When OpIndia visited campus, students were calm and focused on resuming studies, but outsiders with tractors, flags and political motives dominated the space, turning a routine Senate election issue into a larger confrontation that students never sought.
Karnataka's sugarcane farmers ended their nine-day protest after securing a new deal. The state government and sugar mills will provide a Rs 100 subsidy, ensuring farmers get a net price of Rs 3,300 per tonne, excluding harvesting and transport costs.
After a prolonged farmer protest, the Karnataka government has scrapped its plan to acquire land for an aerospace park near Bengaluru. Seizing the moment, Andhra Pradesh has offered over 8,000 acres and attractive policies to draw aerospace investors.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the status quo be maintained at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13.
One of the farmers said, "Farmers and labourers are burning the effigy of the Bhagwant Mann government. Bhagwant Mann's government has backstabbed the farmers of Punjab."
On Sunday (3rd March), leaders of the protesting farmer unions announced that the protesting farmers will hold a nationwide 'rail roko' protest from 12 PM to 4 pm on 10th March.