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......

Ayodhya nahi, karz maafi: Farmers converge in Delhi for 2-day protest

Hoping to make themselves heard in the power centre of the nation, thousands of farmers, who had converged in New Delhi from across the country, on Thursday began a two-day protest, backed by the......

Combination of tech and talent is guarantee for bright future, Modi tells CEOs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the combination of technology and talent will be a guarantee for a bright future for the world. Photograph: ANI on Twitter Modi made the remark at......

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......