Potato traders in West Bengal threaten a strike over restrictions on selling to other states, imposed to control local prices. The wholesal...

Potato prices in Odisha have risen to Rs 40 per kg as West Bengal restricted supply, causing hundreds of trucks to be stranded at the borde...

Potato prices are expected to stay high until December due to delayed sowing in Uttar Pradesh caused by untimely rains. In addition, Cyclon...

Prices of two major food items, potato and rice, have decreased. Potato prices fell by 8% in 20 days due to an oversupply caused by West Be...

Odisha decided to procure potatoes from Uttar Pradesh via NAFED to combat a severe tuber shortage. The state will supply potatoes at Rs 30 ...

Cold storages in West Bengal, the second largest producer of potato, are not being able to operate due to shortage of labour. “Of the 460 c...

With onion prices touching Rs 45 per kg in retail markets, the Odisha government today decided to launch Onion Mission and provide easy loa...

Mamata Banerjee’s decision to stop movement of potatoes from the state in order to ensure adequate supply at home has set the stage for cos...

Mamata Banerjee has barred its despatch to Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam and the northeast unless traders in her state sell...

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi isn’t happy with the situation, blaming the shortage to trucks not being allowed to come in from West Bengal.

Potato traders from Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Assam are now reluctant to pay their suppliers from Bengal un...

The Mamata Banerjee government's potato export ban to Odisha and Jharkhand has raised the spectre of a reciprocal action by the states.

A day after the Odisha government hiked petrol and diesel rates, Congress warned the BJD regime not to repeat the mistakes committed by the...

Even as the situation arising out of scarcity of potato in retail markets eased with the West Bengal government stepping into the supply of...

Mamata Banerjee's decision to stop movement of potatoes from the state has made the tuber go beyond the reach of common people in many othe...

The current demand is being met from the old stock which is why prices have gone up, explained the traders.

Cyclone Phailin is comparable with the super-cyclone that devastated the Odisha coast in 1999, killing nearly 10,000 people.