Tag: Farmer

A farmer from Badvel in YSR Kadapa district has set out on foot to New Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on September 17.The farmer, Narasimha, who reached Chagalamarri village in Nandyal district on Tuesday, told media persons here that he was an ardent admirer ...

Coca Cola’s CSR initiative is enabling reverse migration in Uttarakhand and is looking at increasing livelihood opportunities for over 500,000 farmers by 2025 with its Fruit Circular Economy initiative. Coca Cola launched the ‘Apple Unnati’ project in the state, with Indo Dutch Horticulture Technologies Pvt Ltd as its implementation ...

Debutant Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) Tuesday promised to ensure at least Rs 25,000 monthly income for every farmer family, toll free highways, and efforts to annul the UAPA, sedition and other “black laws” if voted to power in Punjab. Releasing the party manifesto, the SSM chief Balbir Singh Rajewal ...

When Avtar Dhillon was looking for a crop to grow at his farm in Abbotsford, B.C., he thought, why not try the world's most expensive spice — saffron. So Dhillon purchased a number of crocus sativus bulbs — commonly known as the saffron crocus — from Kashmir and planted them on his 25-acre farm. Now ...

Lakhimpur Kheri violence is an attempt to terrorise people, says the umbrella body of farmer unions. Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the ongoing farmers’ protests against Centre’s farm laws on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of attempting to dislodge the current agitation ...

We aim to doubling farmer income: LG Initiates first-ever HDP drive by planting saplings at Akhnoor Jammu Tawi, Jul 14: Continuing the Government’s endeavours to realize Prime Minister’s goal of doubling the income of farmers by 2022, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha launched the Horticulture Week by planting saplings at Akhnoor on ...

India oi-Vicky Nanjappa | Updated: Saturday, May 29, 2021, 16:28 New Delhi, May 29: A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety that does not require long chilling hours for flowering and fruit setting. This has spread to plain, tropical, and subtropical areas in ...

Soon after Cyclone Tauktae hit the western coast of India last week, the capital city, New Delhi, was hit by record rainfall. Though some people had the luxury of staying indoors, thousands of protesting farmers sought shelter under sheets of tarpaulin. India is currently grappling with one of the largest ...

The season for sowing paddy is about to kick off in Sindh. But the province in southeast Pakistan has banned rice cultivation in 10 districts on the left bank of the Indus river.This ban is announced every year at the end of April or early May to limit the ...

Tractor Rampage Row: Jammu farmer leader among 2 arrested The Delhi Police has arrested two people, including a prominent farmer leader, from Jammu for their alleged involvement in the violence at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade on January 26, officials said on Tuesday. Jammu and Kashmir ...