Bengaluru, July 16 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation, led by Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, on Thursday visited villages affected by the proposed Bidadi Township project and declared that the party would not allow the project to be implemented. After meeting farmers in Byramangala, Mandalahalli, and nearby villages, Ashoka accused the State government of attempting to forcibly acquire agricultural land and warned of intensified protests if action was taken against farmers.“…
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New Delhi/Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar over the state government’s decision to issue a fresh land acquisition notification for villages falling under the proposed Bidadi Township Project, alleging that the move betrayed farmers and exposed the government’s “vested interests”.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Kumaraswamy described the notification …
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the incident in which women farmers allegedly thrashed officials with brooms during the Joint Measurement Survey (JMC) for the proposed Bidadi Township project was a “warning bell” for the Karnataka government. In a statement, Joshi said the agitation by Bidadi farmers was not an ordinary protest but an expression of the deep anguish of farmers determined to protect their agricultural land, which…
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday warned the Karnataka government and the police against what he termed the “misuse” of law enforcement to suppress the ongoing agitation against the proposed Bidadi Township project, even as government officials faced stiff resistance from farmers and women protesters during a land survey attempt in Mandalahalli village of Bidadi taluk. The incident occurred when officials arrived to conduct a Joint…
Hyderabad, Jul 12 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has condemned the brutal and high-handed actions of the N. Chandrababu Naidu-led state government against farmers in Undavalli under the guise of developing Amaravati as the state capital. The YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday on his X account that despite farmers clearly and unequivocally expressing their unwillingness to part with their lands — which are their sole source of livelihood — the government has refused to list…
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) Work to extend the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway to Bhavnagar will begin within the next three months, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.He said this while holding a high-level review meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on the progress of National Highway projects across the state on Thursday.The meeting in Gandhinagar focused on the implementation of key highway and expressway projects, land acquisition, funding and meas…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday launched a sharp attack on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, alleging large-scale corruption in the construction of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway during the previous Samajwadi Party government.In a post on X, Rajbhar alleged that the expressway became a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. He said, “If one wants to see some examples of the corruption that took place during Shri @yadavakhilesh ji’s government, the biggest…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) A delegation of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM-Punjab) on Friday called on Governor and Administrator of Chandigarh, Gulab Chand Kataria, at Lok Bhavan here and submitted a memorandum highlighting various issues and demands concerning the farming community.The Samyukta Kisan Morcha delegation raised several key issues, including a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), debt relief for farmers and agricultural labourers, conservation of water resources, cr…
Bengaluru, June 12 (IANS) Strongly condemning the Congress government for issuing the final notification for land acquisition for the Bidadi township project despite intense opposition from farmers, Union Minister and Karnataka JD(S) President H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday announced that a legal battle would be launched against what he termed an anti-farmer move.He declared that he would fight on behalf of the farmers who stand to lose their land.The Bidadi township row centres on the Karnataka gov…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Delhi government on Sunday carried out a major demolition drive in the Haiderpur village area of Shalimar Bagh to implement a Supreme Court decision against unauthorised constructions on public Right of Way. District Magistrate (DM) of Central-North District S.S. Parihar said that the action was being carried out in compliance with court orders.In the joint survey conducted on January 10, 2026, it was found that a total of 143 unauthorised permanent (pucca) construct…