Farmers in Sundaragiri, Karimnagar district blocked a main road on Friday to demand an uninterrupted power supply for their standing maize and other crops. After mandal officials promised to raise the issue with higher authorities, the protest was called off, while similar demonstrations occurred in Jagtial and Khammam districts.
Twenty-four of the district’s 27 mandals record a shortfall, canals in Cheepurupalli dry up for want of releases from Thotapalli, and the joint director asks farmers to shift to crops that need less water
Piyush Goyal says India-EU Free Trade Agreement will create opportunities for farmers, fishermen, MSMEs, startups, women entrepreneurs, manufacturers and service providers across India and Europe
Telangana Kisan Congress President S Anvesh Reddy, CPI leader Chada Venkata Reddy, and Telangana Jana Samithi leader Kodandaram were among the leaders who signed the statement
Union Bank of India to facilitate retail loan facilities for customers purchasing VST Tillers’ products, including tractors, power tillers, power reapers and power weeders
Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, he said the TVK government would respect the democratic rights of farmers and teachers who had protested peacefully
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay announced the withdrawal of cases filed against protesting farmers and teachers during the previous DMK government, citing their democratic right to raise livelihood and rights-related demands.
10859753 Khanauri farmer border blockade
The Chief Minister said Machilipatnam and Kakinada already had ports and that a medium port on the Narsapuram coast would lift maritime trade and aquaculture; he also accused the YSRCP of going to court to delay local body elections
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Power deficit crosses 10 million units as a weak monsoon forces farmers to turn on irrigation and households to crank up air-conditioners
The facilities are intended to preserve the quality, germination capacity and vigour of seeds procured from farmers
C. Nallasamy, coordinator, Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement, says the lifting of the band will create jobs and help many families
Cauvery Delta farmers are severely affected as they are not getting their due share, T.N. tells court; says CWRC and CWMA failed to consider accumulated backlog; top court to hear Cauvery case on August 31
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The Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) already tracks more than 14 crore Aadhaar-linked buyers and over 2,50,000 retailers, and processes about 70 million tonnes of fertilizer sales a year
Protesters allege that operation of Rapid Response Teams and forest watchers remains ineffective to counter the increasing incidents of human-wildlife conflict in the upland areas of Kozhikode district
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This is a compilation of The Hindu’s coverage on the dropping of Parandur airport project by the TVK-led Tamil Nadu government in August 2026 citing farmers’ opposition and ecological concerns after the site was finalised during the DMK regime in 2022.
