Follow Us on Google News Sabarkantha, July 19 (IANS) After five days of intense protests, Sabar Dairy has revised its annual milk procurement rate, offering Rs 995 per kg of fat to cattle farmers, a Rs 5 increase from the earlier announced rate of Rs 990, officials said on Friday. The decision follows mounting unrest … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Himmatnagar, July 15 (IANS) At least 74 people, including a former Congress MLA, have been booked in connection with the violence during the protest demanding a hike in milk procurement price in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district. Sabar Dairy Board Director and former Bayad MLA Jashubhai Patel was among those booked. The … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) Tensions flared in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha as thousands of dairy farmers and cattle rearers gathered outside Sabar Dairy on Monday, demanding a 25 per cent hike in milk procurement prices. What began as a peaceful protest quickly turned volatile when agitators forced their way into the premises, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) India’s high-level official delegation, led by chief negotiator Rajesh Agrawal, has returned from Washington after the trade talks with US officials without reaching a final agreement on the sensitive issue of trade in agricultural and dairy products that the US is pushing for. However, there … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi sparked a political storm on Monday after he alleged that a state minister received Rs 50 lakh in taxpayer funds for his private dairy farm under a government scheme. Three-time Lok Sabha MP Gogoi led the charge, directly targeting Chief Minister … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (IANS) A commercial court in Kerala’s capital has slapped a fine of Rs 1 crore on a private dairy firm, Milnna, for infringing the trademark and packaging design of products of Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), known by the brand Milma. Well-known by the popular sobriquet … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said on Monday that dairy unions have emerged as powerful symbols of the strength and unity of cattle rearers. “These unions, comprising small livestock owners operating in an organised manner, exemplify the philosophy of cooperation is power,” said the Chief … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Jaipur, May 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tika Ram Jully on Monday targeted Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma for his visit to a dairy in Alwar, saying that the dairy chairman who exposed the complaint of adulteration in milk was removed from the post. He said that … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Agartala, May 17 (IANS) Northeast region’s largest dairy unit was jointly inaugurated in Tripura on Saturday by Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha and Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh. The Tripura Chief Minister and Union Minister jointly inaugurated the 40,000 tonne per day producing capacity milk … Read more