Maha to set up panel to strictly implement beef ban law

The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared a proposal to set up a cow service commission to strictly implement a 2015 law to ban beef and take measures for the overall betterment of livestock, an official......

'Heat wave kills people on a large scale'

'Already, the temperature has touched 39 degrees in some parts of Gujarat and now we are in the last week of February.''We need to activate the heat action plan from March 1.' IMAGE: Youngsters......

Delhi's air 'very poor' on morning after Diwali but better than previous yrs

The air quality in Delhi on the morning after Diwali was recorded in the 'very poor' category but the situation was relatively better than previous years due to favourable meteorological conditions......

BJP names ex-IPS officer Annamalai as TN chief

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday named K Annamalai, who quit the IPS to join politics, as its Tamil Nadu state unit president in place of L Murugan, who has joined the Modi government as a......

Impact of untimely rain on wheat crop marginal

There has not been a large impact of untimely rain and hailstorm so far in several major wheat-growing areas, and those might have damaged around 3 per cent of the standing crop -- not enough to......

This Budget Is Harder Than Last Year's

The challenges before the Budget are more daunting than those in 2021, observes A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented......

Record foodgrains production likely in 2022

India achieved record foodgrains production this year but the withdrawal of three agri-reform laws and spike in cooking oil prices cast a shadow on the country's resilient agriculture sector that......

India aims for record 298.3 m tonne foodgrain output in 20-21

Riding high on the hopes of a normal monsoon, the agriculture ministry aims to increase foodgrain production by 6.35 million tonnes to a record 298.3 million tonnes in the 2020-21 crop year. ......

There is no question of protecting Modi: Pawar

Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi will have to face the music if he is found guilty of corruption, according to ICC President Sharad Pawar who on Sunday made it clear that there was no question......