Samrah Attar

Gangavva Parameshwar Avaradi's husband, Parameshwar Avaradi, sold the 3.5 acres of farmland he owned in Karnataka's Dharwad district in 2019 to the BJP state government for a sum of Rs 50 lakh. “He still hasn't received the full compensation,” Gangavva says, adding she's never owned any land in her name, nor is she a farmer. But according to the Union government, Gangavva is one of the 75,000 farmers in the country whose income has doubled between 2016-17 and 2020-21 — specifically, the government has said that she owns 4.5 acres of farmland, and has made a profit of Rs 3,07,800 in the Financial Year 2020-21 — long after her husband's land was sold.

We met 32 farmers from 5 states for this part of our series. The ground realities belie the ICAR’s success stories.

When 10-year-old Saathvik Selva embarked on what was supposed to be an enjoyable school trip organised by a Bengaluru-based private school, little did his family know about the ordeal that they would have to endure. The excursion to Kaadgal Resort situated on the outskirts of Bengaluru at Kanakapura Road resulted in a harrowing incident for the fifth grader. On March 21, Saathvik fell to the ground from a zipline at a height of nearly 30 feet.

A woman journalist from Hyderabad has been booked by the Telangana police on charges of spreading “false propaganda” against the state government. The action wa

When they were supposed to take a rest after a long week, IT employees and residents were instead forced to clear the sand and dust accumulated on the Balagere road on Sunday, June 23, which posed a threat to motorists. Frustrated by the indifference of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials who ignored the repeated complaints raised by them, nearly 40 residents of Balagere decided to stage a protest by cleaning the road themselves.

Students at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) initiated an indefinite protest on Monday, June 24, demanding the revocation of suspension orders issued against f

A family of four who had been forced to work as bonded labourers at a brick factory in Hassan district in Karnataka were rescued by Revenue Department officials on July 2. The brick factory owner Sathish was arrested by the Holenarasipura police on July 4.

In the wake of the triple landslide that caused massive destruction in Kerala's Wayanad district, hundreds of family members are waiting desperately to know the whereabouts of their loved ones. Hospitals in Meppadi and other parts of the district are overwhelmed with anxious relatives hoping for any news of those missing since the disaster struck.

In the wake of the triple landslide that caused massive destruction in Kerala’s Wayanad district, hundreds of family members are waiting desperately to know the

South India's first interstate metro project appears to be running into trouble over fears in Karnataka that the project would divert economic opportunities from Bengaluru to Hosur, an industrial hub in Tamil Nadu.