Farmers protest turns violent: 15 sugarcane tractors set ablaze in Karnataka; highways blocked

Sugarcane farmers in Mudhol and other parts of Bagalkot and Vijayapura districts escalated their protest for a fair price of Rs 3,500 per tonne, leading to violence where at least 15 tractors were torched. Unlike Belagavi, these districts are resisting the state government's Rs 3,300 per tonne formula, intensifying the standoff.