Assam to bring 5 lakh hectares under double cropping
July 11th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 11 (IANS) The Assam government is planning to bring around 5 lakh hectares under double cropping pattern next season to boost the agriculture production of the state, Agriculture ... Read more...
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Organic basmati the new buzz among Jammu farmers
July 2nd, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 2 (IANS) With an eye on growing national and international demand, Jammu's agriculture department has begun cultivating organic basmati rice in the region."The organic paddy is ... Read more...
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Bihar’s Srividhi campaign arouses interest in other states
April 16th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 16 (IANS) The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic method of paddy cultivation that has been successfully employed in Bihar has aroused interest in other states as well, ... Read more...
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Bihar farmer sets organic wheat production record
April 12th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Nalanda (Bihar), April 12 (IANS) A farmer from Bihar's Nalanda district has set a national record in organic wheat production, say officials.A wheat farmer, Surendra Prasad of Sarilchak village in ... Read more...
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Bihar farmer sets ‘world record’ in potato production
March 14th, 2012 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of India's second green revolution taking off from Bihar seems to be coming closer to reality. A young farmer of Darveshpura ... Read more...
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Kashmir arranges for fish sale for Pandits
February 18th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 18 (IANS) On the occassion of Mahashivratri this year, superior variety of fish, including trout and carp, would be made availaible in the migrant Kashmiri Pandit camps in ... Read more...
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Thousand quintals of wood used in Himachal winters
December 30th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 30 (IANS) Thousands of quintals of fuel wood is going into flames every year in Himachal Pradesh households and working places to keep the winter chill away. This ... Read more...
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India’s Karuturi to construct sugar factory in Ethiopia
December 24th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, Dec 24 (IANS) Karuturi Agro Products, a subsidiary of Indian giant Karaturi International, is set to establish a sugarcane factory in Ethiopia.The factory, with an estimated capacity of ... Read more...
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Millions of potatoes carpet Jalandhar streets as farmers protest
December 15th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jalandhar/Chandigarh, Dec 15 (IANS) Residents and motorists in Jalandhar city and some other parts of Punjab were greatly inconvenienced as farmers dumped hundreds of quintals of potatoes on the streets ... Read more...
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Cotton farmers’ stir continues in Maharashtra
November 17th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur/Amravati (Maharashtra), Nov 17 (IANS) Protesting cotton farmers demanding hike in the minimum support prices to Rs.6,000 per quintal Thursday continued with their agitation in parts of Vidharba in ... Read more...
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Explosives seized in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 2 (IANS) A huge cache of ammonium nitrate - widely used as an explosive - was recovered from this Maoist-affected Uttar Pradesh district, police said ... Read more...
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185-foot Ravana goes up in smoke in Haryana village
October 6th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 6 (IANS) Brara village in Haryana's Ambala district is in the Limca Book of Records for having erected the tallest effigy of demon-king Ravana at 175 feet in ... Read more...
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Himachal ‘anardana’ business turns juicy
October 3rd, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 3 (IANS) The wholesale grain market in this Himachal Pradesh capital these days is flooded with 'anardana' or seeds of wild pomegranate, a fruit that grows in mid-hills ... Read more...
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Nashik onion markets to re-open Wednesday
September 20th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik (Maharashtra), Sep 20 (IANS) After remaining shut for 13 days, the Nashik wholesale onion markets will function as usual from Wednesday following the revocation of ban on onion ... Read more...
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Feeding hungry stomachs as Hazare fasts
August 22nd, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Spicing up proceedings for the thousands gathered at Ramlila Maidan in support of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption fast is an 'Anna Ki Rasoi', a kitchen that ... Read more...
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Kashmiris love their mutton, all 51,000 tonnes of it!
July 27th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) About 85 percent of Kashmiris eat non-vegetarian fare - but exactly how much? Official statistics say Jammu and Kashmir annually consumes a whopping 51,000 tonnes of ... Read more...
