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61-hour highway blockade forces Maharashtra sugar mills to agree to Rs 4,200 per tonne for farmers
Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana calls off agitation after months of protests and a prolonged standoff on NH-48; revised formula includes staggered payments and a share in additional sugar revenue
Farmers’ Protest: Physical repression, prohibitory orders, Delhi entry blocked – Déjà Vu?
Repressive tactics employed by state and union government await farmers as they gear up for protest in Delhi on Feb 13 to demand law on MSP, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and “justice” for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri
Farmers in Noida, Greater Noida are protesting, which are the farmer unions are leading them
Noida farmers protest: Higher compensation for land acquisition is just one of the demands raised by the farmers marching to Parliament
On the Conditions of Workers and Peasants in India: What is to be done today?
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Tractor parade by SKM on Republic Day in 500 districts, farmers to take pledge to protect the principles of democracy, federalism, secularism and socialism
A mass campaign will also be organised prior to the Ayodhya structure inauguration to make people aware about the pro-corporate economic policies of the Union government, “communal narrative” of BJP
New Andhra law to hasten land alienation of tribal farmers, ‘legitimise’ illegal holdings
The Land Titling Act 2023 (LTA) (Act 27 of...
Ministry for agriculture and farmers welfare: No proposal to increase MSP from Rs. 6000 under PM-KISAN
Data provided by Union Government highlights fluctuating percentage of increase in price of crops over the past 9 years, decrease in the number of beneficiaries in 2022-23
Supreme Court refuses to stay amendments to forest law
The amendment has been criticised by activists and tribal rights leaders to dilute existing provisions for protecting forest land and tribal livelihoods.
Today Filmcity officials under police protection started to landfill Kishan Bhagat’s farm land
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Haryana: Outraged, farmers groups demand minister’s ouster for demeaning remarks on wives of farmers
Former Congress chief minister, Hooda also criticised the agriculture minister & BJP leader J.P. Dalal who is facing week-long protests and sharp criticism after he attacked farmers, their wives and daughters in a recent speech. BJP says he was referring to ‘self-styled’ leaders only.
Maha Dharani: A warning to Congress-led Karnataka government, deliver on poll promises or face people
After three days of intensive protests by farmers and workers from across the state, marked by all day and night sit-ins at Freedom Park Bengaluru, the organisers of the Maha Dharani (mass protest) has issued a stern warning to the state government while launching an all-out attack on the Modi regime at the centre; among the demands are withdrawal of anti-people laws passed by the previous state government
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Maharashtra SIR: Over 2 crore names left off draft rolls; report finds uneven burden across regions and groups
A preliminary analysis of Maharashtra’s SIR-2026 draft roll by the Sabar Institute finds that 20.69 million names which is a significant 21.1 % of the state’s 97.9 million electors— close to one in five pre-revision electors — were missing in the draft electoral roll published on August 31, 2026; these voters were placed on the ASDD list; the report also identifies sharp geographical variations in the deletion
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SIR: ECI “removes Form 6 declaration” but serious questions on legality of procedure remain
The Election Commission has separated the SIR declaration from the statutory Form 6 after two Election Commissioners objected to its inclusion and one called the change “unauthorised/illegal”, the issue comes as the Supreme Court is hearing the separate question of requiring deleted Delhi voters to seek inclusion again through Form 6
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Does the ECI’s Nov 6 communication signal a step-back on re-enrolment in the ASSD list?
SC petitioners Anjali Bharadwaj and Amrita Johri welcome ECI’s Nov 6 communication to seven states on facilitating inclusion of left-out voters
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Assam: Gauhati HC quashes NSA detention of activist Pranab Doley
Doley was arrested in July this year for a protest against a hotel project near Kaziranga, and had been booked under the nefarious National Security Act (NSA) after a court granted him bail; Forum for Social Harmony, AMSU-AIKMS and BAA accuse the Assam government of criminalising land rights activism
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West Bengal: Outpour of anguish from the Christian community over recent attacks on churches
Hundreds of people from the Christian community marched to Kolkata’s Esplanade on Thursday (November 5, 2026) in protest against the rising cases of mob attacks on churches across the state
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Censorship: Government keen on stripping legal immunity for social media platforms
As reports of the Indian Union government’s moves to scrap the legal immunity guaranteed under Section 79 of the IT Act come in, with Indian Express, on November 5, yesterday reporting these moves, organisations advocating media freedom and accountability have expressed concern and alarm