Posts By The Indian Express
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87EnglishMaharashtra: With cane farmers’ protest, is Raju Shetti looking to regain lost political ground?
Traffic on the Pune-Bengaluru highway near Kolhapur came to a grinding halt last week as farmers led by Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and...
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108EnglishMills agree to pay more than FRP for cane purchased during last season
Founder of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and former MP Raju Shetti scored a partial victory over sugar mills in Kolhapur after the latter...
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88EnglishProtest over sugarcane price: After NH, farmers block tracks; Mann sends emissary with Rs 8 per quintal hike offer
As the highway blockade in Punjab’s Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered its third day on Thursday...
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116EnglishIdeal wheat sowing period over, Punjab covers half of target area
Racing against time, farmers in Punjab have completed wheat sowing in 55 per cent of the targeted 35 lakh hectares for the...
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111English‘Ikshudand te Ethanol’: Documenting the growth of sugar industry in Maharashtra
For the past three years Mangesh Titkare, joint director (administration) with the Sugar Commissioner’s office in Pune, had been sweating it hard...
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106EnglishSporadic violence as farmers stop transportation of cane
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from the sugar bowl districts of Sangli and Kolhapur as members of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana...
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120EnglishMaharashtra farmer leader Raju Shetti begins protest over sugarcane dues
Maharashtra’s sugarcane crushing season has begun on a shaky note after Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana founder and former MP Raju Shetti decided to...
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115EnglishUnlawful protests, govt apathy and much more: This mill in Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s constituency is all set to shut down
Lack of support from the Punjab government, alleged unlawful activities by the farmer unions and inadequate raw materials are the three main...
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121EnglishMill ‘closure’ in Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s constituency leaves Dhuri farmers in a fix
Harjit Singh Bugra is a farmer from a village in Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s constituency, Dhuri, in the state’s Sangrur district....
