farmers
- Bangalore
Karnataka failed to distribute fertilisers: Prahlad Joshi
Bengaluru: Union Consumer Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has accused the Karnataka government of attempting to shift blame onto the Centre over the reported fertiliser shortage in the state, alleging that the crisis…
- India
Govt hikes onion procurement rate to Rs 16.5 per kg
New Delhi: The government has raised the onion procurement price under its buffer stock programme to Rs 16.50 per kg with effect from Saturday, June 13, from Rs 15.80 per kg currently,…
- Telangana
Kishan Reddy urges Telangana to issue notification for VBRMG scheme
Hyderabad: Union Coal and Mines minister G Kishan Reddy has urged the Telangana government to immediately issue a notification for the implementation of the VBRMG scheme and allocate its share of funds,…
- Bangalore
Hemavathi Link Canal project revived after 10 months
Tumakuru: The Karnataka government’s move to revive the controversial Hemavathi Express Link Canal project after a gap of nearly ten months has reignited political and public debate in Tumakuru district. The project,…
- Telangana
Telangana farmers must prepare for drought: Agriculture Minister
Hyderabad: Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao on Thursday, June 4, cautioned Telangana farmers to be prepared for drought conditions and directed officials to create awareness on cultivating alternative crops. Conducting a review…
- Telangana
Conspiracy behind move to set up farmers’ DISCOM: Kavitha
Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Samithi (TRS) leader K Kavitha on Sunday, May 31, alleged that there is a conspiracy behind the Congress government’s move to set up farmers’ DISCOM. She alleged that the…
- News
Onion farmers seek Rs10,000 crore aid, stable export policy
Nashik: Maharashtra onion farmers have urged the Centre to announce a special Rs 10,000 crore revival package, claiming that repeated export curbs, natural calamities and price crashes have pushed them into a…
- Telangana
Fed up with procurement delays, Karimnagar farmers seize weighing machines
Hyderabad: Farmers staged a protest at a paddy procurement centre in Telangana’s Karimnagar district on Friday, May 29, alleging inordinate delays in the weighing and procurement of their produce. The protest took place…
- Telangana
Completing Palamuru-Rangareddy project govt’s top priority: Jupally Krishna Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana Tourism and Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Tuesday, May 26, reiterated the government’s commitment to completing the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and providing water up to the tail…
- Telangana
SC relief for farmers in Yadadri-Warangal Highway compensation case
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the orders of an arbitrator enhancing compensation for farmers who lost their lands under the Yadadri-Warangal National Highway expansion project in Telangana. The…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP leaders visit crop procurement centres, slam govt
Hyderabad: Slamming the Congress government for the alleged tardy pace of crop procurement in the state, the BJP in Telangana on Monday, May 25, initiated an agriculture market yard visit in the…
- Telangana
Harish Rao warns Telangana government over delay in paddy procurement
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader T Harish Rao on Sunday, May 24, warned the Telangana government that he would personally lead an indefinite protest and besiege the Collectorate with thousands of…
- Bangalore
Officials seize illegally stored urea fertiliser from poultry farm near Mysuru
Mysuru: Agriculture department officials have seized nearly 600 bags of urea fertiliser allegedly stored illegally at a poultry farm in Kodagalli village of Bannur hobli in T Narasipura taluk of Mysuru district.…
- Telangana
Congress wants to end free power to Telangana farmers, claims KTR
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday, May 24, alleged the Congress government is attempting to end free power supply to Telangana farmers by introducing prepaid…
- Bangalore
Farmers lock APMC gate in Chikkamagaluru over low bean prices
Chikkamagaluru : Hundreds of farmers staged a massive protest at the APMC yard in Chikkamagaluru late on the night of Saturday, May 23, alleging that beans traders were cheating them by offering…
