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1 month, 1 week ago

Seers from Karnataka on a mission to clear encroachment

KALABURAGI: A delegation of about 100 pontiffs from various mutts across the state under the banner of Veerashiva Lingayata Sanghatana Vedike will now pressure the Prime Minister, Union Ministers and MPs to clear the encroachment the land that was originally meant to construct the Anubhava Mantapa, said Pontiff Andola Shri Sidhalinga Swamiji of Karuneshwara Mutt here on Saturday. Speaking at …

5 months ago

Police deny permission for annual Indigenous march in Aarey

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: In a foil to their annual celebrations of World Indigenous Peoples Day on August 9, an Adivasi group has claimed that the police have denied them written permission for their yearly march in Aarey. HT Image “We applied for police permission with the Aarey Police station on July 22,” wrote the Kashtkari Shetkari Sanghatana, in a press note. “The …

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7 months ago

Elections results 2024: Maharashtra’s onion chronicles, a tearjerker for the NDA

The Hindu

A kitchen staple, onion, has turned out to be a political game-changer in the onion growing regions of Maharashtra. According to onion growing farmers this swing was due to a series of flip-flops in the Centre’s export policy on onions that have left onion farmers and traders in Maharashtra disgruntled since August 2023. The NDA’s blunders On January 11 and …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Onion farmers detained ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Nashik

The Hindu

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nashik, over 50 farmers and Opposition parties from the Maha Vikas Aghadi were detained in different police stations in Nashik. Farmers were detained since 7 a.m. in their respective tehsils and villages in Nashik district and were released only after 5 p.m. Editorial | A sob story: On onion exports There are …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai waste picker Sushila Sable guns for global role

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: On April 29, 58-year-old Sushila Sable embarked on a 40-hour long journey from Mumbai to Buenos Aires, accompanied by Marathi translator Ashwini Jog. Starting as a waste picker at the age of 10, Sable was headed to contest for the position of vice president of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, whose first congress commences on May 1. Mumbai …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Manoj Jarange-Patil, man at forefront of Maratha quota agitation

Hindustan Times

Maratha activist Manoj Jarange-Patil, who has been advocating for reservation for the Maratha community from the OBC quota, will begin his indefinite hunger strike over the issue on January 26 in Mumbai. After initially working for Congress, Jarange-Patil founded an outfit called the Shivba Sanghatana to organise protests for the Maratha reservation. After the Supreme Court quashed the Maratha reservation …

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1 year ago

Raju Shetti meets Uddhav Thackeray, but talk of political alliance with MVA

The Hindu

Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana chief and farmer leader Raju Shetti on Tuesday met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence in Mumbai. Although the meeting at Mr. Thackeray’s residence sparked some speculation about the SSS joining the Opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi, Congress, and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction), Mr. Shetti quickly dismissed allegations of any potential …

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1 year ago

Maratha quota: Eknath Shinde to chair Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting today

Live Mint

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is scheduled to chair a meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Maratha reservation today i.e. The meeting comes a day after Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Sunday refused to budge and give time to the Eknath Shinde-led Maha Yuti dispensation after December 24, 2023 over Maratha reservations. Earlier on Saturday, Rural Development Minister …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Kamgar Sanghatana chairman booked in ₹17 lakh extortion case

Hindustan Times

The Pune city police have registered a case against the chairman of Kamgar Sanghatana for his alleged involvement in an extortion case demanding ₹17 lakh from a businessman near Swargate. On October 8, the accused and others forcefully barged into his godown and took ownership of the property along with materials inside the storeroom. The accused, identified as Namdev Ghorpade, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Top BJP leaders to finalise AP alliances: Purandeswari

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: BJP state president Daggubati Purandeswari on Tuesday reiterated that their party’s alliance with other parties in Andhra Pradesh will be decided by their top leadership, as theirs is a national party. Speaking to the media after the state BJP’s core committee meeting here, she maintained that Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan had only expressed his opinion on his party’s …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Maharashtra: MLA Bachchu Kadu to send legal notice to Sachin Tendulkar for promoting online gaming

Op India

Prahar Sanghatana’s MLA Bachchu Kadu is taking steps to serve a legal notice to retired Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Bachchu Kadu said, “We will send a notice to Sachin Tendulkar on the 30th of August 2023. So we are going to send him a notice through a lawyer.” Bachchu Kadu added, “There exist guidelines regulating the advertising choices of Bharat …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Onion farmers in Nashik close markets indefinitely

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: Onion farmers in Maharashtra are fuming over the Centre's decision to impose export duty of 40 percent on onions till December 31. Protesting farmers said the central government’s decision to impose a 40 percent duty on the export of onions till December 31 will adversely affect the onion growers and its export. “Not only in Nashik, but across Maharashtra, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Are farmers’ outfits losing influence in the state?

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: There was a time – in the late 1970s-’80s – when a farmers’ leader like Sharad Joshi could pull a crowd of over a lakh to support his agitation to seek better price for their produce and prominent political leaders could not afford to ignore his clout. Another breakaway faction of Shetkari Sanghatana – is being led by veteran …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Who is Raghunathdada Patil and why does KCR want him?

