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Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

No tax on farm or agriculture income: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister says govt targeted Rs 9.8 lakh cr in direct tax and Rs 9.25 lakh cr in indirect tax collections.

22 March 2017 5:10 PM IST

Jallikattu is more than just a tradition

Jallikattu is more than just a tradition'

It is something their family and ancestors have a strong connect with.

13 Jan 2017 12:24 AM IST

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1.7 billion Indians by 2050: Much food for thought

Food production is not the only issue to mitigate India's food problem.

31 May 2017 2:39 AM IST

Two agriculture officials were forcibly made to write a report on the suicide of a farmer in Odishas Bargarh. (Photo: Asian Age)

Officers forced to eat their words on farmer's death

A copy of the report was given to the public so that there is no scope of changing it later.

9 March 2017 6:13 AM IST

The state agriculture department has already identified the areas affected by the disease.

Government burns 1,000 hectares of fungus-infected wheat

Wheat blast is one of the most fearsome and intractable wheat diseases in recent decades and is caused by the fungus...

6 March 2017 3:07 AM IST

Dont rain on the monsoon parade

Don't rain on the monsoon parade

About 57 per cent of the farmland in India is rain-fed, and failure of monsoon thus affects a large section of the...

5 March 2017 3:17 AM IST

Women farmers in northern India battle tradition and self-control to own land. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Women farmers in northern India battle tradition to own land

Women make up more than a third of India's agriculture workforce, yet only about 13 percent of farmland is owned by...

29 Dec 2016 7:28 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses the nation on the eve of New Year, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM's speech raises more questions than it answers

The PM has sought to re-package this as a gift for loans for low-cost housing.

2 Jan 2017 12:40 AM IST

Two families and their dzos

An old bond revived: Ladakhis and their dzo

This vast ice desert lying in the lap of the Himalayas is an ecologically sensitive zone.

10 April 2017 4:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

World risks trade wars as Trump turns US inwards

Donald Trump tapped into this anger by demonising globalisation as being against US interests.

15 Feb 2017 12:19 AM IST

The organic hub plan for the Northeast seeks to encourage natural farming of crops, vegetables and fruits in the eight states without the use of fertilisers and pesticides. (Representational image)

Government's organic farming dream for N-E turns messy'

Under the changed structure, the DoNER secretary will co-chair the meetings on the issue of organic value chain.

13 Feb 2017 1:37 AM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav addressing party workers at party office in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

UP House to release book on Mulayam Singh Yadav

The book will be released by Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and is titled Mulayam Singh Yadav...

18 Feb 2017 7:09 AM IST