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New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): C Shikha, Joint Secretary in the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, on Monday said that India has an adequate buffer stock of food grains, well above the prescribed norms. She stated that the country currently has around 222 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat and approximately 380 LMT of rice, taking the total food stock to about 602 LMT. "We have adequate buffer stock of both wheat and rice, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The outlook for the edible oils and agri-linked consumer staples sector remains constructive, led by strong volume growth in core categories and improving demand dynamics across industrial segments, according to a recent research report by Nuvama. The sector is witnessing a demand-led upcycle, with edible oils emerging as the primary growth engine. Volume growth in this segment is expected to remain robust, supported by steady consumption across key categories ...Read More >
In Delhi, April already feels like August. The humidity is back, the heat is pressing in, and summer feels like it has arrived weeks early. But something unusual is about to interrupt all of that. A powerful Western Disturbance, the kind of weather system North India normally sees in January, is sweeping in from the west, and by Tuesday, April 7, it could pull Delhi's daytime temperature down from 35 degrees Celsius to as low as 21. The system is now close enough to track in real time, and fo ...Read More >
In the visual, it appears the whole field is covered with a snow-like white blanket. He wrote: "Not Kashmir. This is Arjunsar in Bikaner district. View after yesterday's hailstorm. Hope the government will take care of crop insurance." According to the local meteorological department, Bikaner recorded a maximum temperature of 30 degree celcius on Saturday, April 4, with a 31% chance of rain. More rain and hailstorm activity are likely in the city on Saturday, and again on April 7 and 8. A yello ...Read More >
Deoria (UP), Apr 5 (PTI) An 18-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly killed by her boyfriend and his associate in the Rampur Karkhana police station area following an altercation linked to their relationship, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday night when the accused allegedly slit the victim's throat. According to the police, the victim, identified as Anjali, a resident of Nautan Hathiyagarh village, was on her way to a nearby market with her elder sister and younger broth ...Read More >
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday took cognisance of heavy rainfall and hailstorm damage across several states, directing ministry officials to conduct a comprehensive review of crop losses and coordinate with state authorities to gather ground-level information. The Agriculture Ministry, in a statement, said Chouhan has instructed officials to reach out to concerned state governments and compile damage assessments. The minister is scheduled to hold discussions with th ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 5 (PTI) Farmers and opposition leaders in Punjab on Sunday sought compensation for crops damaged in rain and hailstorms at various places, including Amritsar, Bathinda, Muktsar, Hoshiarpur, Tarn Taran and Fatehgarh Sahib. They asked the state government to immediately order crop loss assessment in the affected districts and award compensation. Pointing out that wheat crop was flattened and maize was also hit in a village in Amritsar's Majithia, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee ...Read More >
Deoria, Apr 5 (UNI) A shocking incident has emerged from Deoria district, where a 17-year-old Dalit girl was brutally murdered in the Rampur Karkhana area. The accused, reportedly her boyfriend, carried out the crime with the help of a friend, police said today. The victim, Anjali, a resident of Nautan Hathiyagarh village, had gone out on Saturday evening with her elder sister and younger brother to get a mobile phone repaired. Before reaching the market, two youths on a bike stopped them and ...Read More >
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh's Agra police unravelled a mysterious murder case as they discovered a half-burnt body on the night of April 1. A woman, along with her lover, allegedly murdered her husband, creating a panic in the Saiyan area. It was quite difficult to identify the person as the face was burnt beyond recognition, but it was the tattoo on the forearm helped in recognising the person. It was Lokendra's name. His brother has filed a missing person complaint with the police, stating that ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that both Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are unlikely to respond to the party's recent questions concerning BJP's Puducherry President and Raj Bhavan constituency candidate VP Ramalingam and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) chief Jose Charles Martin hosting a Sri Lankan diplomat in Puducherry. Replying to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera's post on X, R ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Leading FMCG makers reported resilient growth amid a stable demand environment in the March quarter of FY26, posting a healthy revenue expansion, even though geopolitical tensions in the Middle East markets remained a concern. The makers, such as Marico, Dabur and AWL Agri Business (formerly Adani Wilmar), have reported growth in both volumes and value, driven by pricing actions, category momentum and resilient domestic consumption, and growth from international markets e ...Read More >
Two deaths were reported in rain-related incidents in Nashik division in north Maharashtra, officials said. State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the government will provide compensation to affected farmers, adding that surveys are underway in several areas to assess the extent of losses. The impact has been severe in north Maharashtra and parts of western Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha, affecting over 82,000 farmers, state agriculture department officials said. The worst ...Read More >
Mumbai: Unseasonal rains and hailstorms during March and early April have caused widespread damage across Maharashtra, affecting 29 districts and crops over an estimated 5,12,087 acres (2,04,835 hectares), according to Maharashtra Agriculture department's primary report. Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne has ordered immediate damage assessment and assured prompt relief to affected farmers. Mr Bharne said the concerned administrative machinery has been instructed to immediately ca ...Read More >
A delegation of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Charuni) led by its chief Gurnam Singh Charuni, met chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Chandigarh late Thursday, and argued that the Indis-US trade deal would pose a grave crisis for small farmers and will increase control by multinational corporations over agriculture. The delegation also demanded a CBI probe into last year's "multi-crore paddy procurement scam" and abolition of the biometric gate pass system which was introduced by the Haryana ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday witnessed fresh snowfall as a spell of wet weather gripped north India, bringing rainfall to parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. Rains and hailstorms have continued to lash the northern states intermittently this week, with wheat growers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan staring at major losses due to crop damage. The national capital, meanwhile, witnessed rain during the night between Fri ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) of Madhya Pradesh assembly Umang Singhar wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday, highlighting farmers's issues in the state, particularly delays in wheat procurement and the need to extend the loan repayment deadline. LoP Singhar also emphasised the shortage of gunny bags, stressing these issues were causing significant losses to farmers. Also Read | Telangana Horror: Man Who Wanted Son Drowns Twin Dau ...Read More >
