'Govt leaving no stone unturned to ensure farmer welfare': PM Modi"Our focus is to improve the life of small farmers, to increase the scope of animal husbandry, to improve the health of animals, to encoura...
22 Feb, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
What the Punjab farmer wants is not what the Punjab farmer needsAgriculture in Punjab is struggling with several structural issues for which guaranteed MSP can't even be a temporary fix let alone a solut...
15 Feb, 2024, 02.40 PM IST
"We request government to stop all this": Farmer leader Pandher on use of force on protestersThe farmer leader reiterated and dismissed the claims of the Congress Party's and Aam Aadmi Party's support to the farmers and labourers.
15 Feb, 2024, 01.37 PM IST
Manohar Lal Khattar's anti-farmer agenda exposed: Amarinder Singh hits back at Haryana CMHitting back, the Punjab chief minister said, "The BJP's adamant refusal to revoke the laws reflected the vested interests of the party and...
30 Aug, 2021, 07.58 PM IST
Uneasy MLAs of BJP allies on radar of Haryana and Rajasthan CongressEven as one supporting Independent MLA of Haryana’s BJP coalition government withdrew support and another quit chairmanship of a government...
02 Dec, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh stages dharna in Delhi, alleges step-motherly treatment by CentreThe CM said, “I am not in Delhi to confront the Centre but to fight for justice for the poor farmers whose livelihood is at stake due to th...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.44 PM IST
Battle for Maharashtra: Farm unrest, demonetisation may hurt BJP-Shiv Sena in MarathwadaJalna in Marathwada, represented by the state BJP chief, faces one of the worst droughts and farmers have been having it tough with falling...
03 Apr, 2019, 08.29 PM IST
Farm loan waivers to touch $40 billion by 2019 elections: ReportBoth Centre & States are expected to take steps to quell rural unrest in the run up to the 2019 polls. The cost of bullet train project is ...
06 Jul, 2018, 06.43 PM IST
There is a bigger message in farm loan waivers, unrest in hinterlandTill 2016, increase in minimum support price (MSP) was modest at 3-4%.
01 Jul, 2017, 12.21 PM IST
Farm loan waivers, Uday bonds to impact state finances: ReportAccording to SBI's research report Ecowrap, apart from farm loan waiver, Uday bonds and prohibition of alcohol are also expected to impact ...
21 Jun, 2017, 05.50 PM IST
Gujarat polls: Congress promises UP like loan waiver for farmersGujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki has announced that the party will waive off the loans of the farmers if elected to power.
11 Apr, 2017, 01.09 AM IST
Strife due to agrarian crisis worsensOne farmer in Gujarat lost his life and nine others were injured across the country in the 74 incidents of violence reported by the intelli...
09 Sep, 2015, 12.09 PM IST
Police stops Rihanna from playing a free concert in BaltimoreRihanna wanted to play a free concert for protesters who took over the Baltimore streets following the death of Freddie Gray earlier this y...
30 Jul, 2015, 02.55 PM IST
- FDI in retail to cause unrest among small traders: CPI(M)
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat asked the Centre "not to dare" bringing FDI in retail as it would "lead to unrest among small trader...
18 Dec, 2011, 10.33 PM IST
- Surging food prices take a toll on poor in Asia, Australia
From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising t...
06 May, 2008, 04.23 AM IST
- Surging food prices bite across Asia
From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring price of food is breaking the budgets of the poor and raising t...
05 May, 2008, 12.17 PM IST
- Govt approves restructuring of SFCI
The government on Thursday approved restructuring of public sector seed company State Farms Corporation of India Ltd (SFCI) by converting i...
03 Jan, 2008, 09.21 PM IST