Sharad Joshi

AHMEDABAD: The Sharad Joshi-led Shetkari Sangathan has rallied support for cotton farmers in Gujarat who are being threatened that their standing crops may be destroyed as they had used an unapproved hybrid variety of genetically-engineered seeds.

Veteran farmer leader and founder of the Shetkari Sanghatana, Sharad Joshi, is all set to snap ties with the BJP and extend support to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year.

Sharad Joshi, who breathed his last at Pune on Saturday, will long be remembered for pioneering a farmers’ movement that impacted many a decision. It was in Vidarbha that the Shetkari Sanghatana had its roots and which went on to launch agitations in the best interest of farmers.

Marathwada unit of farmer organisation Shetkari Sanghatana will hold a condolence meet at Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium to pay tribute to their leader Sharad Joshi on Tuesday.

NAGPUR: Shetkari Sanghatana leader Sharad Joshi has deferred his plan to go on indefinite fast to December 7 on the request of Prime Minister Vajpayee and chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, according to informed sources.

NEW DELHI: The BJP's got help in Vidarbha: On Friday, it persuaded Swatantra Bharat Paksh (SBP) president Sharad Joshi to join the NDA at the BJP office.

Condolences poured in from all over the state as news of the death of veteran farmer's leader Sharad Joshi came in.

NAGPUR: Encouraged by successful agitation by the Shetakari Sanghatana activists, organisation leader Sharad Joshi has called on farmers neither to repay loans taken from co-operative banks nor pay electricity bills.

The battle is heating up between the pro- and anti-Bt cotton lobbies among farm activists.

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena-BJP combine is keen on roping in Shetkari Sanghatana, a state-level force which tackles agrarian issues, as a poll ally in a bid to expand the saffron alliance's social base.

A pregnant woman and her family members had a harrowing experience at district hospital here on Thursday, when the hospital staff initially refused to remove the foetus, after it was detected to be dead.

Shetkari Sanghatana founder and former Rajya Sabha member Sharad Joshi has charged multi-national companies with hatching a scheme against Endosulphan, the pesticide which is very popular among farmers due to its broad spectrum of application and affordability.

AHMEDABAD: The Sharad Joshi-led Shetkari Sangathan has rallied support for cotton farmers in Gujarat who are being threatened that their standing crops would be destroyed because they had used an unapproved hybrid variety of genetically engineered seeds.

Neha Joshi, daughter of Sharad Joshi, a scriptwriter of the 1984 comedy show on Doordarshan- Yeh Jo Hai Zindgai, has filed a petition against Shah Rukh Khan's company, Red Chillies Private Ltd, NDTV Imagine channel and the Oberois for copying their show without prior permission.

HYDERABAD: The situation of the Indian farmer and the status of agriculture in the country was precarious and the WTO agreement on agriculture never stopped either the Central or state governments from providing subsidies to farmers.

Sharad Joshi, an extra-ordinary leader of farmers, breathed his last on December 12. May his soul rest in peace.

The Shetkari Sanghatana has decided to hold a sit-in agitation (thiyya andolan) in front of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s home at Trikoni Park in Dharampeth on November 30.

BHOPAL: Noted Kannada poet Chandrashekar Kambar would get the prestigious Kalidas award for the year 2002-03.

The state government has set up a panel comprising nine members and experts to study the effect of water discharge from the Kolkewadi dam into Vashisthi river which had caused floods in Chiplun town of Konkan in 2021.The town had witnessed unprecedented floods in 2021.

A congregation of farmers producing sugarcane, onion and milk is organised at Otur village in Junnar taluka of Pune district on Saturday.

A shrine to Sita in Yavatmal district, Maharashtra, has been renovated and reopened. The unique shrine celebrates single motherhood and is dedicated to Sita and her twins Luv and Kush, without the presence of Ram and Lakshman. The shrine's renovation has brought new life to the temple and is seen as a symbol of courage and inspiration for single mothers, especially widows in farming communities. The shrine's uniqueness was highlighted in 2001 by Sharad Joshi, the founder of the farmers' group Shetkari Sanghatana.

The recent spat between Chetan Bhagat and Vidhu Vinod Chopra (that some people suspect was stage managed to get media mileage) has put the makers of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? on cautious mode.

PUNE: Shetkari Sanghatana has announced that it will gherao offices of the MSEB throughout the state on October 2, as part of its protest against the proposed hike in water, electricity charges and recovery of loans.

jaipur over 130 colleges affiliated with govind guru tribal university ggtu in banswara said “it is not compulsory for universities to collect 18 gst not all universities in the state are collecting it also we have presented the cases to the university that how colleges were refunded the gst amount wrongly collected by respective universities.

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The talks between chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and farmers’ leader Sharad Joshi fizzled out here on Friday. Joshi’s Shetkari Sanghatana has now decided to go ahead with its plans for a sit-in agitation in front of CM’s Dharampeth residence on Sunday.