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Hundreds of sugarcane farmers arrive in city to stage protest
Hundreds of sugarcane farmers from Belagavi district arrived in Bengaluru city to stage a protest, demanding minimum support price and clearance of arrears. Security has been tightened around Majestic and Vidhana Soudha, traffic may be affected.
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Fuel prices today: Petrol sits at Rs. 77.13/litre and Diesel sits at Rs. 71.77/litre
It's no honking Monday Bengaluru!
March only till Freedom Park
The Bengaluru Police havegiven permission for farmers to march from Majestic to Freedom Parkbut denied permissionto march from Freedom Park to Vidhana Soudha.
KSRP on standby
Traffic jam on Seshadri Road
More farmers arrive
Farmers march towards Freedom Park
Karnataka's sugarcane crisis explained
The sugarcane crisis seems to have touched boiling point in Karnataka. A mix of unsold inventory and overdue payments have forced farmers to launch a stir, reaching as far as Bengaluru and planning to lay siege to the Vidhana Soudha
Police put up barricades at Freedom Park
Kumaraswamy asks sugarcane farmers to have 'patience'
Even as thousands of farmers hit the streets of Bengaluru in protest, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday sought “some more time” for the crop loan waiver to be implemented.
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Massive traffic jams across city
Massive traffic jams reported at JC Road, Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road, K R Market, Corporation Circle, Double Road, Nrupathunga Road, General K S Thimmaiah Road, Richmond Circle, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Race Course Road, Raj Bhavan Road and Infantry Road
Farmers arrive at Freedom Park
Cabinet meeting shortly
The Karnataka Cabinet is likely to meet at Vidhana Soudha in a short while from now.
A protester dressed like Mahatma Gandhi takes part in the march towards Freedom Park
Cabinet meeting begins in Vidhana Soudha
Farmers stir: 'Where were you sleeping for four years?'
A statement made by Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday seems to have triggered the massive protest launched by the sugarcane farmers in Bengaluru on Monday.
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