Belagavi: Violence broke out in Byadagi town of Haveri district when a group of farmers protested a drastic drop in chilli prices. The farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha set 12 vehicles on fire on Monday and Tuesday, including five government-owned ones. “Farmers from Andhra Pradesh, reacting to lower prices in their state, flooded our markets with …
Amidst the rising anger over the sudden fall in chilli prices in Karnataka’s Haveri district, a group of angry farmers gathered in front of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee office in Byadgi and allegedly resorted to vandalism. The farmers allegedly also set at least three vehicles on fire including a fire engine and ransacked and vandalised the APMC office. The …
Reportedly upset over sudden fall in the prices of chilli varieties in the wake of huge arrivals, a mob comprising mainly of farmers resorted to violence at APMC yard in Byadgi of Haveri district on Monday evening ransacking and burning down the APMC office and torching few vehicles including a fire engine that was deployed to extinguish the fire. Even …
The Karnataka police on Thursday detained a man from the state's Haveri district in connection with the controversial “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans raised on Tuesday night at the Vidhana Soudha. He is a dry chilli trader and had come to the legislative building to celebrate Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain's victory in the Rajya Sabha election, news agency PTI reported. READ …
