Calcutta Tramways Company celebrated the centenary of Rabindranath Tagore winning the Nobel prize by offering special rides in a tram named Gitanjali.

The matter has now been referred to Attorney General G E Vahanvati to work out legal details.

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.

3 TMC workers have been arrested in connection with attack

The seven-feet long sculpture, weighing several tonnes, allegedly fell and broke into two halves during shifting.

Victim's father alleged that police asked him to leave Kolkata and return to Bihar with his daughter's body.

Move comes after victim''s father writes to Governor

The alumni meet of the class of 1989 at IIT-Kharagpur would have been a regular get-together of old friends going down memory lane but for Arvind Kejriwal, the new chief minister of Delhi, who has been invited to the meet.

The former chief minister also alleged that all development work in the state had come to a standstill.

The forum has also demanded the new wage agreement be done in Siliguri and not in Kolkata and have planned a series of campaign programmes.

Amid debate over imposing higher taxes on super-rich, the Economic Survey today said efforts should be made to raise revenue by widening tax base and not by increasing the rates

India witnessed a peak power shortage of 9% during the five years ending 2012 when over 50,000 MW new generation capacity was created, Economic Survey said today.

As the country faces the prospect of being saddled with record almost 100 million tonnes of foodgrains in the next few months, the government's annual Economic Survey released today said that urgent attention needs to be accorded to efficient food ...

Pointing to sharp rise in bad loans, Economic Survey said the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of public sector banks are still at manageable level

Amid concerns of possible downgrade of India's credit rating, the Economic Survey today said the government is taking steps to improve interaction with rating agencies to ensure that they make "informed decisions".

For Rajan, the crucial aspect of today's economic development was a query that disturbs youth -"Where will my job come from?

The economic slowdown, a rise in interest rates and aggressive lending in good times led to a sharp rise in bad loans

Recommendations of Rangarajan panel on decontrolling sugar sector should be implemented

Chief Economic Advisor says we need to be sensible rather than flashy, over-the-top hits

Doing away with subsidies, correcting policy imperfections

A variety of phishing campaigns are taking advantage to distribute malware, steal credentials, and scam users

Madras HC ordered the closure of liquor shops noting that there were huge crowds and no social distancing was being maintained by tipplers, however, doorstep delivery through online mode was allowed

Even as the debate over health effects of pesticides continues to rage, a study conducted by the Punjabi University...

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

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

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

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.

With the Rabi season around the corner, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are facing an acute shortage of chemical fertilisers.

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

An audit scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General has indicted the J-K Government for neglecting the Agriculture and Allied sector...

Incessant rains in Kashmir have resulted in a dip in day temperatures something which will not augur well for fruit trees.

For the past year and a half, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Y S Matta is doing organic farming on his 30 acres of land in Kalomajra village....

The G B Pant University of Agriculture at Pantnagar, along with some other premier institutions...

After slipping into the league of least-growing states in agriculture, Punjab has made a turnaround in the last two years....

With the high price of potato becoming another issue in the hands of the Opposition to beat the beleaguered Left Front government with...

After championing a number of innovations in plant breeding and crop research, the Anand Agricultural University (AAU) in Gujarat...

Yadvendra Ram Tripathi, of Sariyya village under the Khajni development block in Gorakhpur district, a graduate, spurned the offer of a government...

Farmers of Mankulam village panchayat in Kerala''s Idukki district are nursing their soil to reverse the damage done to it over the years.

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Agency (NREGA) scheme meant to provide minimum employment of 100 days per year has had in many places a ripple effect labour shortage leading to farm mechanisation....

Ladsavangi village in Marathwada''s Aurangabad district has always faced a severe water scarcity, and even clashes over water, for many years.

Jaggery in flavours of strawberry, mango, others has got the markets smiling...

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) will now prepare a list of do''s and don''ts for farmers.

No freight subsidy yet for transporting crop to other states.

Three anti-hail guns, part of a Rs 27-cr pilot project , could protect only those areas where they were installed. One gun covers between 80 and 100 hectares

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

The feat has inspired other villagers to write history.

Crop loss figure already stands at Rs 200 cr

US-returned businessman sets up modern dairy farm, shares equipment and know-how with locals

Devkaran Malvi of Habidabad village has been less fortunate. Heavy rains brought down his yield from 15 quintals last year to less than 10, and he may not even recover the cost of cultivation.