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Telangana chief minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrashekar Rao, whose frequent visits to Maharashtra this year have been aimed at establishing his party’s presence outside his home state, inducted peasant leader Raghunath Patil alias Raghunathdada on August 9. As Joshi had never registered the name ‘Shetkari Sanghatana’, Patil became the president of his registered organisation and this …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Eyes on Maharashtra: Telangana CM reaches out to farmers, Dalits to strengthen BRS presence in State

The Hindu

K. Chandrashekar Rao has been promoting farmer-friendly schemes and addressing rallies to win the hearts of rural voters. Later, Dasharath Sawant, the State chief of a powerful farmers’ movement called Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana, also joined the BRS. Kadam said, “Maharashtra still does not have a scheme like Rythu Bandhu or 24-hour electricity supply to farmers. He is also trying to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Maharashtra: NCP MLAs reach assembly carrying onions on their heads seeking govt's attention on low price

India TV News

NCP MLAs on Tuesday reached Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha carrying onions on their head in the wake of dropping price of the vegetable. Record low of onions' price fumes farmers In the wake of a consistent drop in onion prices, angry farmers stopped the auction of the key kitchen staple on Monday at Maharashtra's Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Asia's biggest …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Why Lingayats are up in arms in Maharashtra

India Today

After Karnataka, it is the turn of the Lingayats in Maharashtra to up the ante seeking recognition as a separate religion and religious minority tag. Some prominent Veerashaiva-Lingayat faces in Maharashtra include former Union home minister Shivraj Patil-Chakurkar, former ministers Ratnappa Kumbhar, Dilip Sopal, Vinay Kore-Savkar, Vijaykumar Deshmukh, Basavraj Patil-Murumkar and Siddharam Mhetre. In March the same year, the Siddaramaiah-led …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Border row: Swarajya Sanghatana activists smear black paint on Karnataka Bank's signboard in Nashik

India TV News

Maharashtra-Karnataka border row: In the midst of a simmering border dispute between the two states, Swarajya Sanghatana activists on Wednesday smeared black paint on the signboard of Karnataka Bank at its branch in Maharashtra's Nashik district. At least 20 activists of the Sanghatana clad in black clothes and holding saffron flags carried out the protest at the Canada Corner branch …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Make report on farm laws, protest public: SC panel member to CJI Ramana

India Today

Shetkari Sanghatana president Anil Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee to resolve the issues around the three contentious farm laws, has demanded that the recommendations of the panel should be made public. In his letter written on September 1, Ghanwant said, “I am humbly pleading to the honourable Supreme Court to kindly release the report for implementation of …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Maids in a pickle over cost of Covid tests; employers begin to cover charges

Hindustan Times

PUNE Housemaids, caregivers and domestic help are in a dilemma for fear of losing their monthly income in case there is a lockdown. HT Image Maids have been asked to get the antigen rapid test done before they can go to work in various societies in the city. Medha Thatte, general secretary of the Pune Sahar Molkarin Sanghatana, says, “The …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protest | SC-appointed panel starts consultation on agri laws

The Hindu

The Supreme Court-appointed panel on the new agri laws on Thursday started its consultation process and interacted with 10 farmer organisations from eight states, including Uttar Pradesh. Currently, there are three members in the panel as the fourth, Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann, has recused himself from the committee. Ten farmer organisations from Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharasthra, …

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3 years, 11 months ago

SC-appointed panel will set aside personal views, says Anil Ghanwat; farmer unions prep for R-Day tractor rally

Firstpost

Members of a committee appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the deadlock between protesting farmers union and the Centre on Tuesday said they will keep their personal views aside, but stated that repealing the Central Government’s three contentious laws won’t augur well for much-needed agriculture reforms. ‘Panel members will keep aside personal views’ Ghanwat, president of Maharashtra-bases Shetkari Sanghatana …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Farmers’ protest: SC panel on agri laws to hold first meet on 19 Jan

Live Mint

The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws will hold its first meeting on 19 January to decide the future course of action, its member Anil Ghanwat said on Sunday. The apex court had on 11 January stayed the implementation of the contentious farm laws, against which several farmers' unions have been protesting at Delhi borders from 26 …

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3 years, 11 months ago

BKU's Bhupinder Singh Mann recuses himself from SC's committee on farm laws

Op India

National President of Bharatiya Kisan Union, Bhupinder Singh Mann has recused himself from the four-member committee formed by the Supreme Court. S. Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex MP and National President of BKU and Chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee has recused himself from the 4 member committee constituted by Hon’ble Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/pHZhKXcVdT — Bhartiya Kisan Union January 14, …

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Seers from Karnataka on a mission to clear encroachment

Police deny permission for annual Indigenous march in Aarey

Elections results 2024: Maharashtra’s onion chronicles, a tearjerker for the NDA

Onion farmers detained ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Nashik

Mumbai waste picker Sushila Sable guns for global role

Who is Manoj Jarange-Patil, man at forefront of Maratha quota agitation

Raju Shetti meets Uddhav Thackeray, but talk of political alliance with MVA

Maratha quota: Eknath Shinde to chair Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting today

Kamgar Sanghatana chairman booked in ₹17 lakh extortion case

Top BJP leaders to finalise AP alliances: Purandeswari

Maharashtra: MLA Bachchu Kadu to send legal notice to Sachin Tendulkar for promoting online gaming

Onion farmers in Nashik close markets indefinitely

Are farmers’ outfits losing influence in the state?

Who is Raghunathdada Patil and why does KCR want him?

Eyes on Maharashtra: Telangana CM reaches out to farmers, Dalits to strengthen BRS presence in State

Maharashtra: NCP MLAs reach assembly carrying onions on their heads seeking govt's attention on low price

Why Lingayats are up in arms in Maharashtra

Border row: Swarajya Sanghatana activists smear black paint on Karnataka Bank's signboard in Nashik

Make report on farm laws, protest public: SC panel member to CJI Ramana

Maids in a pickle over cost of Covid tests; employers begin to cover charges

Farmers’ protest | SC-appointed panel starts consultation on agri laws

SC-appointed panel will set aside personal views, says Anil Ghanwat; farmer unions prep for R-Day tractor rally

Farmers’ protest: SC panel on agri laws to hold first meet on 19 Jan

BKU's Bhupinder Singh Mann recuses himself from SC's committee on farm laws