'We are in no mood to celebrate Har Ghar Tiranga'

'We will celebrate Independence Day as usual, but not this celebration from August 15 to 22 (as sought by the Modi government).' IMAGE: Farmers hold the Tricolour as they ride a tractor in Jaipur......

'Farmers are not enjoying any freedom'

'We will be hoisting the tiranga, but this kind of celebration is uncalled for when the farmers in this country are dying by suicides, their families are ravaged by poverty and farmers are not......

PM announces repeal of 3 farm laws, but protests yet to be over

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a rollback of the three agri laws at the heart of yearlong protests by farmers, a surprise U-turn that was widely welcomed but did not translate to......

'Nehru is to be blamed for farm crisis'

'Nehru wanted to strengthen industries by exploiting agriculture and that policy was continued by successive governments.' IMAGE: Protesting farmers at the kisan mahapanchayat in Karnal, Haryana,......

'Modi has gone completely wrong on demonetisation'

'Farmers are like a living corpse in India.' P Chengal Reddy, secretary general, Consortium of Indian Farmers Association, recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighting the adverse......

New formula to cut inflation: Cut salaries by half!

When activists of the Right to Food campaign attacked Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia over the Rs 32 per capita per day cut-off for poverty line, Vijay Jawandhia -- a......

Bitter harvest drives grape farmers to suicide

The well-laid road through Kadegaon taluka, a small administrative block, is bordered by sugarcane fields and grape orchards. But far more noticeable are large flex boards wishing Patangrao Kadam,......