-The Times of India HUBBALLI: Young farmers in Haveri district have come up with an innovative method to turn husbandry into a lucrative affair. They are administering limewater to their cattle, which keeps the oxen healthy, and results in a surge in the quantity of milk produced by cows. This is part of the sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers' programme introduced by the Initiative for Development Foundation (IDF) in June. It is...

Although the number of cases of sedition has come down between 2014 and 2015, more arrests were made in 2015 vis-à-vis 2014, according to a new report from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The NCRB report entitled Crime in India 2015 Statistics reveals that the total number of sedition related cases that occurred in the country was 30 in 2015. The same document shows that the total number of persons...

-The Hindu Business Line Bengaluru/ Chennai: The disruption of road transport between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over sharing of the Cauvery river water in the past few days has impacted the movement of commodities such as onions, poultry products, turmeric, tea and tomatoes, among others. This has resulted in the price of perishables, mainly onions, falling as the new crop has started reaching markets in Southern Karnataka. “Onion prices are down by...

-Livemint.com At least 150 villages in Karnataka have already qualified as drought affected, with more being added as rainfall continues to be deficient, according to a Cabinet minister Bengaluru: The Karnataka government could well be on its way to declare the state as drought-affected after nearly two months of dry spell, according to two people familiar with the move. At least 150 villages in the state have already qualified as drought affected,...

-The Hindu Business Line Govt also revises Rabi target upwards to 14.4 million tonnes Bengaluru: Higher acreage, driven by the rebound in monsoon rainfall this year, is seen lifting the country’s pulses production by about 48 per cent in the current kharif season to around 8.22 million tonnes (mt) against 5.54 mt produced in the corresponding season last year, according to the Agriculture Ministry. Production of arhar or tur is seen up by...