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...

Shimla: Apple crop is set to break all past records in Himachal Pradesh with production crossing 3.85 crore boxes during the current marketing season of June to October, officials said on Sunday. Apple from tribal Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti districts is yet to hit the market and this year the production...