Pune Farmer Protest

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday attacked the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance, saying protesting farmers were fired upon by police near Pune during their regime.

A group of farmers from Beed in central Maharashtra, which has witnessed scanty rains this monsoon, met officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune on Monday and said its "inaccurate" rain forecast misled them.

Milk supply in Maharashtra was badly hit after thousands of farmers launched a protest on Monday, demanding better price and subsidy of Rs 5 per litre. Tankers supplying milk to major cities including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik and others were blocked early morning leading to sudden crisis.

The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.

Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today apologised for ridiculing a two-month-long protest by a farmer, who was demanding the release of water from a dam for his parched field. In a statement issued in the evening, Mr Pawar said he is sorry for "hurting sentiments" with his comment.

Seven months after Maval firing incident in which three farmers were killed and nine were injured when police fired upon protesters, Pune rural police has arrested 47 persons for attacking the police.

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune is now snowballing into a major controversy for the Maharashtra government. After shocking video footage of alleged police excesses during the farmers' agitation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway came to the fore yesterday, two cops who were seen firing at fleeing farmers have been suspended.

On camera, a group of policemen, many in anti-riot gear and armed with weapons and sticks, charge down a road; one fires from his revolver. Then, a cop goes to the edge of the road, takes aim at people running helter skelter beyond and fires. He looks for another vantage point and fires again. More policemen gather around and throw stones at the pe...

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune has escalated into a major controversy in Maharashtra, finding echo in the state Assembly, as serious questions are raised about police excesses. For a third day today, the House was adjourned after the Opposition attacked the government.

The situation in Maval in Pune is peaceful and under control, a day after three persons was killed there in the police firing when a farmers' protest against a dam water pipeline project turned violent. A magisterial inquiry had been ordered into the firing, District Collector Vikas Deshmukh said.

At least three farmers have died in police firing during a protest at the Mumbai-Pune highway. The farmers jammed the express highway on Tuesday morning to protest the diversion of agricultural water away from their land.

Farmers in Pune's main vegetable wholesale market have stopped trading of onions in protest against the government failure to lift ban on exports. Prices of onion has gone down following huge supply of fresh stocks in the market. It has brought down rates to as low as Rs 60 for 10 kilos while the farmers are demanding a minimum rate of Rs 150 for 1...

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Monday attacked the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance, saying protesting farmers were fired upon by police near Pune during their regime.

A group of farmers from Beed in central Maharashtra, which has witnessed scanty rains this monsoon, met officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune on Monday and said its "inaccurate" rain forecast misled them.

Milk supply in Maharashtra was badly hit after thousands of farmers launched a protest on Monday, demanding better price and subsidy of Rs 5 per litre. Tankers supplying milk to major cities including Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik and others were blocked early morning leading to sudden crisis.

The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is likely to make a statement in the Assembly on the incident today.

Maharashtra's deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today apologised for ridiculing a two-month-long protest by a farmer, who was demanding the release of water from a dam for his parched field. In a statement issued in the evening, Mr Pawar said he is sorry for "hurting sentiments" with his comment.

Seven months after Maval firing incident in which three farmers were killed and nine were injured when police fired upon protesters, Pune rural police has arrested 47 persons for attacking the police.

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune is now snowballing into a major controversy for the Maharashtra government. After shocking video footage of alleged police excesses during the farmers' agitation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway came to the fore yesterday, two cops who were seen firing at fleeing farmers have been suspended.

On camera, a group of policemen, many in anti-riot gear and armed with weapons and sticks, charge down a road; one fires from his revolver. Then, a cop goes to the edge of the road, takes aim at people running helter skelter beyond and fires. He looks for another vantage point and fires again. More policemen gather around and throw stones at the pe...

The death of three farmers in police firing in Pune has escalated into a major controversy in Maharashtra, finding echo in the state Assembly, as serious questions are raised about police excesses. For a third day today, the House was adjourned after the Opposition attacked the government.

The situation in Maval in Pune is peaceful and under control, a day after three persons was killed there in the police firing when a farmers' protest against a dam water pipeline project turned violent. A magisterial inquiry had been ordered into the firing, District Collector Vikas Deshmukh said.

At least three farmers have died in police firing during a protest at the Mumbai-Pune highway. The farmers jammed the express highway on Tuesday morning to protest the diversion of agricultural water away from their land.

Farmers in Pune's main vegetable wholesale market have stopped trading of onions in protest against the government failure to lift ban on exports. Prices of onion has gone down following huge supply of fresh stocks in the market. It has brought down rates to as low as Rs 60 for 10 kilos while the farmers are demanding a minimum rate of Rs 150 for 1...