Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 18:01
Assuring that there was no shortage of salt in West Bengal, state Food and Supply Minister Jyotipriyo Mallick on Saturday said that its stocks would last for about a year.
Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 21:29
Authorities in states in the east and northeast launched a crackdown on rumour-mongering after panic buying of salt fed by rumours that it would disappear from markets led to its exorbitant price which today hit Rs 100 per kg in Darjeeling.
Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 20:09
Rumours of shortage of salt in Dimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland, created panic among consumers in the state.
Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 16:20
Panic-stricken people in Meghalaya Friday rushed to grocery stores and purchased salt at an exorbitant price of up to Rs.300 a kg while rumours of an acute shortage of the essential food ingredient swirled across the state.
Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 15:15
Rumours of salt shortages hit Meghalaya with panic stricken people buying salt at exorbitant prices which forced the state government on Friday to launch an immediate crack down and announce that there is enough stock of salt in the state.
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