Is politics gaining at the expense of civil society? Mayank Mishra analysesThe choice before social activist Medha Patkar and her National Alliance of People's Movements was not easy. She and other......
Tomato farmers from Haryana to Tamil Nadu have been forced to abandon their crop in the field or dump the harvest.Virendra Singh Rawat and T E Narasimhan report. Distress in the farm sector has......
In its UP Vision Document, the BJP had promised it would shut down illegal and mechanised abattoirs in the state if it came to power. Possible action against illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar......
Work in mandis across UP and in northern India which till Tuesday, witnessed heavy arrivals of newly harvested paddy, saw a steep decline. On Tuesday evening, when Kolkata’s Sheikh......
Khajura Ram has an agonising fortnight ahead. If it does not rain in the next 15 days, he not only will have a poor summer bajra crop; his winter wheat or mustard will suffer as well because it......