Till now 44 pesticides have been banned for import, manufacture and sale, two pesticide formulations have been restricted to be manufactured for export only and eight pesticides have been withdrawn and are no longer in use in agriculture, said Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday.

The minister

Goa's susegado attitude which has led landowners to give up on farming, is one of the reasons why prices of onions have reached sky high, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday.

"Government cannot be held responsible for high onion prices. We (people) are responsible for being susegado. We have quit planting vegetabl

The Ecuadorian government has denied that it has granted asylum to self-styled Indian godman Nithyananda, wanted in India for alleged rape and abduction, or helped him purchase any land in the South American country.

In a statement, the Embassy of Ecuador said the country had in fact denied Nithyananda's request for asylum, an

Wayanad Lok Sabha member Rahul Gandhi on Friday assured his electorate here of better health care facilities after a girl died of snakebite in his constituency last month.

Rahul, who arrived here on Thursday for a constituency tour, on Friday visited the house of 10-year old S. Sherin, a Class 5 student, who died after a snake bit

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the way people are cheering the encounter killing of the four accused in the gang rape and murder case of a Hyderabad veterinarian, shows that they have lost faith in the criminal justice system and investigating agencies and called it a matter of concern.

Talking to the media, h

On the day when a rape survivor was set ablaze in Unnao, the BJP Member of Parliament Sakshi Maharaj took to Twitter to wish rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar on his birthday.

The BJP MP from Unnao posted his birthday wishes for Sengar from his official Twitter handle. The message also carries his own image.

Sakshi Ma

The killing of the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian's gang-rape and murder has shocked their families, who questioned the police action of gunning them down in an 'encounter' even before a trial.

The families of the two truck drivers and two cleaners said they would not have been upset if they had been punish

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday came out heavily on the Opposition in Parliament, accusing them of politicising rape.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said that "people who used rape as political weapon in West Bengal panchayat elections are giving sermons," adding "this

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on a private visit to India days after his re-election, on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.

The Mauritius Premier, who won a hard fought re-election last month, on Thursday paid obeisance at the ancient Mata Baglamukhi temple in Himachal Pradesh along with his wife Kobita Ram

The domestic production of edible oils is not adequate to meet their demand in India and the gap between demand and production of edible oils is met through imports, said Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan on Friday.

Replying to a query in Rajya Sabha, the Minister said: "The production