Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 15:00
Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar has been admitted to a Bombay hospital here following high blood pressure, party spokesperson Nawab Malik said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 21:27
NCP president Sharad Pawar has turned blogger and in his maiden post sought to reply critics questioning his contribution as the agriculture minister.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 17:17
Refusing to ban export of onion, the Centre asked state governments to invoke Essential Commodities Act to crackdown on hoarders.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 23:57
Former Jharkhand agriculture minister and BJP leader Satyanand Bhokta was on Thursday arrested by a team of vigilance sleuths, two days after the state vigilance bureau grilled him in connection with the purchase of seeds when he was the minister.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 12:26
A separate Vidarbha could have prevented large number of suicides by farmers in the region, according to youth leader and son of former Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Ranjeet Deshmukh.
Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 15:15
India's foodgrain production is projected to increase marginally in the kharif (summer) season this year to 129.32 million tonnes after more than half the country received normal monsoon rains.
Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 18:54
The Gujarat High Court on Friday issued notices to the Centre and Gujarat government seeking their replies to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a city-based resident demanding a CBI probe into illegal mining in Porbandar district with alleged complicity of Gujarat Agriculture Minister Babu Bokhiria.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 22:17
Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh on Sunday said there is a drought-like situation in many districts of the state due to rainfall deficit.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 11, 2013, 20:59
Apparently rebuked by JD(U) leadership, Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said he "regretted" his remarks giving clean chit to Pakistan for the killing of five Indian soldiers on LoC.
Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 16:55
Anticipating storage problems during the peak wheat procurement season, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday said there is scope for exporting more wheat from FCI godowns to clear space for new crop.
Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 16:21
Amid controversy over IFFCO gifting its top executive prime properties in South Delhi, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday said his Ministry cannot take action against the fertiliser cooperative as the government does not have any equity in it.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 21:32
Sharad Pawar said the CAG audit findings of shortcomings in the farm debt waiver scheme were based on small sample size.
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