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India set for record wheat planting as soil moisture and prices rise

MUMBAI: Indian farmers are set to expand wheat acreage by about 5% to a record high, aided by higher returns and...

Published 18 Nov, 2025 03:49pm

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Indian farmers rush to plant summer crops as monsoon revives

MUMBAI: Indian farmers have accelerated the planting of summer-sown crops, such as paddy, soybean, cotton, and corn,...

Published 17 Jul, 2024 02:42am

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India raises crop prices

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday raised the government-mandated price for summer-sown crops such as rice, ...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

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Indian farmers plan to enter New Delhi to intensify protests

MUMBAI: Indian farmers are planning to escalate their protests from Wednesday by entering the capital New Delhi by...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 03:08pm

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Indian farmers plan march on Delhi in call for higher crop prices

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers plan to march to the capital New Delhi on Wednesday as they push their demands for higher...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 04:15am

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Protesting Indian farmers burn effigies of Modi

SHAMBHU, (India): Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops burned effigies of Prime Minister Narendra...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 06:42am

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With spears and shields, India’s Nihang Sikh warriors join farmers’ protest

SHAMBHU: Thousands of protesting Indian farmers facing off with security forces have come under the protection of...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 11:59am

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Police fire tear gas at protesting Indian farmers, govt offers talks

SHAMBHU, (India): Indian police fired tear gas and water cannons on Wednesday to scatter thousands of farmers trying...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

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Police fire tear gas at protesting Indian farmers, government offers talks

SHAMBHU: Indian police fired tear gas and water cannons on Wednesday to scatter thousands of farmers trying to stage...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 06:34pm

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With cranes and excavators, Indian farmers prepare to march on capital

SHAMBHU: Thousands of Indian farmers prepared on Wednesday for a protest march to the capital, equipped with cranes...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 10:32am

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India offers protesting farmers support prices on corn, cotton, pulses

MUMBAI: India has offered guaranteed support prices for pulses, corn and cotton in a bid to break a deadlock with...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 10:42am

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Indian farmers to postpone protest march to Delhi as talks with govt continue

AMBALA: Indian farmers demanding higher prices for their crops will postpone a planned protest march to New Delhi...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 10:38am

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‘Here for the long haul’: Protesting Indian farmers set up camp

SHAMBHU (India): Protesting Indian farmers relaxed inside their tractors Thursday as they awaited orders from ...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

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Indian police fire tear gas as protesting farmers march to capital

NEW DELHI: Indian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

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Indian farmers to march to Delhi after talks with ministers fail

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers plan to continue a protest march to New Delhi on Tuesday after talks with ministers failed...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 11:45am

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Indian farmers ready for mass protests over crop prices

NEW DELHI: Indian police erected barricades and banned public gatherings Monday ahead of threatened protests by...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

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India’s rice area grows on higher prices, cotton sowing lags

MUMBAI: Indian farmers have planted 39.8 million hectares (98.3 million acres) with rice, up 3.7% on the same period...

Published 03 Sep, 2023 02:59am

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Twitter pursues judicial review of Indian orders to take down content

NEW DELHI: Twitter on Tuesday asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to remove content from the...

Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:52pm

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India’s wheat export boom brings a bonanza to farmers

INDORE/SARANGPUR, (India): For the first season in over a decade, Indian farmer Rajensingh Pawar is selling his new...

Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am

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Indian farmers head home after year-long protest

NEW DELHI: Thousands of Indian farmers were packing their belongings and dismantling tent cities on Saturday as they...

Updated 12 Dec, 2021 10:52am

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Indian farmers call off year-long protest after govt assurances

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers called off a year-long protest on Thursday after the government conceded a clutch of...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

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Indian farmers receive new government offer, may call off protest

NEW DELHI: India's protesting farmers have received a revised proposal from the government addressing some of their...

Published 08 Dec, 2021 07:01pm

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Indian farmers to step up protests after eight killed in clashes

NEW DELHI: Farmers in India vowed on Monday to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 03:01pm

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Indian farmers stage nationwide protests against 'reforms'

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods renewed their push against the...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

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Indian farmers aim for nationwide protests against reforms on Monday

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers opposed to reforms they say threaten their livelihoods aim to renew their push against the...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 10:45am

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In Indian mining hub, farmers bring polluted land back to life

PAPINAYAKANAHALLI, (India): For years, Indian farmer Chape Hanumaiya struggled to grow anything on his tiny plot of...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

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Indian farmers stage protest outside Delhi against farm laws

"A large number of farmers are attending the meeting to ask the government to punish those responsible for using force against unarmed and elderly farmers," says a senior farmers' leader

Updated 07 Sep, 2021 08:32pm

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Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers rally against farm laws

More than 500,000 farmers attended the rally in the city of Muzaffarnagar

Published 05 Sep, 2021 04:28pm

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Crop sowing lags in India, raising concerns over food grain output

MUMBAI: Summer-sown crop planting in India has been lagging as central and northern parts of the country received...

Published 18 Jul, 2021 04:14am

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India’s summer crop planting lags as monsoon rains taper off

NEW DELHI: Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 04:01am