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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicFarmers agitations

Topic: farmers agitations

Dalit women reclaiming Punjab’s farmlands. ‘We are born on this land, have a right to it’

In village after village in the Malwa region, Dalit women have won the right to farm common land. They are now protesting and courting arrest to demand a new casteless settlement: Begumpura.

Haryana launches plan to reclaim 2 lakh acres from waterlogging, salinity in backdrop of farmers’ stir

Farmers in 8 districts of Haryana face twin problems of salinity and waterlogging on agricultural land, experts cite topography, and high water table as reasons.

Farmer groups want Haryana minister Dalal’s ouster over remarks on farmer leaders, wives & daughters

Khaps, Opposition have also slammed agriculture minister & BJP leader J.P. Dalal over speech. BJP says he was referring to ‘self-styled’ leaders only.

Why AAP stands to lose the most as farmers decide to go solo in Punjab polls

Farmers' Samyukta Samaj Morcha claimed it was in talks with AAP about possible alliance, but they ended because of disagreements over candidates. AAP has denied any such dialogue.

On Camera

Our people should learn Persian, your people should learn our languages: Nehru in Iran

On 21 September 1959, PM Jawaharlal Nehru delivered an address at a public function organised by the Indo-Iranian Association in Tehran during his four-day visit to the country.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.