Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Fruit And Vegetable Growers Confederation today came down heavily on the BJP government for the closure and selling of AIPIL carton factory at Pragati Nagar in Shimla District. In a signed statement, General Secretary of the Confederation, Sanjay Chauhan said the successive...

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government today criticised the move of Delhi government to dilute the provisions of Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act 1999 terming it as anti-farmer step on part of Congress led NCR regime. Reacting to reports in a section of media, Horticulture Minister,...

Ongoing season, everyone around has just one word to say, “This apple season is unique and memorable one. We never experienced one like this before in our lifetime and hope that there shouldn’t be one like this in future either”. Undoubtedly, year 2010 has to be the one, unique and unforgettable apple...

Bangalore: The bumper apple crop in Himachal is taking it’s toll on the prices as for the first time in the last five years, bananas are turning out to be costlier than apples in Bangalore. While a kilogram of apples sells for Rs 45, you would have to pay not less than Rs 50 for a kg of bananas, especially...