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Maharashtra Assembly elections: Four lakh farmer deaths in 20 years but no farm waiver for 10 years in Maharashtra, says CPI (M) leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Four lakh farmer deaths in 20 years but no farm waiver for 10 years in Maharashtra, says CPI (M) leader

The Hindu  

Farmers are at the centre of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election just as they were a key constituency during the Lok Sabha election earlier this year, and that is the main reason why the BJP faced a drubbing in the State, All India Kisan Mahasabha president Ashok Dhawale said on Wednesday, speaking at The Hindu’s Poll Arena conclave. “The anger …

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Budget 2024: Maharashtra farmers express displeasure with announcements
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Maharashtra farmers express displeasure with announcements

The Hindu  

While the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a mega announcement for the agriculture sector, farmers in Maharashtra, as well as across the nation, expressed their displeasure over the budget allocations. This gradual decline has resulted in continuous farmers suicide cases, specially in Maharashtra.” Since last year, the government has given priority to palm oil import which has caused the decline …

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Shy primates shun forests and take over Valparai looking for food
7 months ago

Shy primates shun forests and take over Valparai looking for food

The Hindu  

At 6 a.m., Valparai town in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district is a typical hill station with roads largely free of vehicles and people. The Agumbe ghat section in Shivamogga district in Karnataka, Vellimalai in Theni district in Tamil Nadu and Nelliyampathy in Kerala are among the places where LTMs are observed to have lost fear for humans and exhibiting similar …

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The cases and charges against the Bhima Koregaon 16 | Explained
7 months ago

The cases and charges against the Bhima Koregaon 16 | Explained

The Hindu  

On March 16, human rights activist Gautam Navlakha penned a letter, piecing together words of lament and surrendering to imminent arrest. The Supreme Court granted bail to the 70-year-old, noting that charges are yet to be framed, and the trial would take “years and years and years for its completion.” Six of Mr. Navlakha’s co-accused have been released on bail …

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Interview | What Connects Wrestlers’ Protest to the 2021 Farmers’ Struggle?
1 year, 6 months ago

Interview | What Connects Wrestlers’ Protest to the 2021 Farmers’ Struggle?

The Quint  

There are several parallels that can be drawn between the nature of the farmers' and wrestlers' protests and the impact they have had on the citizens, says Dhawale. Firstly, both protests began as "peaceful, non-violent demonstrations" for "eminently sensible and justifiable demands." Secondly, both received mass support from a big cross-section of society, namely trade unions, women's organisations, and student …

5 years on, Bhima Koregaon violence accused yet to get 60% of clone copies
1 year, 11 months ago

5 years on, Bhima Koregaon violence accused yet to get 60% of clone copies

The Hindu  

It is almost five years since caste-based violence broke out at Bhima Koregaon in Pune but more than 60% of ‘clone copies’ of the evidence against the 15 accused, who are activists, lawyers, journalists, and professors, have not been shared with them. He added, “A direction was given by the special NIA court to the central agency in May 2022 …

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Father Stan Swamy's Co-Accused Observe Hunger Strike In Prison To Mark His First Death Anniversary & Lack Of Medical Treatment In Jail
2 years, 5 months ago

Father Stan Swamy's Co-Accused Observe Hunger Strike In Prison To Mark His First Death Anniversary & Lack Of Medical Treatment In Jail

Live Law  

On the first death anniversary of Father Stan Swamy, the tribal rights activist who died awaiting bail on July 5, 2021 in the Bhima Koregaon – Elgar Parishad, all his co-accused are on a hunger strike for a day. "Even one year after of the brutal assassination of Father Stan Swamy by the prison administration and the government, instead of …

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Nationwide Protest Called By Left Parties Against Rising Inflation, Unemployment Begins Today
2 years, 6 months ago

Nationwide Protest Called By Left Parties Against Rising Inflation, Unemployment Begins Today

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Left parties have called a nationwide agitation for a week from May 25 till May 31 against rising prices of essential commodities and unemployment. The Left parties said the prices of petroleum products have gone up by 70 per cent, vegetables by 20 per cent, cooking oil by 23 per cent and cereals by 8 per cent …

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Three accused seek discharge in Elgar Parishad case ahead of framing of charges
2 years, 7 months ago

Three accused seek discharge in Elgar Parishad case ahead of framing of charges

India Today  

Three more accused have filed applications seeking discharge ahead of the framing of charges against them in the Elgar Parishad case. Accused professor Anand Teltumbde, Dalit scholar Sudhir Dhawale and activist Mahesh Raut have filed the applications. Read | Elgar Parishad case: Bombay HC rejects Gautam Navlakha's plea for transfer to house arrest SUDHIR DHAWALE Sudhir Dhawale, who is the …

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Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Historic first victory in unprecedented struggle’
3 years ago

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Historic first victory in unprecedented struggle’

The Hindu  

Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, AllIndia Kisan Sabha, and one of the leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the banner under which close to 500 farmer organisations gathered to protest against the three farm laws, has been at the forefront of the farmers’ movement. First, let me assert that the repeal of the three anti-farmer, anti-people and pro-corporate farm laws is …

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Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Crisis has engulfed agrarian society’
3 years, 3 months ago

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Crisis has engulfed agrarian society’

The Hindu  

Dr Ashok Dhawale, national president, All India Kisan Sabha, India’s largest farmers’ organisation, has spearheaded the farmers’ movement for over three decades, and is one of the prominent faces of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha. The simple fact is that India’s agricultural growth rate in the 1980s was higher than the agricultural growth rate in the last 30 years of neoliberal …

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Bhima Koregaon case: Kin of accused move Bombay HC against plan to shift them to 'unspecified prison'
3 years, 4 months ago

Bhima Koregaon case: Kin of accused move Bombay HC against plan to shift them to 'unspecified prison'

India Today  

The family members of Anand Teltumbde, Surendra Gadling and Sudhir Dhawale have approached the Bombay High Court to challenge the permission granted by a special NIA court to transfer the three from Taloja Jail in Mumbai to any other “unspecified prison” in Maharashtra. Anand Teltumbde, Surendra Gadling and Sudhir Dhawale are accused in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case. That …

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Ashok Dhawale: 'Freedom to be exploited"
4 years, 2 months ago

Ashok Dhawale: 'Freedom to be exploited"

The Hindu  

I n March 2018, the All India Kisan Sabha mobilised 50,000 peasants to march a distance of 180 kilometres from Nashik to Mumbai in order to make their voice heard on several issues plaguing the agriculture sector. To combat unprecedented agrarian distress and cascading farmer suicides, the AIKS has for long demanded a one-time loan waiver by the Central government …

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