B y M K George Rome, March 20, 2023: The statement of the Archbishop of Tellicherry in Kerala promising a Member of Parliament for the BJP, if the price of rubber is increased to 300 rupees a kilo, is highly regrettable. There are four reasons why the archbishop does notContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kharsang: A group of 300 people from a remote corner of Arunachal Pradesh March 13 made a 16-km walking pilgrimage to pray for the release of Jesuit Father Stan Swamy and other human rights activists and for restoration of normalcy in Myanmar. “Today we have soContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur: This piece is being written in the evening of Republic Day. This morning I had addressed a Flag Hoisting gathering and spoke about democracy in India and the USA, about the farm agitation and the Trump negation of his election. As a conscientious citizen, not a pseudoContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on January 12 put on hold the three farm laws enacted in September. The farm laws are at the heart of massive farmer protests near Delhi. The top court appointed a committee of four agricultural experts to take over the negotiations with farmers to end the crisis.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), September 11, 2020: A Salesian NGO has built a new check-dam at Ujjani-Pimpalgaon in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Western India to address the agrarian distress of farmers. The Don Bosco Development Society (DBDS) through its implementing partner, Bosco Gramin Vikas Kendra (BGVK) is currently implementing theContinue Reading
Ranchi: Jharkhand government would send five farmers from each of the 24 districts to Israel for training, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said Monday. Those farmers would be trained on how to utilise barren land, Das said after inaugurating a ‘Kisan Mela’ here. “Jharkhand has barren/unused land in many parts andContinue Reading
Madurai: The Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council (TNBC) has strongly condemned the attitude of the State government and Centre towards farmers agitating in New Delhi. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Most Rev. Antony Pappusamy, Madurai Archbishop, who is the president of TNBC, said that farmers were on a prolongedContinue Reading
Madurai: As part of their State-wide agitation demanding that the government declare the entire Tamil Nadu ‘drought-hit’, members of various farmers’ associations staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Wednesday. Tension prevailed as the farmers started walking from Thiruvalluvar statue towards the Collector’s office. When they wereContinue Reading
The state government has announced a number of steps to avoid such incidents Continue Reading
Thoothukudi : As many as 260 farmers including 130 women courted arrest while staging a road roko at Pudukottai on Palayamkottai Road here on Monday demanding the officials to ensure immediate supply of water from the Tamirabarani river to save standing crops from withering. K. P. Perumal, district secretary, TamilContinue Reading