Rajkot: A 55-year old farmer from rural Rajkot has been given 20 years imprisonment and Rs. 1 lakh fine by a local court. Ebhal Rambhal Lavadiya from Satapar village of Kotdasangani belt in Rajkot district was nabbed for cultivation of Ganja (cannabis) in his farm in 2016. The Special Operation Group(SOG) of police had recovered 33 kg ganja, also known as Weed from a four acre farm of Ebhal. Forensic Science Laboratory(FSL) team had later confirmed it was Ganja, also known as Marijuana. DeshGuja...Read More

Jamkardona: A farmer at Umradi village in Jamkardona taluka of Saurashtra has found an innovative way of earning money from the 12 bighas of farmland he owns. Instead of conventional crops, Dilipbhai Markana is harvesting electricity on his farmland! Dilipbhai has installed a solar plant of 2 Megawatt capacity on his plot of land at Umradi village, which produces 1,200 units of electricity per day. This electricity generated on his plot of land is supplied to the PGVCL substation. The quantit...Read More

Gir Somnath: The Kodinar police have convinced a farmer who was blocking the road to protest against a private company namely Shapoorji Pallonji Energy Gujarat Private Limited, which had acquired his land. The private company at the time of acquiring the land in Chara-Sarkhadi village from the farmer had allegedly promised employment to at least one member of the family. However, the company later reneged on this promise, claimed a farmer. The farmer was forced to resort to ‘rasta-roko�...Read More

કરજણ, મધ્ય ગુજરાતઃ સફરજન આમ તો હિમાચલ પ્રદેશ જેવા શિત પ્રદેશનો પાક છે.એનો ઉછેર ગુજરાતના ગરમ વાતાવરણમાં કરવાનો વિચાર પહેલી દૃષ્ટિએ રમુજી લાગે.પરંતુ, કરજણ તાલુકાના વેમાર ગામના વતની અને હાલ કર�...Read More

Junagadh: A farmer was today attacked and injured by a wild leopard while he was working in his farm in Sankhda village under Una taluka of Gir Somnath district in Gujarat. CCF D T Vasavada today said that the incident took place in the village close to Jasadhar range and Simar beat of the Gir forests. 'The farmer identified as one Bharat Gohil ( 35) has been injured by leopard when he was working in his castor farm. He has sustained injuries on face, hand and head and ha...Read More

Kera(Bhuj): Bhuj Swaminarayan temple has sent 500 boxes of mangoes to Border Security Force(BSF) jawans on duty at international border with Pakistan in Rann of Kutch. A farmer Dhanjibhai Karsan Varsani has donated all 2000 mango trees of his farm and sent the mangoes to BSF jawans via Kodki based camp. BSF Bhuj DIG BK Mehta hailed this initiative and admired Bhuj Swaminarayan temple's services. In response to this, Shastri Madhavprasad Swami blessed the soldiers and assured all help t...Read More

Rohtak:Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said the number of farmers opting for the 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana' this year is expected to cross four crore, as against three crore last year. As many as 200 mandis across the country would be brought under the ambit of the scheme by next month. 400 mandis would be made online by March next year, while 585 mandis would go online by 2018, he said. Singh said, "The scheme aims to make agricultural practice risk-free for the...Read More