Mumbai: As many as 14,708 villages in Maharashtra are facing drought conditions where paisewari ('value of crops') is less than 50 per cent, AgricultureMinister Eknath Khadse announced here today."This year, monsoon was less than 75
New Delhi: River-linking projects will not make India drought free and are being undertaken to support urbanisation and industrialisation rather, Magsaysay award winning water expert Rajendra Singh said here today.Reacting to the Centre's reported plan
New Delhi: According to official data, nearly 90 lakh farmers in Maharasthra have been adversely affected by the drought. It has devastated the kharif crop and will continue to distress its cultivators. The figure is
Karimnagar (Tel): A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide at a village here, police said today.Farmer Battu Yellaiah (45), of Gudem village in the district, had borrowed money from some private financiers to raise his crops,
Mumbai: A special package would be declared for drought-affected areas in Maharashtra, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said here today. The minister was speaking during a meeting with Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Eknath Khadse here.The
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida: Rarely has tapping in a goal provided such relief for Wayne Rooney. With pressure building after a four-game England goal drought, the striker bundled the ball over the line from close range
LONDON : Doused in champagne by Arsenal's victorious players, Arsene Wenger was soaked in success once again. The nine-year wait for a trophy finally ended Saturday and the manager, who had felt the pressure and
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today called on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to discuss about the drought situation in the state and sought a relief package of Rs 12,000 crore.“We have updated
Changsha, July 23: A drought since early July has left 384,000 people short of drinking water in central China's Hunan Province, the provincial drought relief headquarters said on Tuesday.Eighty-seven counties of 12 cities and prefectures
New Delhi, Aug 8: Leaders of alliance partners in the United Progressive Alliance today raised the issues of fuel subsidy, drought, investment climate, etc at the coordination committee meeting, in which the Trinamool Congress representative
New Delhi, Jul 31: With the country facing rain deficit of 20 per cent so far, the government today announced a relief package of about Rs 1,900 crore to states facing drought-like situation and offered
Tumkur, Karnataka, Apr 28 : A woman was taken into custody by police as she showed black flag during Congress president Sonia Gandhi's public meeting here today.Earlier, Sonia Gandhi visited Nagasamudra in the district which
London, Mar 19: Fernando Torres ended a goal drought lasting more than 25 hours by scoring twice for Chelsea in a 5-2 victory over Leicester on Sunday to guide his team into the FA Cup
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