CICR has introduced Bt genes into 21 cotton seed varieties, which scientists say can be provided to farmers at 10% of the price of hybrid s...

Monsanto’s GM maize is being tested at two agricultural universities in Maharashtra — MPKV and the Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyape...

MPKV sources said Monsanto’s GM corn has been sown on 30 guntha of land (0.75 acre) in the university campus with proper isolation.

Even as the agricultural department is assessing the damage, horticulture cash crops like grapes, pomegranates and oranges have been affect...

Hit by heavy rains on July 31, captive wild animals in 50 cages in the Maharajbagh zoo are crying for help.

Prof Raviprakash Dani, the vice chancellor of Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth stressed on good agriculture practices to prevent enviro...

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) prescribes that Maharajbagh Zoo should utilize revenue from gate fee for its own development, but Panjabrao...

Dr Raviprakash Dani has been appointed the new Vice Chancellor of the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola.

Natural gas output from RIL's D6 fields would sharply drop to 27.60 mscmd from April, squeezing the domestic gas supply.

The country’s fresh fruit basket for Christmas and New Year will be smaller and dearer, thanks to the unseasonal rains and the delayed wint...

The Nagpur forest division officials used urine of captive tigers and sprinkled it near the spots frequented by tigers in Ranmangli village...

Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy said the Delhi High Court has not directed it to stop work on a 1,200 MW coal-based power plant in Maharashtra...

Maharashtra’s white gold, its cotton crop, is facing a major decline in output due to the prolonged dry spell in the state.

Oilseed productivity in Maharashtra has seen wide fluctuations in the past decade with the difference between productivity in two consecuti...

Member of Legislative Council (MLC) from Konkan Region Graduates Constituency, Sanjay Kelkar, today objected on CBSE and ICSE schools for n...

The minister assured financial help for a girls' hostel and a sports complex in the university, a leading research centre on agriculture in...

In A statement that could put the UPA government on top of the “insensitivity index”, Union textile minister Shankarsinh Vaghela on Sunday ...