-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India is often dubbed as the hub of human trafficking in Asia, especially those of children and young women for slavery and prostitution. Now for the first time, the government is bringing together all states, enforcement and intelligence agencies, paramilitary forces engaged in border areas in the eastern region, NGOs and other stakeholders to discuss a solution to end the menace. Over 600 officers from Centre/states...
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Farm output down by 71 lakh tonnes in Gujarat -Himanshu Kaushik
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: Inadequate rains and farmers selling land to make way for industries to be one of the main reasons that have led to Gujarat's farms yield to be lower by 71 lakh tones in 2014-15. This was revealed last week after the state agriculture department sent production estimates for 2014-15 to the central government. Gujarat's cultivation area for rabi, kharif and summer crops went down by 32.42 lakh...
More »Maharashtra sees 1,300 suicides by farmers in only 6 months this year -Priyanka Kakodkar
-The Times of India MUMBAI: As the farm crisis rocks the state assembly, there is no escaping the fact that the despair in Maharashtra's countryside is only deepening. The farmer suicide count in the six-month span from January to June this year stood at 1,300 cases, the state's revenue department figures show. So in just six months this year, the farmer suicide toll has already touched 66% of the 1,981 cases recorded...
More »16 deaths every hour: Indian roads claim the maximum number of lives in 2014 -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Indian roads were at their deadliest in 2014 claiming more than 16 lives every hour on average. Over 1.41 lakh people died in crashes, 3% more than the number of fatalities in 2013. The numbers of crashes and of people left injured were also the highest levels since the recording of such data started in India—at 4.5 lakh and 4.8 lakh respectively. According to the latest data...
More »Modi govt likely to re-promulgate land ordinance for record 4th time
-PTI NEW DELHI: The government is likely to promulgate the land ordinance for an unprecedented fourth time after conclusion of Parliament's monsoon session, with no consensus still in sight on the contentious bill. The Joint Committee of Parliament headed by BJP MP SS Ahluwalia, which is looking into the contentious legislation, meanwhile plans to seek a two-week extension till August 3 to finalize its report. Indications are that the panel is unlikely to...
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