Bhujbal stridently opposed Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange's demand for Maratha quota from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) share. IMAGE: NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal is seeking a re-election......
Distressed by the crash in prices of onions, a farmer in Nashik district of Maharashtra lit a bonfire of the crop in protest against the government's policies and to highlight the plight of......
Amid protests by farmers and traders against the Centre's decision to impose 40 per cent export duty on onions, Maharashtra minister Dada Bhuse has claimed it would make no difference if people did......
'We will be hoisting the tiranga, but this kind of celebration is uncalled for when the farmers in this country are dying by suicides, their families are ravaged by poverty and farmers are not......
The 'Maharashtra bandh' called by the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners to protest the death of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri received a mixed response on Monday with the shutdown......
Barely days after imposing a 40 per cent export tax on onions to cool down soaring prices, which, in turn, triggered widespread protests across the main growing belts, the Centre on Tuesday sought......
Excessive rain during monsoon and extended showers in the post-monsoon period damaged about 30 per cent of the crop. Onion prices are likely to decline by 50 per cent in the next two weeks, as......
Onion is currently trading between Rs 70 and Rs 80 in retail markets across the country. Barely two days after the government showed conviction over price decline due to steady increase in supply,......
At Lasalgaon mandi, Asia’s largest onion selling market, the onion price jumped Rs 1.50 a kg to Rs 32 a kg, the highest since January last year. Onion price hit the highest since January......
The crop is currently trading at Rs 22 a kg compared to Rs 12.50 one month ago. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Onion prices jumped by up to 76 per cent in the last one month due to reduction in......