New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A united opposition forced three adjournments of the Rajya Sabha Friday, the last one for the day, as it vociferously protested the United Progressive Alliance's new ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that the government would suitably amend the ordinance regarding fair and remunerative pricing (FRP) system ...

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19 (IANS) After coming under severe criticism from the opposition parties for "neglecting" the farm sector, Orissa government Thursday set up a four-member commission to deal with problems of ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The row over the government's sugarcane pricing policy forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the opening day of parliament's winter session Thursday as opposition ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday asked the government to convene an all-party meeting on the sugarcane pricing policy in the wake of opposition to the centre's ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) They weren't fashion models, but when MPs young and old walked in on the first day of the winter session of parliament Thursday, they sure made ...

London, Nov 19(ANI): At least six British MPs and peers may face criminal charges of fraud into the abuse of the Parliamentary expenses system following investigations by Scotland Yard. According to a ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The winter session of the parliament was adjourned for the day on Thursday due to opposition protests over sugarcane prices. Earlier today, farmers from all parts of ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Faced with a protest by farmers and almost all opposition parties over sugarcane pricing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday held an emergency meeting on the issue ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The winter session of parliament got off to a chaotic start Thursday with the Lok Sabha being adjourned for the day as the entire opposition united ...

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Shouting slogans and paralysing key roads as they marched in protest, thousands of farmers from Uttar Pradesh gathered in the capital Thursday to force the government ...

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it will protest the new sugarcane pricing policy in the winter session of parliament beginning Thursday. Claiming that "wrong policies" of ...

Srinagar, Nov 13 (ANI): Hundreds of farmers here today visited a 'Kisan Mela' (farmers fair) to learn about procedures to increase agricultural yield. Organized by the Department of Agriculture in collaboration with ...

Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) Dilip Walse-Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and a confidant of party chief Sharad Pawar, was Wednesday unanimously elected the speaker of the 12th Maharashtra assembly. In ...

New Delhi, Nov. 10 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh are expected to resolve their price row with farmers, and are likely to ...

Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Monday urged the central government to resolve the woes of the state's 4.9 million sugarcane farmers, who are staging demonstrations in many ...

Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) Agitated over the sugarcane prices suggested by the government, hundreds of farmers took to the streets Monday, damaged railway tracks, stopped trains, blocked highways and closed shops in ...

Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam Sunday said the state government does not agree with the central government's new sugarcane pricing policy. "The fact that the DMK government ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday. Both ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday. Both ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in ...

Coimbatore, Nov 6 (IANS) The government will open a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a centre for agricultural training, in each of the newly created districts across the country, Agriculture Minister Sharad ...

Chandigarh, Nov 5 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday rejected the hike of Rs.20 per quintal in the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat announced by the central government, ...

Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) New ministers in the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda will be inducted Friday, officials said Wednesday. Governor Jagannath Pahadia will administer the oath to ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): The Government today said prices of the food articles might come down only after the ensuing Rabi season. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that due to ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Expressing concern over the inflation in prices of food articles in the country, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Wednesday said the government has taken several steps to control ...

Ranchi, Nov 2(ANI): Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu on Monday said that the State Government opposed the cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal in the State, as the genetically modified crop is ...

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday said union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who is also the NCP chief, was not consulted before the India-ASEAN Free Trade ...

Hyderabad, Nov 2 (IANS) Serious differences have cropped up in the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh following its state chief's decision to forge an alliance with the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) ...

Chandigarh, Nov 1 (IANS) Security agencies in Chandigarh and adjoining Punjab will be on their toes this week with a slew of VVIP visits in and around the city. Starting Monday, when ...