unseasonal rains

Mumbai, April 7 – The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, announced on Tuesday that ₹128.65 crore has been disbursed to farmers affected by unseasonal rains in the state.The aid is targeted towards losses incurred between October and December 2025.The state...

Mumbai, April 7 Unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged crops on over 2.05 lakh hectares of land in Maharashtra, with 29 districts reporting significant losses between March and early April, officials from the agriculture department said on Tuesday.According to preliminary estimates...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday appealed to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for urgent assistance to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms.In a statement, Warring said that a large...

Jaipur, April 6 Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday that the delay in payments to hospitals under the state government's health scheme has led to disruptions in medical services and has forced patients to bear heavy expenses.Gehlot said that payments worth around Rs...

Baramati, April 4 – Jay Pawar, the younger son of the late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, speaking on the Baramati by-election scheduled for April 23, said on Saturday that he never imagined he would have to fight without Ajit Dada.He expressed confidence in the local support...

Beed, Apr 1 A 37-year-old farmer was killed after being struck by lightning during a sudden spell of unseasonal rains and thunderstorms in the Parli Vaijnath tehsil of Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Wednesday.The victim, identified as Balaji Baburao Chavan, was working in his...

New Delhi, April 1 The country's power consumption grew marginally by 1.8 per cent to 149.56 billion units in March from 146.92 billion units a year ago, due to reduced use of appliances like air conditioners and coolers caused by unseasonal rains.The intermittent rains have kept the...

Mumbai, March 24 Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Tuesday claimed that law and order had deteriorated in Maharashtra, citing a case of six minor girls going missing in the Chandrapur district.Raising the issue in the state assembly through an adjournment motion, he...

Mumbai, February 24 A proposal to provide subsidies to paddy farmers in eastern Vidarbha affected by unseasonal rains will soon be presented to the Maharashtra cabinet, State Minister Yogesh Kadam told the legislative assembly on Tuesday.Responding to an adjournment motion raised by BJP's...

Gandhinagar, February 18 – The Gujarat government presented its state budget for the financial year 2026-27 on Wednesday, allocating a total of ₹4.08 lakh crore, the largest in the state's history.The budget was presented in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly by State Finance Minister Kanu...