Allahabad Farmers Protest

Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh last year, has been granted bail.

The UP government told the Allahabad High Court today that it is dropping proceedings against 162 farmers issued "breach of peace" notices asking for explanations why they should not have to furnish personal bonds of Rs 10 lakh each

Days before the Republic Day farmers' tractor rally protest that dissolved into mayhem in Delhi, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh district received notices asking for personal bonds worth Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh, on the "apprehension that they would violate law and order". The state government has been asked by the Allahabad High Court to explain by Feb...

Social activist Medha Patkar and some of her associates were arrested today in Allahabad while they were going to Kachri village, where farmers had held protests and clashed with police against acquisition of their land by the Uttar Pradesh government for a power plant.

India's sugar belts continue to boil and situation turned ugly in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today where protests erupted over the death of a farmer.

The Allahabad High Court has stayed land acquisition proceedings in Bisrakh Jalalpur and Devla villages of Greater Noida.Thirty two hectares of land was being acquired in these villages and sold to private builders for apartments. Farmers from the area had petitioned against the acquisition.The court will hear the matter in July. For now, it has is...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence by the Uttar Pradesh government on farmers protesting against "forcible" acquisition of land at Greater Noida's Bhatta and Parsaul villages.A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the petitioner to approach the Allah...

In a major embarrassment to Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has set aside notifications issued for acquisition of more than 100 hectares of land in Gautam Buddh Nagar district for "planned industrial development" in Greater Noida.A division bench comprising Justice Sunil Ambawani and Justice Kashi Nath Pandey, while a...

Violent scenes were witnessed in the Karchana village of Allahabad today over demands for higher compensation for land acquisition.Villagers torched police and government vehicles this morning and even attacked a police personnel after promises of compensation weren't met by the Jaypee Group which is setting up a thermal power plant in the area.The...

Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the killing of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh last year, has been granted bail.

The UP government told the Allahabad High Court today that it is dropping proceedings against 162 farmers issued "breach of peace" notices asking for explanations why they should not have to furnish personal bonds of Rs 10 lakh each

Days before the Republic Day farmers' tractor rally protest that dissolved into mayhem in Delhi, farmers in an Uttar Pradesh district received notices asking for personal bonds worth Rs 50,000 to Rs 10 lakh, on the "apprehension that they would violate law and order". The state government has been asked by the Allahabad High Court to explain by Feb...

Social activist Medha Patkar and some of her associates were arrested today in Allahabad while they were going to Kachri village, where farmers had held protests and clashed with police against acquisition of their land by the Uttar Pradesh government for a power plant.

India's sugar belts continue to boil and situation turned ugly in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri today where protests erupted over the death of a farmer.

The Allahabad High Court has stayed land acquisition proceedings in Bisrakh Jalalpur and Devla villages of Greater Noida.Thirty two hectares of land was being acquired in these villages and sold to private builders for apartments. Farmers from the area had petitioned against the acquisition.The court will hear the matter in July. For now, it has is...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI enquiry into the alleged excesses and violence by the Uttar Pradesh government on farmers protesting against "forcible" acquisition of land at Greater Noida's Bhatta and Parsaul villages.A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C K Prasad asked the petitioner to approach the Allah...

In a major embarrassment to Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has set aside notifications issued for acquisition of more than 100 hectares of land in Gautam Buddh Nagar district for "planned industrial development" in Greater Noida.A division bench comprising Justice Sunil Ambawani and Justice Kashi Nath Pandey, while a...

Violent scenes were witnessed in the Karchana village of Allahabad today over demands for higher compensation for land acquisition.Villagers torched police and government vehicles this morning and even attacked a police personnel after promises of compensation weren't met by the Jaypee Group which is setting up a thermal power plant in the area.The...