How Muzaffarnagar riots will impact 2014 elections

Though Muslims have been trusted allies of Jats since the days of former Prime Minister Charan Singh, experts feel the alliance has had its share of strains following his death in 1987 The......

Sonia wraps up 2-day visit to Rae Bareli

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday wrapped up a two-day visit to her Lok Sabha constituency by meeting people's representatives who highlighted various problems of the area and sought her......

'J N Dixit was the best expert on Indo-Pak tie'

S K Singh and J N Dixit, the national security adviser who passed away on Monday, were old pals having been colleagues in the Foreign Service. Now the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Singh was......

Will new Maha govt sweeten the lives of sugarcane growers?

Maharashtra, the country’s largest cane and sugar producer after Uttar Pradesh, had, over the past few years, weathered adverse market dynamics brought about by a domestic and global sugar......

Cabinet nods Rs 6,268 crore export subsidy for sugar

The subsidy will be credited to bank accounts of farmers against cane price dues and are compliant with WTO norms. This will benefit millions of farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.......

India's sugar output will likely hit a record 35-35.5 mn tonnes

The production in Maharashtra is pegged higher at 11-11.5 million tonnes against 10.71 million tonnes India’s sugar output is expected to reach a record 35-35.5 million tonnes during the......

Meet Bakshi Ram, the man behind Uttar Pradesh's overflowing sugar mills

Presently director at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Sugarcane Breeding Centre in Coimbatore, Bakshi Ram's next target is to improve both cane yields and sucrose content......