-The Telegraph Uproar against crackdown Lucknow: A crackdown on stubble burning by Uttar Pradesh police has infuriated farmers, underlining the challenge the government faces in implementing the anti-pollution measure at a time the agricultural community is livid with the Centre over new farm laws. Scenes of officers dragging some of the accused farmers by their collar has led to the crop growers’ frustration boiling over, with farmer leader Harnam Singh accusing the government...

-The Hindu Court cites pendency of the investigation in the rape and illegal cremation case in which Praveen Kumar Laxkar is in ‘the thick of things’ The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government if it was “fair and reasonable” to allow the District Magistrate (DM) of Hathras to continue in his post during the pendency of the investigation in the Hathras rape and illegal cremation case in which he...

-The Indian Express Farmers in poll-bound Bihar are seeking mandis 'like in Punjab and Haryana' Begusarai, Khagaria: In 2006, Nitish Kumar’s government showed the way by repealing Bihar’s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act and allowing crops to be freely traded outside the state’s regulated mandis. But 14 years on – when the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has enacted a law dismantling the monopoly of APMC mandis all over India and...

-The Hindu Chennai: It is the only State which goes entirely by RT-PCR testing, says Health Secretary Nearly nine months after it started testing samples for COVID-19, Tamil Nadu on Sunday hit the milestone of one crore tests using RT-PCR kits. “Tamil Nadu is the only State which goes entirely by RT-PCR testing. With laboratories in all districts, the State’s capacity is over one lakh tests per day,” Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said. With...

-Business Standard Potato seed is selling for Rs 60-70 per kg in the open market this year as compared to Rs 18-22 earlier. Crop area of potato is set to reduce this year due to high rates of seeds Lucknow: With potato rates touching a new high every day, farmers in Uttar Pradesh are finding it difficult to acquire seeds. In the crop season, farmers are forced to buy potato seeds at...