Punjab
Indian farmers issue united call for mobilizations against BJP policies

Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) continues to build unity amongst farmers’ organizations in its struggle against the pro-corporate agriculture policies of the Narendra Modi government.

Farmers in India intensify battle against big corporates in agriculture

Since 2020, Indian farmers have been agitating against repeated attempts by the ultra right-wing BJP-led government to open the country’s agricultural sector to big corporations.

Deadly heat wave across Indian subcontinent kills dozens, hundreds hospitalized

Climate change is blamed for the sustained rise in the average temperature, making day to day life difficult and causing sudden changes in the weather patterns

Pakistan National Assembly Pakistan to launch all-out counterterrorism operation amid severe political and economic crisis

Two bomb explosions hit the city of Quetta just days after Pakistan’s top National Security Committee (NSC) agreed to launch an all-out comprehensive counter-terrorism operation against armed groups.

Resistance in the face of repression: stories from protesting farmers at Delhi’s border

Hundreds of thousands of farmers have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for two weeks. On Sunday, we talked to some of them who described the mobilization leading up to this massive protest

Pakistan Farmer's death by police Police crackdown leaves one farmer dead in Pakistan

Malik Ashfaq Langarial died in hospital on Wednesday after the police dispersed a sit-in by farmers in Lahore in Pakistan. The farmers were demanding a better price for their produce such as wheat and sugarcane

Government employees in India demand regularization, equal pay for equal work

Thousands of employees in the State of Punjab plan to block the movement of government vehicles if their demands are not met. Teachers, clerical staff and doctors are among those who are agitating

Farmers' protest in Punjab Farmers protest loan policy in Punjab

Farmers are protesting against the banks’ practice of demanding blank checks from farmers for disbursal of loans, which is often used to incarcerate them when a loan payment fails