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The Odisha government may have successfully contained the Maoist militants in some pockets of the state but the government is yet to plug the cannabis cultivation which, police believe, is a major source of funding for the ultras.…

Two people were killed by lightning and two others died of shock as unseasonal rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, destroyed standing crops in their fields in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening. Two people died when struck by lightning…

The 'Intel Inside' model has become the template for deploying agricultural biotechnology from American publicly-funded research institutions and private corporations to farmers in developing countries. Just as the combination of…

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who on Sunday met rain and hailstorm-affected farmers in Rajasthan, assured the state that the central government would provide all possible help for providing relief to the affected farmers. "There…

A shutdown called by various farmer's organisations in Tamil Nadu on Saturday to protest against Karnataka's decision to build a dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedatu is underway peacefully without any untoward incident. The protest…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a pension scheme, which will give Rs 5,000 per month to farmers at and above 60 years of age. The modalities will be worked out soon so that the aged and poor farmers will get the maximum benefits from…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he was pained by the sufferings of the farmers and farm workers and vowed to take steps to make his government sensitive towards their issues. Addressing farmers and farm labourers in his…

Anna Hazare has announced a three-month long intensive campaign starting in April in order to launch a countrywide “jail-bharo” agitation of peasants to stop the government from going ahead with acquisition of farmers’ land. Hazare, who…

Sri Sri University today hosted a state-level seminar for over 70 farmers on ‘Post Harvest Management and Marketing of vegetables and fruits of Odisha’. The seminar was organized by students of the Agribusiness Management program under the…

BJP president Amit Shah set up an eight-member committee to seek suggestions from farmers on the land acquisition amendment bill which was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid an uproar by the opposition. Former union minister Satyapal Malik…