More than six months after the Rangarajan panel recommended deregulating the R80,000-crore sugar sector, at least one state has initiated reforms in cane pricing.

Bombay High Court (HC) asked Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) Wednesday to hear Solapur farmers aggrieved by the parched Ujjani dam that has allegedly created a drought-like

The state government has increased the crop loan limit of farmers by 15% which will come into effect from the coming kharif season starting from mid June this year.

The parliamentary panel says govt has failed to understand the urgency of timely infusion of capital in the system

Acknowledging that the iron ore project of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in South Bastar is causing contamination of rivers, Chhattisgarh government has ordered a survey of the af

There was a time when the banks of Chitrapuzha near Irumpanam were blessed by the green and yielding paddy fields.

A parched paddy field at Puzhakkal near Thrissur.— PHOTO: K.C. Sowmish
Many places in the district are facing acute water shortage as the mercury level is soaring.

Farmers of Sivarakottai on Tuesday registered their protest against the State Government’s proposal to acquire around 1,500 acres of land for setting up an industrial estate covering the villages o

The state will get Rs 700-crore loan from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for the current financial year to give a fillip to agriculture, healthcare, communication and

BRAI will regulate research, transport, import, manufacture, use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology