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Last Updated:December 27, 2025, 9:43 PM IST At a gathering of over 10,000 farmers, Sadhguru urged minister Shivraj Chouhan to amend British-era laws so everything grown on farmland, especially timber, belongs to the farmer The event was notable for its rare display of cross-party consensus. Representatives from the BJP, Congress, AIADMK, and DMK shared the…
More than 25 crore Soil Health Cards have been distributed to farmers (till July) to promote the balanced use of fertilisers and support better soil management across the country, according to the latest government data. By February 2025, a total of Rs 1,706.18 crore has been provided to states and Union Territories to support the…
New Delhi: India’s Kharif crop sowing has progressed significantly, with farmers planting crops across 1,104.63 lakh hectares so far, compared to 1,088.26 lakh hectares last year, marking a 1.5 per cent year-on-year increase. This surpasses the average area under cultivation (or normal area) for the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23.Commodity-wise, the sowing of paddy, pulses,…
Elderly man wearing dhoti stands outside Bengaluru mall. (Image: X) The elderly man who had movie tickets was denied entry to the mall because he was wearing a dhoti. An elderly man was denied entry to a shopping mall in Bengaluru because of his attire. The man, wearing a ‘dhoti’, was stopped by security at…
Farmers face mounting debts due to failed crops, lack of access to affordable credit, and inadequate irrigation facilities. Representational image The data accessed by an RTI activist shows a worrying trend in the Amravati division, which has the top four worst-affected districts The latest data acquired under the Right to Information (RTI) by Mumbai-based activist…