[ad_1] HYDERABAD: With agricultural operations in full swing this monsoon season, Covid-19 precautions have gone for a toss in the farm sector. This has resulted in a sharp surge in the positive cases, causing concern among farm experts and officials. As many as 29 farm labourers have tested positive for Covid-19 in Jagtial district alone. […]
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: A steady increase in count of people seen without masks in the city, has health experts worried. There are also complaints of people developing rashes on their ears for wearing the mask incorrectly. “We are still seeing patients wearing the mask at the neck or chin level. Worse, patients’ attendants are turning up […]
[ad_1] The Delhi police has increased vigilance to avoid a January 26-like violence amid the farmer protest. New Delhi: Farmers protesting against three Central farm laws since last November will today begin a Kisan Sansad at the national capital’s Jantar Mantar. The agitation will be held in groups of 200 every day while Parliament is […]
[ad_1] Chandigarh: Police in Haryana have charged over 100 farmers with sedition after they allegedly attacked and damaged the official vehicle of Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa during a protest against the members of the state’s ruling BJP-Jannayak Janata Party alliance and the controversial new farm laws. The incident took place in Haryana’s Sirsa district on […]
[ad_1] Monsoon rains, which turned patchy at the tail-end of June, will pick up later this week Farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43 per cent from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last […]
[ad_1] Paddy and wheat procurements have went up for the ongoing season Paddy procurement in the ongoing kharif season kharif 2020-21 has touched an all time high of 805 LMT, surpassing the previous high of 773.45 LMT, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. Official sources said that […]
[ad_1] Farmers have been protesting the centre’s contentious farm laws since June last year Chandigarh: Hundreds of farmers marched on the police station in Haryana’s Tohana Saturday to protest police raids and the arrest of three of their colleagues after a spat with JJP MLA Devendra Babli, whose party is allied with the ruling BJP. The […]
[ad_1] On reaching Singhu, the farmers will perform langar service for a week as part of the protest. Chandigarh: Amid a statewide Covid lockdown, thousands of farmers today set off from Karnal, Haryana, for Delhi, where they plan to observe May 26 as ‘Black Day’, marking six months of their protest against three central farm […]
[ad_1] Punjab farmers have availed direct benefit transfer facility during ongoing Rabi procurement season The Centre has said that around Rs 17,495 crore have been transferred directly into Punjab farmers’ accounts during the ongoing Rabi marketing season against procurement of crops made till April 30, 2021. In addition to this, around Rs 9,268.24 crore in Haryana […]
[ad_1] HYDERABAD: Finding some force in the arguments of the state regarding submergence and double benefits, the Telangana high court on Thursday stayed the 3-months jail term slapped on Siricilla district collector D Krishna Bhaskar, joint collector Yasmin Basha, and RDO N Srinivas by a single judge earlier in a contempt case. The bench of […]