Jaipur, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The impact of an active Western Disturbance continues to grip Rajasthan, with the Meteorological Centre here issuing a heavy rainfall alert for over 20 districts on Saturday. On Friday, more than 10 districts witnessed intense weather activity, including rain, hailstorms, and dust storms. Hailstorms were reported in Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, and Jaisalmer, while heavy rain lashed several other regions. In Jaipur, a severe dust storm late on Friday led to the dea ...Read More >
Jhajjar (Haryana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Unseasonal rain accompanied by hail has flattened and severely damaged the wheat crop in Madana Kalan village of Jhajjar district, affecting several farmers in the area. Speaking to ANI, a local farmer said that the unseasonal rain and hail had destroyed his wheat fields, leaving him and other cultivators in the village in a state of distress. Also Read | Gold Rate Today, April 4, 2026: Check 22K and 24K Gold Prices in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Other ...Read More >
Jhajjar (Haryana) [India], April 4 (ANI): Unseasonal rain accompanied by hail has flattened and severely damaged the wheat crop in Madana Kalan village of Jhajjar district, affecting several farmers in the area. Speaking to ANI, a local farmer said that the unseasonal rain and hail had destroyed his wheat fields, leaving him and other cultivators in the village in a state of distress. "The crop has been entirely damaged. We demand compensation from the government... Conditions are worse in the ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Wheat procurement in Punjab began on Wednesday on a troubled note as arhtiyas (commission agents), who play a central role in mandi operations, went on strike over a set of unresolved demands, raising concerns over disruptions in the procurement process. The arhtiyas are demanding restoration of the old system of 2.5% dami (commission), reimbursement of ₹55 crore deducted by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) as employees' provident fund (EPF), and withdrawal of the decision to cu ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Congress state president Jitu Patwari alleged that the government was using the ongoing war in West Asia as an excuse to delay wheat procurement. He claimed that the state government had failed to arrange an adequate number of gunny bags required for procurement. Talking to the media, he lashed out at the state government over the farmers' issue and termed Kisan Kalyan Varsh as Kisan Shoshan Varsh. He claimed that under the Jute Act, the state government must submit its ...Read More >
Rohtak: Senior Congress functionary and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala on Friday accused Haryana Public Service Commission of discrimination in recruitment, claiming vacancies under categories of scheduled castes, backward classes, general and economically weaker sections were being left unfilled.Addressing the media after paying a visit to the house of former MP Jangbir Singh in Bhiwani following his death, Surjewala alleged that the BJP-led state govt does not consider the youth of Haryana w ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 56-year-old man from Delhi was arrested by Tumakuru police for allegedly running a sophisticated online operation selling counterfeit weight-loss powder and spurious ayurvedic products.During investigation, police discovered the accused -- Rajeev Khanna from Shalimar Bagh -- and his sons -- Himanshu Khanna and Manan Khanna -- were filling wheat flour inside the branded packets of weight-loss powder. The sons are missing.A businessman from Tumakuru, manufacturing the weight-loss powd ...Read More >
While the milder weather should provide some respite to customers, and also lower power demand in the midst of an energy crisis brought about by the war in West Asia, a wet April could damage standing ready-for-harvest crops, some of which have already been impacted by western disturbances in the second half of March. ALSO READ | More rain for Delhi this week, IMD warns of thunderstorms across North India In what could further impact the farm sector, the agency predicted an 80% likelihood of a ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 3: World food commodity prices rose in March for the second month in a row, largely due to higher energy prices linked to the conflict escalation in West Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of globally-traded food commodities, averaged 128.5 points in March, up 2.4 percent from February and 1.0 percent above its level a year ago. "Pr ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday, with day temperatures hovering below the normal limits. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, received light rain. The maximum temperature here settled at 31.7 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. Among the places in the two states which received rain were Amritsar, Patiala, Mohali, Rupnagar, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Fazilka, Panchkula, Hisar, Bhiwani and Sirsa. The current spell of rain, howeve ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 3 (PTI) Unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstorms and gusty winds have caused extensive damage to crops and disrupted normal life in several districts of Maharashtra over the past few days, with officials on Friday stating that losses on more than 1.22 lakh hectares of land have been reported. Two deaths were reported in rain-related incidents in Nashik division in north Maharashtra, officials said. State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the government will provide c ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress workers, on Friday, held a massive protest over multiple delays in the beginning of procurement of wheat crops under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that delay (in procurement) was forcing farmers to sell their produce to middle-persons at low prices. A large number of Youth Congress workers along with local party leaders on Friday blocked a National Highway in Shujalpur in Shajapur district, resulting in long queues of v ...Read More >
Bhopal, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari on Friday launched a blistering attack on the Mohan Yadav government, accusing it of turning the "Year of Farmer Welfare" into a "Year of Farmer Exploitation". Addressing a press conference on Friday, Patwari said farmers across the state are facing severe crises on multiple fronts -- fertiliser shortage, gunny bag crisis, delayed wheat procurement, and unfulfilled promises on minimum support prices. Patwari allege ...Read More >
Jaipur, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A sudden change in weather swept across Rajasthan on Friday morning, bringing rain, thunderstorms, and hailstorms to several western and central districts. The spell has provided much-needed relief from the heat, with temperatures dropping significantly across the state. The weather changed abruptly on Friday morning, with rainfall reported from districts including Jaisalmer, Ajmer, Nagaur, Sikar, Kuchaman-Didwana, and Jalore. While some areas witnessed heavy sh ...Read More >
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