BKU activists booked for blocking highways

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 15:23

Hundreds of Bhartiya Kisan Union activists have been booked for blocking the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway and other state highways on December 5.

Sugarcane farmers begins indefinite fast in UP

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 18:54

Over two dozen sugarcane farmers associated with the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Tuesday began an indefinite fast at Nasiruddin Mauji Bhawan, housing several government offices, here to press for their demand of earliest opening of sugar factories.

Clean Yamuna march to Delhi to begin Friday

Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 12:55

It`s yet another bid to draw attention to a dying and polluted river that not just sustains life in the Braj region but is also a heritage treasure and a religious symbol for millions of Indians.

BKU training 1,400 volunteers to "protect" Kejriwal

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 00:00

As many as 1,400 volunteers of Bhartiya Kisan Union will be giving protection to activist Arvind Kejariwal during his visit TO Farrukhabad on Nov 1.

Farmers protest for equal land compensation rates from UP govt

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 15:20

The farmers are seeking parity of compensation rates for all farm lands acquired for the expressway from Noida to Agra, the farmers` spokesman Anil Talan said.

BKU holds protest rally against diesel price hike

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 19:00

A delegation led by president Balbir Singh Rajewal submitted a memorandum to Punjab Governor Shivraj V Patil, seeking a drought relief package and rollback of fuel price hike from the Centre.

BKU urges UP govt to give adequate power supply

Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 14:01

BKU president Naresh Tikait has urged the state government to provide adequate electricity to farmers for irrigation or face consequences.

Denied meeting with Rahul, BKU holds protest

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 13:17

Miffed at being denied a meeting with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) today raised slogans.

Court to initiate attachment proceedings

Last Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 13:37

A local court in Muzaffaragar ordered to initiate attachment proceedings against Bhartiya Kisan Union activists, including its national president Naresh Tikait, for failing to appear in court despite repeated summons.

BKU to go ahead with March 9 stir

Last Updated: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 18:25

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) will stage dharnas in Delhi on March 9 to press for various demands, including amendment to the Land Acquisition Act.

Bhartiya Kisan Union demands arrest of Rakhi Sawant

Last Updated: Sunday, November 14, 2010, 18:28

Bhartiya Kisan Union today demanded that actress Rakhi Sawant should be arrested for allegedly abeting the suicide of a youth, who took the extreme step after he was humiliated on the TV show that she hosts.