May 19, 2022 3:44 am
The fire on Saturday had burnt down at least 45 shanties in the area and was supposedly caused by stubble being burnt nearby.
April 28, 2022 3:31 am
Farmers from 27 villages gathered for a mahapanchayat in Raipur's Kayabandha village on Wednesday. Since February, hundreds of farmers have been protesting to get a fair price for their land that was taken over by the government while setting up the new capital city, Naya Raipur.
April 04, 2022 9:27 pm
Seven BKU (Ugrahan) members were injured late on Monday night allegedly after the police lathicharged protesting farmers outside the Lambi tehsil office in Punjab’s Muktsar district
March 29, 2022 3:42 pm
The farmers, seeking payment of the long-pending compensation for the damage to their cotton crops caused by pink bollworms, had allegedly held tehsildar Ravinder Singh hostage
February 18, 2022 3:12 am
The well-attended ‘public welfare rally’ of Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) affirmed the outfit’s stand to carry on with ‘struggle’ and stay away from direct participation in elections.
January 22, 2022 12:18 pm
Another union leader said the rally was also meant to be a call to protest against the BJP-led Centre at district headquarters on January 31, which will be observed by farmers as “betrayal day”.
January 18, 2022 8:02 am
Jat farmers, especially in western UP, are a politically powerful group, and are very important to determining election outcomes in a large number of seats in the region. A look at the BKU and its political history.
January 12, 2022 9:52 am
Prominent farm leader Balbir Singh Rajewal is likely to contest the Punjab election from Samrala Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district as a candidate of the Samyukta Samaj Morcha (SSM) - the political outfit floated by several farmer unions after the end of their year-long agitation.
December 22, 2021 10:48 am
Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, general secretary of BKU -Ugrahan said, "We have lifted the gherao of the office gates for now but dharnas will continue till December 24.
November 25, 2021 7:28 am
Invitation cards had been sent out with Mishra as the chief guest at both the sugar mills — in Belrayan and Sampurna Nagar in the district — which held events on Wednesday to mark the beginning of crushing season for 2021-22.
October 04, 2018 7:27 am
Kisan Kranti Yatra: The protesters were stopped along the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border earlier in the day as police used teargas shells and water cannons to disperse them. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has agreed to meet most of their demands.