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Sugarcane: the Crop of debt
19 Aug 2015 4:46 AM ISTOn June 25, when 61–year-old <g data-gr-id="122">Ninge</g> Gowda left for his field in the morning, nobody at home had a clue about what...
Norms flouted for Polavaram project
2 Aug 2015 3:16 AM ISTIn a letter dated July 3, 2015, Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar informed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu that the...
Ignoring encroachments in Western Ghats
26 July 2015 3:57 AM ISTThe Congress-led government in Kerala has decided to carry out field-level verification in the Western Ghats to demarcate forest land as Ecologically...
Into the ginger trap
2 July 2015 5:17 AM ISTGinger cultivation in Karnataka, mainly done by migrant farmers from Kerala, is catching on after a brief hiatus. Ginger is increasingly being grown...
Solar panels to power Telangana
24 May 2015 4:48 AM ISTThe Telangana state government announced its new solar power policy this week, with many incentives for solar power developers. The policy, valid for...
Lost in plantation
6 Feb 2015 4:45 AM ISTIN 2005, when almost all other crops were in severe crisis, driving farmers to commit suicide in Kerala, rubber growers in the state were counting...
Capital punishment
2 Feb 2015 6:05 AM ISTOVER A DECADE ago, during his two-term tenure as chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Nara Chandrababu Naidu had assiduously built up the image...
Idduki gets high speed information highway
15 Jan 2015 3:38 AM ISTIndia’s first high-speed rural broadband network, the National Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), was commissioned in Kerala’s Idukki district on Monday....
Jungle virus causes much concern
9 Jan 2015 4:19 AM ISTNagaratna andSuresh N S, a young farmer couple, live in Bandikkoppa village in Thirthahalli taluk of Karnataka’s Shivamogga district. Their small...
Channeling towards prosperity
12 Aug 2014 2:29 AM ISTThey had reached the channel even before daybreak, carrying shovels, sickles, small containers and whatever they could grab. The previous evening,...
Let’s solve this elephantine crisis
23 July 2014 1:43 AM ISTAt 50, he is tall and handsome. His majestic looks have earned him many fans. But in January last year, something went wrong with Thechikottukavu...
Stream of ash
26 April 2014 5:50 AM ISTResidents of Bikuthanda tribal village in Andhra Pradesh’s Khammam district are a worried lot. The village’s only water stream, which was till...