Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said that efforts were being made to make the state self-reliant in power by 2012.

LUCKNOW: The Dussehri belt of Malihabad was in the grip of a power cut that stretched for over 28 hours. The power cut, which occurred due to a "serious fault" in the grid supply to Malihabad, occurred at 12.00pm on Thursday.

While the inflationary pressure has gone out of control from the government, commodity prices have been steadily increasing. During the week, price of fish jumped by 6%, fruits and vegetables by 3% and moong dal and spices by 2% and 1% respectively. Despite export bans, skimmed milk was costlier by 7% and imported edible oil by 1%. Furnace oil was costlier by 3% and light diesel oil by 2%.

The authorities were spending Rs 2 crore for the development of horticulture in Prakasam district, said Mr M. Venkateswarlu, additional director of horticulture, here on Sunday.

Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) has launched 'Participatory Rapid Horticulture Appraisal' scheme to conduct a rapid appraisal of the horticulture sub-sector with an aim to identify those horticulture

Almost seven months after Reliance Fresh stores were shut in UP after Chief Minister Mayawati scrapped the new agriculture policy following protests by a section of traders, a state government-funded