- Maize would fetch higher price in June, farmers told
Farmers have been advised to store maize and sell during June to get higher prices, which would offset the cost of storage and dry age loss.
- Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura lament paltry compensation
Villagers in bird-flu hit Tripura have complained about the lack of adequate compensation from the government, even as culling of poultry c...
- Bengal’s poultry sector seeks Rs 400-crore aid
Even as poultry farms in the organised sector in West Bengal have not been affected as much as those in the unorganised sector following th...
- Ban on poultry to be lifted in most areas of WBengal on Wednesday
With the situation in birdflu-hit districts of West Bengal improving, the state government has decided to withdraw the ban on sale and tran...
- Orissa HC questions govts on culling; scene improving: Centre
The Centre on Thursday said birdflu was well under control with poultry mortality decreasing by the day even as the Orissa High Court asked...
- Birdflu alert in Uttarakhand; Bihar, Orissa 'object' culling
A birdflu alert has been sounded in Uttarakhand following the death of some chicken even as authorities in Bihar and Orissa on Sunday "obje...
- Bird flu kills 100 people in Indonesia
The human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 100, after two more people died over the weekend from the H5N1 strain of the d...
- Orissa launches mass immunisation drive to check birdflu
With the dreaded birdflu virus spreading in neighbouring West Bengal, the Orissa government today launched a mass immunisation drive to pre...
- Birdflu fear looms large over Kolkata
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has formed teams that were monitoring the situation in different parts of the city.
- 13 district affected with birdflu in West Bengal
Despite culling of birds being taken up in a war footing birdflu has spread to West Midnapore, taking the total number of districts in West...
- Purulia district declared birdflu affected
Purulia district on Friday became the tenth district in West Bengal to be declared affected by the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
- Birdflu alert in Tripura
Tripura government has sounded a birdflu alert and banned entry of poultry and poultry feed from outside the state and neighbouring Banglad...
- Bird flu alert in Kerala
Wildlife Department has issued a birdflu alert in Kerala, a major consumer of poultry products from other states, in the wake of spread of ...
- Rain hampers culling operations in bird flu hit districts
Rains in eight bird-flu hit districts of West Bengal hampered culling operations even as the Malda district administration is yet to begin ...
- "Overall improvement" in birdflu situation: Minister
The bird flu situation in West Bengal had not worsened, instead it was showing signs of overall improvement, state Animal Resources Ministe...
- Oman lifts ban on Indian poultry products
Oman has lifted the import ban on Indian poultry and poultry products after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) declaring India ...
- Over 1.3 lakh fowl culled in Manipur
Over 1.37 lakh domestic fowl were culled and buried at various places in Imphal East and Imphal West districts of Manipur since the outbrea...