The Bt gene gave cotton farmers freedom from bollworm. Now the weedicide-resistant gene is likely to relieve them of weeds as well.

Maoists in Orissa tonight extended by 48 hours the government''s deadline for meeting their demands to secure the release of Malkangiri Collector.

Grown as a wild bush in Ladakh, seabuck thorn is slowly bringing prosperity in the mountainous region.

Gold medalist sets up farmers'' club in Muzaffarpur, motivates villagers to cultivate land they had left untouched for fear of Maoists.

Group farming: Beginning with a sheep breeding project, a self-help group of 15 women at a small village in Aurangabad have expanded to grow vegetables, turmeric and ginger on around 10 acres of land.

Assessments reveal that this year''s crop susceptible to pest attack in March-April would be about 40 per cent less than last year''s

In Gumla district''s rice belts, which remain barren for six months in a year, a social worker has introduced farmers to fruits and horticultural plants

A doctor in the Valley gave up a career in medicine to cultivate lavender. Eight years on, she has won a state award with many following in her footsteps

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

As Nitish takes a tough stand against MNCs planning to sell Bt maize after selling hybrid corn seeds, farmers of Bihar''s Kosi region are a confused lot

But low procurement, no publicity result in marginal benefits for tribals.

At Farm Progress Show in the US, forecast of over 20 gene traits in corn, 20 years from now.

ARI has developed a high-yielding variety, to seek Centre''s permission to release it to farmers

Struggling with a severe drought-like situation, Maharashtra has a group of smiling farmers who had built farm ponds for irrigation

With farm workers abandoning the climbing job, Coconut Development Board has launched a trained army of climbers, calling them 'friends of coconut tree''

To be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 76 lakh in about 2,056 square metres of land, the greenhouse is expected to be completed by July this year.

Having formed a help society to start group farming and bring down costs, farmers in Punjab''s Ferozepur villages now want to process and sell their farm produces

Indian researchers, along with those from 13 other countries have sequenced the genome of the tomato and its wild ancestor Solanum pimpinellifolium

After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now almost two lakh hectares less than last year

Farmers are using innovative trench technique to grow the European vegetable they call 'jugni'', and are earning a good profit; none of them aware of its real name

India, world''s largest pulse producer and exporter, remains short of requirement; erratic monsion sends projected output below last year''s

Lahaul potato finds a favourable market this year but farmers keep looking at other options

In Damla, he began cultivating on his ancestral property of two acres and found it was his true calling.

Can withstand big retailers but need to compete: world wholesale market union

Punjab imports cattle semen doctored to produce only female calves

And farmers still managed good prices in the beginning because of better marketing, though these eventually did drop in the glut.

Malwa farmers strike it rich after switching to clusterbean guar from cotton

Karamvir Singh Sidhu, 60, of in Samana, Patiala, annually earns over Rs 2 crore, all of it from the peas he grows on his 50-acre farm

Hoshirapur''s Hash Biotech Farm has been set up by a private limited company, also called Hash Biotech.

Milk is the what sustains farmers in the rain-fed hills of Namhol in Himachal Pradesh. An initiative of six or seven families taken in 2001

Banana growers in Punjab claim to be profiting heavily from the relatively new crop, but its one-crop-a-year pattern has prevented it from really catching on

State govt remains opposed as ever but it''s Bt that thrives on cotton fields

Punjab harvests cocoons twice a year. Hoshiarpur woman shows how to do it three more times.

National Vegetable Initiative brings poly houses to Ludhiana, farmers see hope of direct selling.

Valley registers 3 lakh metric tonne rise in apple yield but farmers aren''t laughing their way to the bank.

The existing facilities are usually used up for high-grade apples to preserve their quality and taste.

On fields and backyards, terraces and balconies, kitchen gardens catch on in Punjab, thanks to rising vegetable prices.

Weather forecasts with crop-specific advisories help farmers prevent losses.

Price starting at Rs 1,22,990, the new lineup of MacBook Pro will be available soon in the country

The Norton 360 suite includes device protection from viruses and internet security, access to secure virtual private network (VPN), cloud storage for backup, password manager and parental controls

The Mi Dual Driver earphones have a bass-heavy sound output and, considering the price, they have a fair performance

The Karnataka Congress suspended its senior legislator from Bengaluru R. Roshan Baig for anti-party activities, a party official said late Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump has announced his choice for Defence Secretary has withdrawn, shaking up the Pentagon at a time of rising Middle East tensions.

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has quit as reports of a domestic violence incident from nearly nine years ago surfaced marring his chances for confirmation even as Washington readies for a possible confrontation with Iran.

Marta became the top scorer in the history of FIFA World Cups, including the men's tournament, after scoring her 17th overall goal in Brazil's 1-0 win against Italy in the Women's World Cup here.

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen repeatedly said that for the development of the country, primary necessity is primary health and education services. If health is not given importance then a country or a nation cannot prosper. The backbone of a country is the development of these two.

Following Pakistan's dismal performance in the ongoing World Cup so far, the country's former skipper Intikhab Alam has questioned the presence of chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq in England and said it was the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) mistake to allow him to stay in England at its expense.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday turned 49. Wishes poured in from political leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Republican Sena has approached the Delhi Police complaining that some people tried to spread rumours that its party President Anandraj Ambedkar, grandson of B.R. Ambedkar, joined the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.