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Indian Ministry of Defence orders a high-level inquiry into the accidental firing of a missile that breached Pakistani airspace on March 9

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Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao in Ranchi, meets Hemant Soren as part of efforts to form a federal front

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao calls for a new Constitution for India

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Logistics preparations to administer the 13 new districts of Andhra Pradesh in full swing

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Ukraine conflict: Uprooting lives, splitting families

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Explained: Why rich Russians are heading to the UAE for dodging sanctions

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Telangana High Court refuses to stay BJP legislators’ suspension

Farmers' Struggle

Supreme Court-appointed committee report on three farm laws reiterates Modi government's stance

The report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws, released by one of its members, seems to have been an exercise in reit

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Farmers' Struggle

Planned conspiracy behind the Lakhimpur Kheri violence exposed

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Farmers' Movement

A visual record: Documentary film-maker Kesari Haravoo chronicles the farmers' protest at Delhi's borders

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Interview: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav: ‘The strongman image of the Prime Minister is in tatters’

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Farmers' Movement

How the battle was won: Farmers' protests force the Narendra Modi-led government to repeal controversial farm laws

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Farmers' Movement

Masterstroke that misfired: BJP unlikely to gain in Uttar Pradesh from Narendra Modi's decision to repeal farm laws

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Interview: Sitaram Yechury

‘A victory for democracy’: Sitaram Yechury on repeal of farm laws

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Interview: Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, AIKS

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Historic first victory in unprecedented struggle’

Anupama Katakam

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Supreme Court-appointed committee report on three farm laws reiterates Modi government's stance

The report of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws, released by one of its members, seems to have been an exercise in reit

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Farmers' Struggle

Planned conspiracy behind the Lakhimpur Kheri violence exposed

While the Special Investigation Team report has concluded that the Lakhimpur Kheri violence was a conspiracy, the farmers maintain that they will not

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Farmers' Movement

A visual record: Documentary film-maker Kesari Haravoo chronicles the farmers' protest at Delhi's borders

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

A Bengaluru-based documentary film-maker captures the various aspects of the farmers’ protest and the camaraderie they displayed at Delhi’s border

Interview: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav: ‘The strongman image of the Prime Minister is in tatters’

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

Interview with Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party.

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Farmers' Movement

Lakhimpur Kheri could prove to be BJP’s Achilles heel

Purnima S. Tripathi

If the reactions on the ground in Lakhimpur Kheri are any indication, mere withdrawal of the farm laws will not be enough to placate the farmers. Two

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Farmers' Movement

Bonding for battle: Punjab, Haryana farmers seek to build on new sense of solidarity

The success of the year-long campaign has infused a new awakening and a sense of solidarity among farmers in Punjab and Haryana, who are determined to

Interview: Sitaram Yechury

‘A victory for democracy’: Sitaram Yechury on repeal of farm laws

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Interview with Sitaram Yechury, general secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Farmers' Movement

Peasant women from Punjab and Haryana stand shoulder to shoulder in year-long farmers' protests against controversial farm laws

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The large-scale mobilisation of peasant women from Punjab and the inspired participation of their counterparts from Haryana gave solid support to the

Farmers' Movement

Masterstroke that misfired: BJP unlikely to gain in Uttar Pradesh from Narendra Modi's decision to repeal farm laws

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s plans to win back the support of farmers alienated by the three controversial farm laws are unlikely to yield results i

Interview: Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, AIKS

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Historic first victory in unprecedented struggle’

Anupama Katakam

Interview with Dr Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha.

Farmers' Movement

How the battle was won: Farmers' protests force the Narendra Modi-led government to repeal controversial farm laws

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The year-long struggle of the farmers and its electoral implications force the government to climb down on the three farm laws after all its tactics f

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One year on, the farmers’ protest holds its ground

T.K. RajalakshmI

The agitation demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, which began at Delhi’s borders on November 26, 2020, is not only the longest peas

Bharat bandh hailed as historic

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The September 27 Bharat bandh, called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to mark ten months of the agitation demanding repeal of the three contentious farm

Farmers’ movement: A new confidence

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The huge success of the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Muzaffarnagar comes as a second wind to the farmers’ movement and expands its reach 10 months after t

BJP turns Lakhimpur Kheri into new Hindutva battleground to counter farmers' protests in Uttar Pradesh

Pitting Hindus against Sikhs at Lakhimpur Kheri and stirring the communal cauldron may be the BJP’s way to counter the attempt to expand the farmers

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The duplicity of the farm laws, or how they do not help farmers

The controversial farm laws threaten livelihoods, jeopardise food security, are logically inconsistent and give the lie to the government’s claims t

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Long march to peasant unity

The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built over several struggles, which have expanded the bas

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Agricultural reform or battering ram?

The passage of the three controversial pieces of legislation facilitating agricultural marketing threatens to pave the way for consolidation of wealth

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‘Negative support’ to Indian farmers: myth or reality?

Sachin Kumar Sharma Paavni Mathur Raihan Akhter

The argument that the Indian farmer is overburdened by “negative support” has become contentious in the context of the recent farm laws. In realit

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Farmers' Movement

The farmers’ protest completes a hundred days and forges new solidarities across castes and communities

T.K. Rajalakshmi

The ongoing farmers’ protest at the Delhi borders, which recently completed 100 days, has not only spread to the rural hinterland but also forged ne

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Farmers' movement gathers steam in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh

T.K. Rajalakshmi

Support from the khaps of western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and protests across the country have infused new energy into the farmers’ movement amids

Prejudice on show in the media coverage of farmers' rally on Republic Day

The emphasis in the media coverage of the untoward incidents on Republic Day was on drama, histrionics and hyperbole.

Farmers' agitation: The setback and then the surge

T.K. Rajalakshmi In Singhu and Ghazipur

After the unsavoury events of Republic Day, the farmers’ agitation has bounced back with renewed strength led by Rakesh Tikait of the BKU beating al

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Farmers' Movement

The BJP government's Goebbelsian campaign against the farmers’ agitation

Venkitesh Ramakrishnan

The BJP government has resorted to a Goebbelsian campaign against the farmers’ agitation. But the protesting farmers are firm that they will overcom

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Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers

Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o

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They are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis

Siddaramaiah Challenges BJP by Pleasing Lingayats and Veerashaivas

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