SC sets up panel to clear farmers' Shambhu blockade

Observing that farmers' protest should not be politicised, the Supreme Court on Monday constituted a high-powered committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana high court judge Justice Nawab Singh......

Muzaffarnagar: Why This Minister Will Breathe Easy

  IMAGE: Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, the Union minister of state for agriculture and food processing, campaigns in the villages of the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency. Photograph: Dr......

President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna on BJP veteran LK Advani

President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and former deputy prime minister LK Advani at his residence in New Delhi......

PIX: President Murmu confers Bharat Ratna awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar......

Lessons to ensure a safer future for Indian farmers

A transparent and scientific way of computing farm losses and a time-bound compensation mechanism can make farmers feel more confident and discourage them from treading the suicidal path, notes......

Opposition slams govt in LS over state of the economy

Opposition parties on Tuesday pilloried the government over the state of the economy, saying its ‘reckless policies’ have created a massive disaster, despondency and uncertainty in the......

6 severely rain-deficit states seek Rs 43,462 cr relief

Six states including, Rajasthan Maharashtra and Gujarat, which have been badly affected by rainfall deficiency, sought a total assistance of Rs 43,461.73 crore (Rs 434.62 billion) from the Centre......

18% of fruit, veggies goes waste in India

About 18 per cent of the fruit and vegetables production worth Rs 44,000 crore (Rs 440 billion) is going waste annually in the country due to lack of proper cold chain storage infrastructure,......