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Perform virtual prayers at Himachal’s Naina Devi temple
March 13th, 2011 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 13 (IANS) Now you can perform prayers and give offerings in Himachal Pradesh's Naina Devi shrine with just a click of a mouse! The hilltop temple is launching ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh assembly stalled over ‘dam sell-out’ (Lead)
March 4th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 3 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh assembly was repeatedly disrupted and finally adjourned for the day Thursday after the opposition Congress charged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Five people held with 425 kg of gelatin
March 2nd, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) Five people were arrested and nearly 425 kg of gelatin was recovered in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said Wednesday adding they were investigating whether the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh’s prime farm lands caught in ‘power’ grab
March 2nd, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 2 (IANS) India may soon lose about 40,000 acres of prime double-crop agriculture land to dozens of upcoming power projects in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district, farmers and activists ... Read more...
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6,000 quintals of foodgrain rot in Jharkhand
January 14th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 14 (IANS) At a time when prices of essential commodities are spiralling, a whopping 6,000 quintals of foodgrain have been found rotting in a State Food Corporation (SFC) warehouse ... Read more...
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Himachal’s Naina Devi shrine sees record offerings
January 7th, 2011 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's famed hilltop shrine of Naina Devi saw record offerings of over Rs.11 crore in 2010 apart from gold and silver, a temple official said Friday."There was ... Read more...
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Agra sustains effort to pull city out of polythene menace
December 31st, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Dec 31 (IANS) When Agra's municipal commissioner resolved to make the city polythene-free in October, few took him seriously. But just 40 days into the campaign, Vinay Shankar Pandey ... Read more...
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Agra outsources door-to-door garbage collection to private firm (Lead)
December 28th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 28 (IANS) Residents and visitors to Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal, can hope to have a cleaner city with the local municipality outsourcing door-to-door garbage collection to a ... Read more...
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Agra to embark on ‘door to door collection’ of garbage
December 28th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Dec 28 (IANS) The Agra Municipal Corporation has embarked on a new project with a private player to collect domestic garbage from each house in the city.The corporation has collaborated to ... Read more...
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Rajasthan farmers use bio-ash to increase onion yield
December 27th, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
By Sarika SinghBilota (Rajasthan), Dec.27 (ANI): Farmers in Rajasthan's Bilota village are using bio-ash, a by-product from a nearby factory, as it has increased onion yield this year with around 200-250 quintals.Apart ... Read more...
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Onion prices fall in Nashik, Azadpur: Government
December 21st, 2010 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The government Tuesday said its decision to ban onion exports till Jan 15 had started yielding results, with wholesale prices falling in Nasik in Maharashtra and at ... Read more...
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Agra goes all out against polythene bags
December 15th, 2010 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, Dec 15 (IANS) Jan 1 has been fixed as the deadline to declare the Taj city polythene bag-free and the countdown has begun in right earnest with over 125 ... Read more...
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Onion prices to fall further: NAFED
November 27th, 2010 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The prices of onion are likely to fall further in the capital with the increase in the arrival of good quality onions at the wholesale Azadpur vegetable ... Read more...
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Orissa handloom weavers demand ban on cotton exports
November 24th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 24 (IANS) Expressing concern over the increasing prices of cotton, a leading weavers' cooperative in Orissa Wednesday demanded a ban on cotton's export and other measures to save the handloom ... Read more...
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Aurangabad cotton farmers demand compensation for rain-damaged crops
November 11th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Abdul HadiAurangabad, Nov.11 (ANI): Farmers in Maharashtra's Aurangabad District demanded compensation after the incessant rainfall destroyed cotton crops in the surrounding villages.They have also demanded a safety net."We just want ... Read more...
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World’s biggest rangoli?
November 2nd, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Firozabad, Nov 2 (IANS) A total of 120 girls, boys and women worked for hours to make what the organisers said was the world's largest rangoli at the SRK college ground in ... Read more...
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Over 20 quintals adulterated sweets seized in Punjab
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) With the festival of Diwali round the corner, over 20 quintals of adulterated sweets were seized from a wholesale sweetmeats manufacturer in Punjab's Jalandhar district Tuesday, health officials ... Read more...
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Haryana, Punjab see tallest, revolving Ravans
October 17th, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (IANS) An extremely tall Ravan effigy being consigned to the flames in a village in Haryana's Ambala district and revolving effigies of Ravan and his kin in Punjab's Bathinda ... Read more...
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20 quintals of deer antlers seized in Uttar Pradesh
October 12th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 12 (IANS) A huge haul of deer antlers, weighing around 20 quintals, was seized from a warehouse of a biscuit-manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district Tuesday, officials said.The antlers ... Read more...
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