Himachal Pradesh: National Highway 5 reopens 10 days after Kinnaur landslide"The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) received information about the accident and rushed to the spot to conduct relief and rescue opera...
17 Sep, 2023, 03.23 PM IST
Delhi government to study feasibility of converting its trucks into electric vehiclesExplaining the idea behind the study, Amit Bhatt, ICCT managing director (India), told PTI, "We are trying to see if we can electrify the g...
14 Apr, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
'Naya Kashmir' reminiscent of middle ages in Europe: PDPThe Peoples Democratic Party on Monday said there is no end in sight to the Centre's "oppressive and punitive" measures in Jammu and Kashmi...
03 Oct, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
Parties threaten protests if smooth transportation of apples from Kashmir is not ensuredFruit growers and traders in the Valley have alleged that the fruit-laden trucks were deliberately stopped along the Srinagar-Jammu highway...
28 Sep, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Will block highway if fruit-trucks are not allowed smooth passage: Mehbooba MuftiPDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said she, along with fruit-truck drivers, will block the Srinagar-Jammu national highway if their vehi...
27 Sep, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
In a first, 2.5 tonnes of 'Vazhakulam' pineapples sent to Delhi by rail under Kisan rail schemeNormally, pineapple is sent to north India, one of the largest markets of the tropical fruit, by trucks, which takes five days to reach Del...
25 Nov, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
Centre to pump in Rs 8,000 crore in J&K to boost income of farmers and tradersDecision taken in wake of terrorists threatening growers against selling their produce in market.
11 Sep, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
How the current security arrangement in Kashmir is affecting its fruit tradeKashmir’s current security arrangements are affecting transport of apples, plums and pears from J&K.
09 Aug, 2019, 08.09 AM IST
Violence in Jammu & Kashmir bruises Kashmiri appleChairman of Kashmir Fruit Growers Association, Bashir Ahmed, alleged that the security forces stopped truckloads of fruits at different ent...
03 Sep, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
North Delhi Municipal Corporation gets 10 modern garbage trucks to boost 'Swachh' driveNorth Delhi Mayor Yogender Chandolia today flagged off the new fleet and said 10 more such trucks would be procured next week.
18 Dec, 2014, 03.25 PM IST
J&K government: Over 200 fruit trucks from Kashmir moving out dailyJammu and Kashmir government has said over 200 trucks carrying different varieties of fruits have been moving from the valley to outside ma...
23 Sep, 2014, 03.58 PM IST
Onion prices remain high at Rs 60/kg; wholesale rates softenOnion prices remained high at Rs 60 per kg in Delhi today even though wholesale rates fell by Rs 5 per kg on increased supply.
13 Aug, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
- Food processing sector gets 576-crore FDI
The food processing sector attracted Rs 576 crore of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of the fiscal as compared to...
23 Feb, 2011, 06.16 AM IST
- Bengal plans pineapple auction centre, potato export facilitation
West Bengal is all set to beef up the logistics support system for the two prime agri commodities, pineaaple and potato, at pre-harvest and...
14 Sep, 2007, 12.30 AM IST
- J&K to allow tax exemption on fruit trucks
Jammu and Kashmir government today announced the exemption of entry tax on all outgoing fruit-laden trucks from the valley and other parts ...
05 Sep, 2007, 05.20 PM IST
- Horticulture blooms in Garden City
The area under horticulture cultivation, notably in Bangalore rural and urban districts, is reported to have risen by 5,000 acres during th...
22 Aug, 2007, 12.39 AM IST
- Apples rot as J&K truckers demand higher freight rates
Huge apple shipments ready for the market have started rotting in the periphery as truckers are not ready to lift the crop at the rates ann...
04 Oct, 2006, 12.02 AM IST