Australia will welcome Virat Kohli's troops in the latest edition of Border-Gavaskar Trophy which is currently scheduled to begin in November

There was a lot of positive discussions about GTA.

Even as the blamegame between the state government and the Damodar Valley Corporation continues, flood situation in the southern part of Bengal remained largely the same.

In another placatory gesture, the GJM Monday resumed work at the hill council ahead of Mamata''s visit to the hills

The order has driven the normally abundant Jyoti potato virtually out of currency. Traders say the economics just doesn''t work out.

GJM had supported BJP''s Jaswant Singh during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

Congress blamed Trinamool Congress leadership for conniving with potato traders and big hoarders to hike the price of the essential vegetable.

Roy supported Mandal 's claim terming it as "self defence."

Mullick blames Cong, CPM, BJP for spreading rumours to fuel crisis, gets called mad in return.

Mullick blames Cong, CPM, BJP for spreading rumours to fuel crisis, gets called mad in return.

Mullick blames Cong, CPM, BJP for spreading rumours to fuel crisis, gets called mad in return.

Basu was stripped off the charge of Park Street and Shakespeare Sarani police stations.

Trinamool Congress maintained its winning streak bagging four of the five municipalities that went to polls last week.

On this, Speaker Biman Banerjee said he would look into the matter and give his decision.

The meeting, convened to discuss the party''s strategy in the winter Parliament session, was presided over by party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The Speaker praised Mamata for her work and determination, and pointed out Bengal''s contribution in various fields.

The state governments must have the full freedom to set up and run Lokayuktas, said Derek O''Brien.

Lawyers associated with several political parties but the TMC took part in the rally.

The state government''s directive to a private channel to stop airing a serial based on a story by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has raised the hackles of Opposition parties.

Left front and the Congress are peeved at the state government for not placing the CAG report in the Assembly for the last two years.

The post fell vacant when Banerjee retired in 2009.

3 TMC workers have been arrested in connection with attack

A central committee member of the Kamtapur People''s Party (KPP), which is spearheading demand for a separate Kamtapur state, has been arrested from Cooch Behar in connection with the bicycle bomb blast here that claimed six lives.

Senior BSF officers are camping at the bordering areas to keep a watch," said ADG (East) B D Sharma.

Trinamool Congress in West Bengal Sunday accused the Opposition parties of making concerted efforts to belittle the West Bengal''s image before the outside world.

Food Minister Jyotipriya Mullick, however, termed the protests as 'dirty politics'.

As the government battles to keep food inflation within manageable limits, the annual Economic Survey of the Finance ministry said that existing price support mechanism, should not be the sold tool to incentivize farming, but instead methods other ...

Delays in environment clearances needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis for achieving coal production target of 795 MT during the current five year plan (2012-17), the Economic Survey said today.

At a time when a number of public private partnership (PPP) projects are in trouble, the ministry of finance has pitched for allowing flexibility so that a contract can be withdrawn and put up for rebid when a private party underperforms

Expressing disappointment over growth slowing to 5% this fiscal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that things would look up in next financial year.

Fall in global commodity and non-food manufacturing sector prices come to help

To counter the debilitating effects of natural calamities, the Himachal Pradesh Government has proposed to the Centre...

Looks do matter. This seems to be the conclusion of the J-K Government as far as apple sales are concerned.

Himachal Pradesh is famously known as the 'Apple State of India''. But the state is now clutching the title nervously...

The Amarnath land row which prevented the Kashmir apple crop from reaching the wholesale market, proved to be a blessing in disguise for Himachal''s orchards.

With less than normal rainfall, the farms in Gujarat are grappling with shortage of both power and water for irrigation.

The Uttar Pradesh Government has asked the sugarcane industry to adopt agro-techniques to boost productivity.

Despite an annual turnover of more than Rs 2,000 crore, Himachal Pradesh''s apple orchards have witnessed a decline in the yield.

Developed after years of research by agriculture scientists, the much-hyped new RR-564 Basmati variety seems to have proven a failure in its first commercial utilisation in Jammu and Kashmir.

After more than a decade of hectic efforts and numerous trials, scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture.

Spiralling aflatoxin levels in groundnuts are giving nightmares to exporters in Gujarat, which accounts for over 50 per cent kernel exports from India.

When Ghulam Ahmad Khan, a part time farmer, decided to turn his paddy field into a strawberry plantation rather than the customary apple orchard.

The Himachal apples will not taste as they used to do in the best days of their harvests.

Poor production of the fruit in Kashmir, Himachal has jacked up prices in Pune markets to a minimum retail price of Rs 120 per kg....

The pungent aroma of pepper no longer floats in Wayanad''s Pulpally village once the largest producer of the famous...

In a year characterised by the aftershocks of economic slow down hitting almost every sector, apple orchard owners in Himachal Pradesh still have reason to smile.

The gentle mountain slopes in this fascinatingly beautiful place at once catch the attention not merely for their idyllic setting and extremely hospitable people....