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35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion
Farmers to discourage voting for BJP in Assam and Bengal?
Farmers groups are holding meetings to discuss the plan of action; also leaders remind people that the casualty toll of the agitation has reached around 280
Gross Interference: MEA on UK Parliament debate over Farmers protests
Foreign Secretary summons envoy, says British MPs should refrain from practising vote-bank politics by misrepresenting events
Kisaan Anthem 2 released on Mahila Kisan Diwas!
Despite facing arrests earlier in 2021, Punjabi singers once again asserted their solidarity with farmers by releasing the new farmers anthem on March 8.
Teltumbde assisted Maoist leader to expand movement: NIA to Court
The NIA has opposed his bail plea stating that, he shared questionable literature with his brother to expand Maoist ideology in urban India
Mahila Kisan Diwas: A sea of dupattas Centre’s decry farm laws
Women leaders speak, march, demonstrate and hold meetings on Monday in a show of strength by the agricultural sector’s largest labour force.
Farmers observe special meeting to honour martyrs of the movement
Farmers group provides assistance for families of the deceased who died while participating in the farmers’ struggle
Three Girls, submissive no more: Contemporary artists adapt Amrita Sher-Gil’s painting
Bengaluru-based artists recreate a version of the famous painting by the Indo-Hungarian maestro to reflect the spirit of Indian women in recent times, especially women protesters at the nationwide farmers' agitation
Pass the no-confidence motion against Haryana gov’t: SKM leaders
Earlier, farmer leaders protested the insensitive comments made by officials about the farmers’ movement and the martyred participants of the struggle.
Anti-farmer laws ending mandis of Karnataka: Yogendra Yadav
Farmer leaders questioned the Centre’s assurances of MSP and appealed to farmers to expose government lies
Adivasi Mahila Kisan: the unsung voices of Indian agriculture
SabrangIndia celebrates International Women’s Day by acknowledging and hailing the contributions and issues of women Adivasi farmers in India.
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