Maha govt declares desi cows 'Rajyamata Gomata'

The Maharashtra government on Monday declared desi (indigenous) cows as 'Rajyamata-Gomata', citing the importance of cows in Indian culture, agriculture, and healthcare. The decision was taken to......

Maha okays 255-acre salt pan land for slum rehab housing, names Adani

Maharashtra cabinet on Monday approved the utilisation of 255 acre of salt pan land in Mumbai to develop houses for slum rehabilitation project-hit people, assigning the implementation......

Sena-UBT trolls Shinde over non-inclusion in NITI Aayog

Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday took potshots at the rival Shiv Sena over its minister not finding a place in the reconstituted NITI Aayog. IMAGE:......

37 ministers don't find a place in Modi 3.0

As many as 37 ministers have been dropped from the government in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term and these include seven with cabinet rank -- prominent among them being Smriti Irani,......

After a long lull, milk prices set to rise by Rs 2-4 a litre

Prices of milk and derivatives such as cheese, butter, curd and skimmed milk powder were subdued for two years, on a supply surplus. Dairy companies are planning to raise milk prices by Rs 2-4 a......

Bird flu: The Rs 90,000 cr poultry industry is in a fix

It is estimated that around 60 million people are directly impacted by the poultry sector in India. The death of a 11-year-old boy due to ‘bird-flu’, even before the devastating......

Why chicken and eggs have suddenly become so cheap

Poultry prices are likely to start firming up in the next four weeks, when the examination season gets over and with the onset of summer in April. Poultry prices have declined by as much as 21 per......

Cattle trade ban: India's loss is Brazil's gain

India has lost almost the entire buffalo meat export market to Brazil, Australia and the US. Brazil has exceeded India as the world's biggest exporter of buffalo meat, thanks to the recent ban......