nandigram, opening a new frontier in Bengal's bloody land battles. The protesters alleged police opened fire when they refused to let them take away earth-moving equipment brought in by a coal mining company. The equipment was stranded at the site after...
More »Land Acquisition Bill :Farmers protest outside Jairam Ramesh's house
-SamayLive.com A group of farmers began protests outside the residence of Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh in Delhi on Friday against the final draft of the Land Acquisition Bill . Farmers gathered outside the residence of Jairam Ramesh and are protesting against the draft Land Acquisition Bill that was cleared for Parliament by the government last week. The final draft of the bill will now be placed before the Union Cabinet and is...
More »A 777-day-old farmers’ protest against power plant -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Farmers’ protest against the proposed 1,980-MW power plant in the trans-Yamuna Karchhna tehsil of Allahabad district entered its 777th day on Tuesday. While the district administration recently served a month’s ultimatum on the farmers to return the compensation they had received for land acquisition, the farmers told The Hindu that they would not be able to repay the amount, regardless of the ultimatum. Meanwhile, they say they will continue agitating at...
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