Mangaluru : The protesters urged the government for total waiver of loans of the farmers. “The waived amount should be credited to the account of the beneficiary farmers immediately. Several arecanut growers, who incurred loss due to the fruit rot disease in 2017-18, did not receive compensation from the government. The compensation amount should be […]

Mysuru: G T Devegowda should not give up the Higher Education Minister portfolio, rather, he should take it as a challenge, said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha pioneer Badagalapura Nagendra. “Not all ministers are taught. With the help of bureaucrats and experts, they deliver. It will be the same with G T Devegowda. With the help […]

Mangaluru : Activists of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, Hasiru Sene, Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha, Dalit Sangarsha Samithi, Communist Party of India, and other organisations began their five-day relay strike demanding that legislators discuss issues affecting farmers in the ongoing legislative session in Belgavi. The five-day dharna is being held under the banner of Janadolangala Mahamaitri. […]

Mangaluru : Farmers took out a protest in front of the DC’s office, opposing the move to amend Land Acquisition Act in Mangaluru on Tuesday. Addressing protesters, Rajya Raitha Sangha Hasiru Sene state president Kodihalli Chandrashekhar urged the government to waive off loans taken by farmers and to issue interest free loans afresh. And demanded […]

Mandya: Criticising Defence Minister A.K. Antony and State Home Minister K.J. George for their “anti-Kodagu” measures, K.A. Ravi Chengappa, principal convener of Cauvery Sene, on Thursday called upon the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to participate in a Save Kodagu campaign, beginning on February 24. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Save Cauvery’, […]

Bangalore: As part of pre-budget consultation, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held discussions with leaders of eight farmers’ organisations here on Wednesday. He met leaders of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, the Karnataka State Non-political Farmers’ Welfare Committee, the Karnataka State Federation of Farmers’ Organisations and the National Farmers’ Association, and MLA K.S. Puttannaiah.Relief […]

Puttur: A delegation of Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Green Army (Hasiru Sene) met the new CM,  Devaragunda Sadananda Gowda at his official residence in Bangalore on  September 12, and urged him to stop agricultural loans repayment by force, in Coastal districts and Kodagu as well to demit crop loans, and to provide a special […]