Poverty had compelled 20-year-old footballer Asha Kumari to leave the football fields and work alongside her mother among vegetable fields instead, in Lakshmipur village of Dhanbad. However, there wa...

The Wholesale Sabji Vikreta Sangh in Jamshedpur has suffered a loss of more than Rs 5 lakh in the past two months, as a result of inadequate storage facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic.The Sangh, ...

Two sisters, aged 10 and 14, from Kakopathar in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district, have been selling vegetables in local markets to support their family.“After selling vegetables, we buy essential c...

Two leaders from the tribal community sold vegetables on Sunday to create awareness among the people to pay reasonable prices to vegetable growers.The sale happened from 6.30am to 8.30am at Dangra Tol...

Perishable goods like potatoes, onions and garlic worth Rs 2 crore are lying at the Changsari wholesale godowns, which have been sealed by the government after a labourer, Mangru Sahani, was found inf...

A private firm had expressed willingness to transport 10 tonnes of vegetables every day from Assam to other states in chartered flights during the lockdown, state industries and commerce minister Chan...

Farmers in Assam are struggling to supply vegetables to people in their respective districts amid the nationwide lockdown as unseasonal bad weather is damaging their crops. Many districts in the state...

The state agriculture department has advised the deputy commissioners of all districts in Arunachal Pradesh to review the functioning of the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) to deal with...

The Kamrup (metro) district administration in Assam has assured supply of vegetables in the city through mobile vendors till the lockdown is withdrawn.Speaking to The Telegraph, deputy commissioner B...

The Kamrup (metro) district administration on Thursday continued its attempt to streamline the supply of vegetables through 91 mobile vendors and provided the option of moving them across 60 wards of ...