Food security bill will kill farming – Himachal CM
byShimla: Opposing the Food Security Bill, chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today cautioned that there were various aspects about it that would be imposed…
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Apple production fluctuates, imports steadily rise
byShimla: Apple production in the apple producing states of the country may have fluctuated over the last three years, but imports are steadily rising…
UNESCO accepts Great Himalayan Park nomination for World Heritage Status
byShimla: Nomination for declaring the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) as a UNESCO World Heritage Site had been accepted and it would be granted…
Punjab farmers dump crop, cause potato traffic jams
byJalandhar: Motorists and commuters here in the city and elsewhere were a harassed lot, yesterday, as farmers dumped tons of potatoes onto roads in…
Separate authority to boost tea production in India
byKailashahar (Tripura): The government would soon constitute a separate directorate under the Tea Board to boost tea production by small growers in India, Confederation…
Japan funded flood protection project in Himachal gets Rs 60 Cr more
byShimla: Flood protection project on Swan River in Una district has been enhanced from Rs 160 Cr to Rs 220 Crore and the implementation…
Freight subsidy to potato growers: Prakash Singh Badal
byChandigarh: Faced with a farmers threat about dumping potatoes on Jalandhar roads from 15th December, chief minister Prakash Singh Badal expeditiously asked state agency…
FDI in multi brand retail would do farmers good: Capt Amarinder Singh
byJalandhar: Dismissing the oppositions campaign against FDI in multi brand retail as petty politics, Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh said that it would…
Punjab farmers threaten to dump potatoes on Jalandhar roads as prices crash
byJalandhar: Potato farm prices dropping to as much as Rs 1 per K, farmer around Jalandhar have decided to protest on 15th December by…
Funds lie idle as Jumbo problem persists
byDehra Dun : Uttarakhand has a jumbo problem on hand, but the bureaucracy here apparently has more important things in mind, than being concerned…