With a significant improvement in levels of major irrigation reservoirs in the state, thanks to a robust north-east monsoon, Tamil Nadu can look forward to a decent production of summer crops that can potentially arrest the rising prices of vegetables, pulses and food grains. And despite the power woes of farmers and shrinking area of farm lands in the wake of real estate growth, the state's agricultural yield seems to...

Scores of farmers staged a protest in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi city on Tuesday to protest against the government's acquisition of their lands. The agitating farmers also demanded proper compensation for their lands. "We want proper compensation for the lands that have been taken by the government, the lands which have been snatched from us. They have taken our wells, our tress; we want compensation for that or else give us land in...

Chief minister Arjun Munda plans to hold cabinet meetings in the districts in a bid to bring about transparency in governance. “We’ll start holding cabinet meetings in all the districts of Jharkhand, including the remote ones, after the budget session,” the chief minister said, after paying tributes to the martyrs of the 1948 mutiny in Kharsawan, about 55km from Jamshedpur, today. He added that his government would also ensure that officials actively...

Tamil Nadu: The north-east monsoon, 50 per cent in excess in the State, claims over 200 lives and destroys crops and infrastructure.A SERIES of weather systems, including a cyclone that missed Chennai narrowly, saw the skies open up over Tamil Nadu between November 4 and December 5, the period when the north-east monsoon is most active. Most of the 561 mm of rainfall that the State received between October 1...

Rules restrict construction, dumping of untreated waste, industrialisation Harvesting, dredging can be carried out in wetlands with permission from authorities The Union government on Thursday notified rules for conservation and management of wetlands that restrict harmful activities such as construction, dumping of untreated waste, and industrialisation, to prevent damage to these sensitive ecosystems with high biodiversity values. The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010, are aimed at ensuring better conservation and preventing degradation...