Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Before his two-day visit to West Bengal starting Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made social media posts in Bengali, elaborating on the details of his visit. He said he would be present in West Bengal for various programmes on June 20 and 21. He noted that June 20 was particularly noteworthy, as it marked West Bengal Day.The event will take place in Tarakeswar, Hooghly district, a location steeped in heritage for its association with Shyama Prasad Mukherj…
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Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first programme in West Bengal, when he arrives in the state on Saturday will be at Tarakeswar in the Hooghly district, about 62 km from Kolkata. But, what is so important about Tarakeswar that the Prime Minister has decided to celebrate ‘Paschimbanga Divas’ (West Bengal Day) there? For the uninitiated, it was at Tarakeswar that a meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha was held on April 15, 1947, authorising Bharatiya Jana Sangh foun…
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) The State Level Sanctioning Committee under the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (PM-RKVY) on Thursday approved a comprehensive annual action plan of Rs 1,122 crore for 2026-27 to strengthen agriculture and allied sectors in Haryana.A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi, where officers of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department and representatives of various implementing agencies reviewed the pro…
Gandhinagar, Feb 27 (IANS) Natural farming was described as essential to safeguarding soil, water, the environment and public health at a state-level seminar held at the Gujarat Legislative Assembly complex in Gandhinagar under the National Mission on Natural Farming.The seminar was chaired by Governor Acharya Devvrat and attended by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary and Gujarat BJP President Jagdish Vishwakarma.A natural farming fair was organised within the Ass…
Gandhinagar, Feb 26 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Thursday transferred Rs 6.97 crore directly into the bank accounts of 35,829 farmers across 33 districts as an incentive to promote natural farming, marking a continued push to expand chemical-free agriculture in the state.Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel released the assistance through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) at a ceremony in Gandhinagar, in the presence of Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani and Minister of State for Agriculture Rameshbhai…
Gandhinagar, Feb 11 (IANS) Governor Acharya Devvrat on Wednesday received the presiding officials of three state legislatures at Gujarat Lok Bhavan for a courtesy meeting ahead of the forthcoming Budget Session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.Shankar Chaudhary, Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly; Harvinder Kalyan, Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly; and Ram Shinde, Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, called on the Governor Devvrat.During the interaction, Chaudh…
Bhopal/Rewa, Dec 24 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav are set to participate in a major farmers’ conference focused on natural farming in Rewa on December 25, coinciding with the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a government press statement said here Tuesday. The highlight of the event will be the inauguration of a natural farming project at the Basaman Mama Gaushala (cow sanctuary) in Rewa at 3 PM.F…