Explained | What’s inside India–New Zealand FTA: Tariff cuts, services push, farm safeguards & moreInd NZ FTA Agreement: India and New Zealand signed a significant free trade agreement. This pact opens doors for goods, services, and inves...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
Basmati rice exporters urge govt action on shipping charges amid West Asia crisisBasmati rice exporters face crippling shipping charges. War-risk surcharges are soaring, sometimes reaching 70 percent of cargo value. Ship...
27 Apr, 2026, 12.55 PM IST
Parrots are 'wild animals', rules HC; orders Maharashtra govt to compensate farmer for crop damageThe Bombay High Court has ordered the Maharashtra government to compensate a farmer for parrot damage to his pomegranate trees, classifying...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
Developer approaches police against local farmers, alleges illegal occupation, mutation of company landA private real estate developer has approached the police against a group of local farmers in Bhankrota, alleging that they illegally carve...
06 Feb, 2026, 04.41 PM IST
Crop wars at border: Indian, Bangladeshi farmers clash over mango trees and moreTensions escalated at the India-Bangladesh border in Malda's Sukhdevpur over disputed crops and trees, leading to violent clashes between f...
19 Jan, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
Traffic chaos on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway due to farmers' protestFarmers' protest march to Delhi has caused major traffic jams on the Noida-Greater Noida expressway. Police have set up barricades and are ...
02 Dec, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
Government targets land disputes that cripple India’s infrastructureThe country’s planning body has crafted a new model bill in which states will guarantee the accuracy of land titles and provide compensatio...
04 Feb, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
Govt puts forth proposal to farmers’ groups giving them a written assurance on MSPThe 21-page draft by joint secretary of the agriculture ministry, Vivek Aggarwal, agreed to give a “written assurance” on MSP. “The governm...
09 Dec, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Ready to give written assurance on continuing MSP: Govt's proposal to agitating farmersThe government also proposed to make necessary amendments on at least seven issues, including one to allay fears about the weakening of the...
09 Dec, 2020, 03.59 PM IST
Australia steps up sugar trade fight with India, seeks WTO probeAustralia has formally asked the WTO to set up a panel to probe if India was breaching its obligations.
12 Jul, 2019, 05.46 PM IST
Over 25 injured in farmers' protest in MaharashtraFarmers were protesting against ‘land acquisition’ by the Navy, but the Ministry of Defence said that the land belonged to it and had been ...
23 Jun, 2017, 12.26 AM IST
Bayer bullish on India, but Monsanto’s image remains a challengeBayer’s Indian operations already include a crop science segment, which is involved in crop protection, seeds and what it calls “digital fa...
15 Sep, 2016, 10.25 AM IST
- MRPL suffers Rs 600 cr loss, expansion hit due to land dispute
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals said its expansion programme has got stuck due to a land dispute with a local farmer in Mangalore res...
20 Jul, 2010, 04.48 PM IST
- Pepsico deadlock affecting farmers: Mann
A senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, which is heading the ruling coalition in Punjab,on Friday said the shutdown of snacks and beverages...
12 Sep, 2008, 09.24 PM IST
- China farmland privatisation protests set to grow
Chinese activists pushing for private ownership of farms are preparing for spreading protests to "reclaim" disputed land, intensifying a ba...
11 Feb, 2008, 11.49 AM IST
- Kenya's western farmers watch intruders harvest their crops
Powerless, Stephen, a farmer from the Luhya ethnic group in western Kenya, watches members of the Kalenjin harvest his field barely 50 metr...
02 Feb, 2008, 09.01 AM IST
- New farmer policy likely in current Parliament session
The government is likely to unveil a new national policy for farmers in the current session of Parliament.
27 Aug, 2007, 08.00 PM IST