India expects to sign a few agreements with the US in the field of agriculture during the meetings on Monday between visiting US President Barack Obama and top Indian leaders.

The Janata Dal (Secular) floor leader in the Legislative Assembly H D Revanna has demanded the State Government to release ` 15 crore as rains destroyed crops and damaged properties in the district three days ago.

H D Revanna Addressing press persons here, he said several tanks have breached, houses have collapsed, electric poles have been damaged and roads have been washed away in several area

Looking to scale up sourcing of agricultural products from India, the world's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday that its joint venture with the Bharti group will rope in 35,000 farmers by 2015 to its supply chain.

"We are already making a contribution to India's agricultural sector by working with a large number of farmers in Punjab.

Guntur district is aiming at all-round, inclusive growth with a slew of projects and programmes.
GUNTUR district, spread over an area of nearly 11,390 square kilometres, is bounded by Prakasam district in the south, Mahabubnagar in the west and Krishna and Nalgonda districts in the north. The district has a population of nearly 50 lakh. Under the guidance of Chief Minister K.

Floods in the Indus, triggered by the heavy monsoon rain, devastate vast swathes of land and render millions homeless in Pakistan.
MOVING at a furious pace from the mountainous north-western region of Gilgit-Baltistan to the fertile south, the Indus river, swollen and bursting its banks following heavy monsoon rain since late July, has ripped through Pakistan, laying waste at least 1,60,000 squar

Over 1.31 million hectares of the cultivated area have been destroyed by floods in the four provinces and Azad Kashmir, according to the preliminary rapid damage assessment carried out by the United Nations.

According to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday, the highest loss was recorded in Punjab where about 661,637 hectares of land with standing crops wer