More than 12 lakh sugarcane cutters from Marathwada, north Maharashtra, and Vidarbha could miss their opportunity to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections on November 20. Photograph: ANI......
'The government is of the view that distilleries around Hapur and Bijnor would pollute groundwater in the vicinity and its spill over into the sacred Ganga. Hence, we are looking to close these......
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said he did not have any connection with Guru Commodity Services Pvt Ltd which is under the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) scanner, though a......
Though Muslims have been trusted allies of Jats since the days of former Prime Minister Charan Singh, experts feel the alliance has had its share of strains following his death in 1987 The......
The storage of water in the six major reservoirs in the state was just 6.2 per cent of capacity as of April 27. T E Narasimhan and Gireesh Babu report. 'The farmer is dying and the country......
Record sugar output has also yielded molasses production way beyond market demand and plant capacity of state distilleries and country made liquor units The sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, which are......
Amid the political push and pull, the Centre's decision to allow sugar exports and remove the 50 per cent duty on molasses exports has rekindled hope in the industry that more relief may follow.......
The Supreme Court has upheld the Allahabad High Court's directive to mills to sell sugar pledged with banks to pay cane farmers. This might make things worse for the industry, which is already......
Sugar is a bitter pill this election season in the country's largest state as mills are bleeding. They owe crores to cane farmers, many of whom haven't been paid for months, reports Arindam......
The demand is expected to be driven mainly by packaged branded sugar as well as traditionally consumed gur (jaggery) and khandsari. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Even as India's overall......