Bangalore (Bengaluru)
“We will give our chest to your bullets, but will not cede an inch of our land”: farmers resist city expansion in southern India
After blockading the state highway for 30 hours on the 426th day of the protest, farmers continue agitations against the acquisition of 9,600 acres of fertile, irrigated land to expand Bangalore city, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
IT workers in India fight back against proposed increase in working hours
The Karnataka state government, home to one of the world’s largest IT sectors, has proposed increasing working hours from 10 to 14 per day
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