2023-07-20 16:34:22 Kharif onion acreage, which was trailing till last week, is seen picking up with key growing regions in Karnataka and Maharashtra beginning to receive rains over the past few days. The delay in planting in some regions of Karnataka will likely push back harvest to September-October, which may result in firm prices in … Read more
2023-07-08 05:17:03 08 July 2023, 10:47 AM IST Pankaja Munde | Photo PTI Mumbai: After dismissing rumors of joining the Congress, the BJP has clarified that it is taking a two-month leave from the party. National Secretary Pankaja Munde. Pankaja said that she has been ignored in the party, adding that many MLAs are upset … Read more
2023-07-05 12:40:52 Bihar has overtaken Tamil Nadu to emerge as the state with the highest microlending borrowings as of March 2023, a report said on Wednesday. Bihar achieved the growth courtesy of a 13.5 per cent growth in the gross lending portfolio in the March quarter as compared with the preceding quarter, the report by … Read more
2023-07-01 01:44:00 01 July 2023, 07:14 AM IST Bus on fire | Photo: twitter.com/SirajAhamad07 Mumbai: 25 people were burnt to death when a bus caught fire on the Samriddhi Mahamarg Expressway in Maharashtra’s Buldhana. The incident took place around 2 am on Saturday morning. Police said the bus carrying 32 passengers caught fire. ANI reported … Read more
2023-06-22 04:18:27 The Maharashtra government has advised farmers to hold back sowing of kharif crops till the state gets sufficient rainfall. Maharashtra is the top producer of tur or arhar, and sugar, and second largest producer of cotton and soyabeans. The state has received just 11% of the normal June rainfall, and just a little … Read more
2023-06-20 15:03:16 Delayed monsoon coupled with reduced levels in water bodies may affect the standing sugarcane crop in Maharashtra and Karnataka, even as farmers are delaying the fresh cane planting for the 2023-24 season in these States. “The next 10 days are crucial for the sugarcane crop in Maharashta and Karnataka. If it doesn’t rain … Read more
2023-05-30 14:44:21 The anticipated costs of 1,605 infrastructure projects as on May 1 were 20.34% higher than original cost, according to a report by the infrastructure project monitoring division of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation released on Tuesday.The total anticipated cost at Rs 27.5 lakh crore was Rs 4.65 lakh crore higher than … Read more
2023-05-21 07:47:36 Uttar Pradesh has surpassed Maharashtra in sugar production in the current season even as 118 sugar mills operated in UP during the period compared to 210 mills that were operational in the western state. UP’s Cane Development and Sugar Mills’ minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary told PTI, “UP is ahead of Maharashtra as far … Read more