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

Yesterday, Delhi Police removed barricades from the American Embassy in Chanakyapuri as part of the ongoing diplomatic row with the US.

Coming to the defence of Justice A K Ganguly again, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Thursday said it would be a 'travesty of justice'' if SC was requested by the Centre to probe into the allegations against him afresh.

The popularity of the Facebook page of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee''s has crossed five lakh 'likes'' but Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and Vasundhara Raje were ahead of her.

This is not the first time that the West Bengal government has raised the issue of Ganguly''s visit to Pakistan.

TMC MP Somen Mitra to quit LS membership on Jan 15, re-join Cong on Jan 17

Former Supreme Court judge A K Ganguly, accused of sexual harassment by a woman lawyer who interned under him, is contemplating resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC).

A K Ganguly confirmed on Tuesday that he had resigned as chairman of the WBHRC.

Rights activist Sujato Bhadra said Ganguly should have put in his papers much earlier.

Claiming that the "downturn is more or less over", the pre-Budget Economic Survey today projected an optimistic 6.1 to 6.7% growth in the next fiscal and made a strong call for cutting subsidises

Easy money policy of major developed and developing nations could aggravate inflationary expectations in India, cautioned Economic Survey for 2012-13

Indian banks have set up over 40,000 ultra-small branches across the country to drive financial inclusion in un-banked and under-banked centres, according to the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

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 ...

Government should work towards easing "regulatory and bureaucratic impediments" to improve investment climate in the country, suggested the Economic Survey for 2012-13.

Amid declining private investment due to high interest rates and policy bottlenecks, India Inc saw sales growth dip by more than half to an average of 11.4% during the second quarter of the current fiscal.

The ongoing issues in the energy sector, particularly related to pricing, may pull down growth of the overall infrastructure sector, the Economic Survey has warned. It recommended doing away with subsidies through import parity in domestic fuel ...

The pre-Budget Economic Survey for 2012-13, tabled in Parliament today, has exuded confidence that the Indian economy would bounce back to achieve higher growth of around 6.1 to 6.7%, up from the advance estimates of 5% economic growth in the ...

The wheat producing states of Punjab and Haryana have finally embraced the concept of silos...

Grapes have lost their allure for the farmers of Bathinda in Punjab, a region that is home to around 70 per cent...

Some say it began with the Mayans who used a stick to plant maize in unprepared soil while others trace it to ancient Egypt.

For a state that consumes nearly Rs 500 crore worth of bananas every year - one of the highest in the country...

In a situation mirroring the change in the national economy, the tertiary sector in Jammu and Kashmir is fast threatening to overtake the primary sector.

While average rainfall figure for Uttarakhand between June and Sept stood at 1,199 mm, Doon valley received 2,240 mm

On Tuesday, as a convoy of 12 pick-up vans carrying different varieties of fruits from the Valley crossed the Kaman Bridge, fruit growers lined up on the LoC to see off the vehicles.

The Minimum Support Price of cotton that the Punjab Government had announced on the basis of various quality parameters of the crop...

Commercial cultivation of flowers is gradually picking up in Jammu and Kashmir.

Nearly 10,000 farmers in Bundelkhand, Azamgarh and Mau in UP growing tulsi for international markets

The fruit was introduced in Kashmir in 1987 to assess its climatic adaptability

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to fund farmers, especially those in the hills, to build polyhouses modern greenhouses, in other words...

Sitaram Yadav, a farmer based in Gohta village of Mau district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, gives a thumbs up to the flood-tolerant Swarna Sub-1 rice variety.

Hatal, a small village in the Tiyuni area of Uttarakhand, has witnessed a quiet revolution over the last decade....

Direct Seeded Rice, on which successful experiments were carried out in UP last season, is ready for large-scale cultivation

More than 500 women labourers of Gumla district in Jharkhand no longer migrate when there is no work in farms. Instead, they flock to nearby markets to sell the poultry they rear....

An Oriya meal isn''t complete without dal, either arhar (lentil) or moong (green gram), in liberal quantity.

Amid arguments for and against introducing genetically modified (GM) crops in India, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee....

Shajarana village, located some 15 km from Fazilka, is slowly discovering the benefits of aquaculture.

GUAVA, called the poor man''s apple, is the sixth most cultivated fruit in India. But the wilt disease has stagnated its yield over the years....

Mulberry tea, which is being relished in some parts of the world, is set to reach our teapots soon. Scientists at Jammu...

Asia''s largest tulip garden, which could also become the world''s largest, is feeling the heat of global warming and the changing weather pattern of the Valley.

Across the Malihabad town of Uttar Pradesh, growers are joyously looking at their blooming trees. This year has seen a record flowering and the blooms are so far not even infested with pests.

Growing moong with sugarcane and mango orchard has turned out to be a successful cropping pattern in summer for Bihar''s Samastipur farmers....

With the help of technology and a Taiwanese variety of seed, Punjab''s maiden attempt at commercial cultivation of papaya is bearing fruit.

In six months, Haryana''s poultry business up by 10-15 pc as dry, parched south Haryana wakes up to high demand, higher returns

In a year''s time, summer moong''s acreage has risen to one lakh hectares

Kerala, Karnataka may have banned the popular insecticide, but experts warn that farmers may have only more hazardous and more expensive options to choose from

Farmers in Assam, who have traditionally remained content with a single crop per year, now have reasons to go for two or more crops beginning the current rabi season

Farmers told crop will be procured at the MSP from only those who register in advance

Madhya Pradesh government says it is set to clock a 10 per cent farm growth this time thanks to both state and Central schemes, steps like bonus over and above the MSP, and its agriculture becoming resilient to the vagaries of nature

Cites its agricultural marketing rules to deny direct payment to over 13 lakh farmers

Dairy Development Board of Punjab is promoting milk substitute for better growth of calves