MSP panel sets up 4 sub-groups to discuss key issues, SKM opts out of meet

The committee on minimum support price formed four sub-groups on mandated topics, including making 'MSP more effective and transparent' in its first meeting on Monday but Samyukta Kisan Morcha......

Farmers' body rejects govt's MSP panel, says it has those who backed farm laws

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions, on Tuesday rejected the government's committee on minimum support price, saying "so-called farmer leaders" who supported the......

Girl from Chinmayanand-run college found lying with severe burns in UP

A girl student of a college run by a trust of former union minister Swami Chinmayanand was found without clothes and severely burnt lying along a national highway in Shahjahanpur district in Uttar......

CBI questions son of Himachal CM Virbhadra in assets case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday questioned Vikramaditya Singh, son of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, in a case of alleged disproportionate assets. CBI sources said......

How good is Bt brinjal

Indicating that introduction of Bt Brinjal in India could be avoided, Anand Agriculture University (AAU) vice chancellor Dr M C Varshaney on Monday said that there were other ways to increase yield......

More villages seek dues for 'Nano' land

Tata's Nano car project is driving into rough patches it seems. The farmers in Sanand region are demanding compensation for the land allotted for Nano project. The farmers of Khoda and Bol village......

Now, Nano faces farmers' roadblock in Gujarat

The land acquisition row seems to chasing the Tata's Nano car project even out of Singur as farmers of villages near Sanand, the project's new address, have staked claim on the plot. A group of......

Tata Nano to roll out from Gujarat

Within days of exiting from West Bengal, Tatas have decided to relocate their Rs 1 lakh-Nano car project in Gujarat, after scouting many sites including that Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Tata......