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The actor’s letter asking Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to clear the railway tracks in the state has infuriated protesting farmers, who say the MP is parroting the BJP’s line.
Walter J. Lindner explains why German biofuel companies are hesitant to enter the Indian market.
Farmer representatives say the Modi government has suspended the railways to put pressure on agitating groups to call off their protests.
Farmers protests in Punjab, marked by burning of effigies, didn’t just take place on Dussehra day.
Congress and other Opposition parties also voiced support for the protest.
While the bills have led to massive protests in Punjab and Haryana, some Maharashtra farm leaders have actually welcomed them, while a few politicians seem to be playing it safe.
Higher government spending in agriculture, and not the much touted reform measures, is central to any hope for economic revival in India, believes TISS Professor and economist R Ramakumar.
On Tuesday morning while deputy chairman Harivansh offered tea to the protesting MPs, they refused, so now he is going on a one-day fast.
The image shared by the news agency reminded cinephiles of a scene from Dibakar Banerjee's 'Khosla Ka Ghosla'
Over 1 lakh farmers in Maharashtra have filed complaints claiming poor quality seeds had destroyed their soybean crop.