Hyderabad, June 19th: The delay of monsoon this year has hit Kharif sowing operations across the state. The state got only 16 mm rainfall between June 1 and 10 as against the normal of 25 mm for the same period. This is a deficit of 36 percent. Because of isolated rain only 2.4 lakh hectares was sowed which is only three percent of the total crop area of 79.07 lakh hectares.
During the same period in the last Kharif season, 3.33 lakh hectares had been covered. Cultivation of paddy, bajra, maize, ragi, groundnut, sesamum, castor, sunflower, cotton, mesta, chillies and onion are being taken up in various districts by farmers. Agriculture officials, who are monitoring falling water levels in reservoirs, say that the situation is under control and they would wait for a fortnight before deciding on a contingency plan.
New Delhi, June 19th: Complaints against ragging will now be a phone call away as the human resources development ministry has decided to launch a 24 hour anti ragging helpline. The same will be launched today by human resources development minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal, ahead of the start of the new a...
Hyderabad, June 19th: Telangana Rashtra Samiti president, Mr. K. Chandra Shekar Rao resigned as the party president on Friday evening. He took the decision saying that he was hurt by the allegations made against him and his family by party rebels. Party loyalists are trying to get him to withdraw h...
Vijayawada, June 19th: Two contract laborers who were entrusted drainage cleaning work in the city died after they entered a man hole on Friday. The victims Kanaka Rao, 40 and Appala Naidu, 30 were given the work by the VMC contractor on the Bandar road. As soon as Kanaka Rao entered the manhole he...
Hyderabad, June 21st: Hyderabad students of various junior colleges secured top ranks in the Eamcet-2009 released on Sunday. The marks for the same were already released on June 1 and with the decision taken by the government to give 25 percent weightage of intermediate marks in determining Eamcet ...
Visakhapatnam, June 21st: Four workers including a couple died when mud caved in at an under construction multiplex near the Jagadamba junction. The incident took place on Sunday when the laborers were working at the foundation site located 30 feet below the surface. Three other persons had a mirac...
Rajahmundry, June 21st: East Godavari joint collector, Mr. Kona Sasidhar has announced that the district administration has opened a helpline to monitor and control rice prices in the district. As far as Rajahmundry Revenue Division is concerned if irregularities in selling of rice was found, indiv...
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