The challenge in Kashmir

'Collateral damage during operations needs to be avoided.''Such an objective can be achieved more easily should stone throwers not gear up to en masse oppose security forces.' 'With the conditions......

Tomato, Onion, Potato: PM sounds poll bugle with 'TOP' priority in K'taka

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Bengaluru. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday redefined what he means by......

India's first 'books village'

Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village', discovers Ranjita Ganesan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It is the fifth visit to......

Can Dineshwar Sharma end the violence in Kashmir?

While the government interlocutor for J&K may be tasked with holding talks with 'all stakeholders', the central government is singing a very different tune in the Supreme Court, Aditi Phadnis......

Lockdown, labour exodus dampen mango trade in Maharashtra, Gujarat

Export of mango, especially alphonso, to European countries has been negligible this season; shipments to the Gulf fell 40-50 per cent. The supply chain disruption amid the lockdown and the exodus......

Even as rabi crop rots in fields farmers prepare for kharif season

Normally, kharif sowing of vegetable seeds starts during the first week of May across the country. Farmers start preparing their fields to make them suitable for kharif sowing during the second......

US, China trade war sweetens India's grape export plans

But Down Under is a tough call due to shipment time and quality control issues. While India has shipped its first consignment of grapes to China to mark the beginning of the bumper season 2019,......

Why apples have suddenly become so expensive

Trading for long around Rs 75 a kg in Himachal Pradesh, they have risen in a week to Rs 90 a kg. In Jammu & Kashmir, it has gone from Rs 45 a kg a week before to Rs 55 a kg Apple prices have seen......