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VIDEO: India's opposition shuns Parliament, backs farmers' demands

29 Jan 2021

Major Indian opposition parties boycotted the opening day of Parliament’s budget session on Friday in solidarity with protesting farmers engaged in a 2-month standoff over new agricultural laws the...

Indian president says new laws protect farmers’ rights

29 Jan 2021

Three farm laws passed by the Indian government provide farmers new rights along with protecting their existing rights and facilities, the country’s President Ram Nath Kovind told parliament on...

Farmers back at protest camp after deep challenge to PM Modi

27 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report Hundreds of police guarded the historic Red Fort in the heart of the Indian capital on Wednesday following violent clashes between farmers and authorities, the most...

Indian police fire tear gas in clash with farmers on Republic Day

26 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report Tens of thousands of farmers gathered on tractors outside the Indian capital as the nation celebrated Republic Day on Tuesday in the backdrop of agricultural protests...

Indian farmers to torch laws on bonfires in show of defiance

13 Jan 2021

Gulf Today Report Indian farmers were due to burn copies of the government’s new agricultural laws on Wednesday as they press on with their protest against the reforms despite...

India’s top court suspends implementation of new farm laws

12 Jan 2021

India’s Supreme Court ordered an indefinite stay on Tuesday over the implementation of new agricultural laws that have triggered widespread protest from farmers, saying it would set up a...

Verdict on controversial laws still in limbo

11 Jan 2021

Three sensitive issues on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed controversial laws through Parliament are caught in messy situations. The issues are farm sector reforms, citizenship norms and status of...

Farmers’ protest in India breaks new ground

06 Jan 2021

India’s rural landscape is notoriously male-dominated, but thousands of women have become a pillar of the farmer protests blocking roads into New Delhi that have become a huge challenge to...

Undemocratic conduct

06 Jan 2021

This is with reference to your alarming report, “Britons ordered to stay at home as third national lockdown begins” (Jan. 5). Boris Johnson has also cancelled his visit to India,...

Sixth round of talks between Indian farmers, government on Dec.30

28 Dec 2020

Gulf Today Report Leaders of Indian farmers' unions have agreed to meet ministers on Monday, the government, while accepting their proposal, has fixed December 30 to hold fresh talks....

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