Bathinda: Vedanta Power’s Talwandi Sabo Thermal Plant (TSPL) used 3.61 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of agricultural residue for biomass co-firing in 2025-26, accounting for 5.21% of its total fuel consumption, the company said on Tuesday.The plant at Banawali village in Mansa uses baled paddy straw that is collected, transported and processed before being supplied as…
Hassan: With rain deficit hitting farm activities in Hassan district, district minister KM Shivalingegowda directed officials to ensure all farmers are covered under crop insurance. Speaking after inspecting drought conditions in Arasikere taluk, the minister said the district was facing one of its worst dry spells. “We had drought in 2018 too, but not on…
Chandigarh: Sirsa MP and Congress general secretary Kumari Selja has urged the Centre to review the procurement and mandi handling system and implement a comprehensive welfare policy for thousands of mandi workers in Haryana, especially in Sirsa and other grain-producing districts.Raising the issue in Parliament under Rule 377, the former Union minister said registered mandi…
Gandhinagar: Digital crop survey will be taken up for a period of 45 days from Aug 15 under Centre’s ‘AgriStack’ project, the state govt informed on Monday.Approximately 95 lakh survey plots of all cultivable areas located in 18,197 villages of all districts of Gujarat will be covered in this survey.Surveyors will visit each field/survey number…
Forest officials on patrol duty to keep an eye on the herd in Rayagad district Koraput: A herd of four elephants that crossed into Odisha from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has triggered concern among residents of border villages in Gunupur block of Rayagada district, with the animals reportedly moving around Baridi and Kataguda areas under Jagannathpur…
File photo used for representative purpose Uttar Pradesh has long been described as India’s food bowl. With its vast fertile plains, extensive river network, large agricultural workforce and diverse agro-climatic conditions, the state has always occupied a central position in India’s agricultural economy. Yet for decades, the enormous potential of Uttar Pradesh agriculture was constrained…
22 4G towers in Sonbhadra’s Jugail to end `Dark Zone’ Varanasi: Once notorious as a den of Naxalites because of its difficult terrain and a dark zone due to poor cellular network connectivity, the Jugail area of Sonbhadra district is all set to see a new dawn, with three 4G towers set to be installed…
Union minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh in the city on Saturday Union minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh in the city on Saturday Union minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh in the city on Saturday Union minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh…
Hyderabad: Thousands of farmers and property owners are seeking removal of over two lakh acres from the prohibited list (land/property restricted from registration or transfer). Most of these property owners are from the Hyderabad metropolitan area, including Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Sangareddy, Yadadri-Bhongiri and Vikarabad districts. Official sources said nearly 20,000 applications are pending with district collectors…
The committee, constituated under SC’s May 25 order, has been asked to submit its report by Aug 31 Gurgaon: Supreme Court-appointed high powered committee (HPC) on Thursday began its crucial field survey of the Aravalis with an inspection of Mangar Bani, where members underlined the need for stronger legal protection for the ecologically significant sacred…
