Nitish Kumar's manoeuvre in Bihar a boost to larger Opposition playAmid the gloom in the opposition camp over the collapse of the MVA government of Maharashtra, the second coming of Mahagathbandhan in Bihar...
10 Aug, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Indian saffron's international prices skyrocket after Afghan supply hit by Taliban takeoverSaffron is grown in four districts in Jammu and Kashmir– Pulwama, Budgam, Srinagar and Kishtwar. Among them, Pulwama district’s Pampore has...
16 Sep, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Guest Column: Let many Oukhoos flourishSardar Vallabhbhai Patel's achievement on political integration is being backed with economic freedom, writes Minister of State for Home Af...
31 Oct, 2020, 01.24 PM IST
Saffron grown in Kashmir gets Geographical Indication certificationSoon after taking over as lieutenant governor, Girish Chander Murmu took a personal interest in ensuring that Kashmir saffron gets GI certi...
25 Jul, 2020, 04.49 PM IST
Govt to revamp farm growth plan with ‘Raftaar’The revamped plan will have strategies on how to do that. It will also introduce couple of more subschemes with additional funding to incen...
02 Apr, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
BJP national office-bearers' meeting underwayPM Modi and party president Amit Shah are expected to inaugurate the meeting around 5 p.m to be attended by cabinet ministers, CMs of BJP a...
12 Jun, 2016, 12.17 PM IST
Government to set up agency for development, export of saffronThe production, rejuvenation of saffron along with the quality control and export promotion of saffron will be handled by the specialised a...
29 Dec, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
BJP will not get even one seat from Kashmir: Omar Abdullah"BJP will not get even a single seat from the Kashmir Valley. How can they form the government in the state?" said Omar, who is the working...
15 Dec, 2014, 10.03 PM IST
BJP wants to change Jammu and Kashmir's demography: Omar AbdullahHe alleged under the "garb" of this mission, BJP is actually aiming to "weaken or remove" the state subject law which provides a special st...
12 Dec, 2014, 10.29 PM IST
From 4 MLAs in 2009, it's now 'Mission 60 plus' for BJP in HaryanaBJP's best electoral performance in the state so far has been winning 16 seats out of the 20 contested by the party in 1987, when Devi Lal-...
17 Sep, 2014, 03.28 PM IST
NC accuses Election Commission of creating stir over EVMsIt said the reported move of getting EVMs from BJP-ruled Gujarat had created apprehensions in view of the 'Mission 44+' launched by the saf...
03 Sep, 2014, 03.35 PM IST
BJP launches 'Mission 84 seats' for assembly polls in Assam slated for 2016Congress is in power in the state for third consecutive term and the state is identified as the grand old party’s citadel.
29 May, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Kashmir saffron output expected to increase by 10 per centGuroo said the department was earlier expecting an 20 per cent increase in the saffron production this year but "physiological disorder"
28 Nov, 2013, 01.07 PM IST
Guruvayur temple to buy 10 kg saffron every monthGuruvayur temple has signed one-year contract with JKAIDC to purchase 10 kg of saffron spice at Rs 1.20 lakh per kg, every month.
24 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Jammu and Kashmir helps Kabul replace Poppy with Saffron
Kabul may find a solution to its poppy menace courtesy J&K. A delegation of Afghan farmers are in Srinagar undergoing training on how saffr...
19 Nov, 2011, 03.54 AM IST
- Saffron production seeing a sharp fall
Saffron, world's most costly spice that grows in Pampore belt of Kashmir, has undergone a sharp fall in production. But the low production ...
14 Dec, 2010, 01.29 AM IST
- BJP up in Chhattisgarh, down in Jharkhand
The results of assembly by-elections in two states proved to be a mixed bag for BJP. It bettered its victory margin at Keshkala, a tribal-d...
08 Feb, 2008, 02.04 AM IST