
New Delhi: In a setback to sugar mill owners on Tuesday, the Supreme Court directed private mill owners to pay approximately Rs 1000 crores to UP sugarcane farmers. The state government had fixed a particular price for sugarcane farmers a few years back, because of which a backlog of nearly one thousand crore rupees turned up. The matter was challenged in court. VM Singh, petitioner in the Supreme Court, said...

01:28 PM, Jan 17, 2012

Washington: It sounds counter-intuitive - add sugarcane extract to a fatty diet and it will help shed the flab. But that could be the way of the future if trials by scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, pan out. Dr Ankur Desai from Horizon Science, a Melbourne-based food biotechnology firm, and colleagues at La Trobe University claim their findings show sugarcane molasses in high-fat diets can encourage calorie excretion and increase...

11:53 AM, Jul 19, 2011

Farmers protested against sugarcane pricing policy of the state government. ...

04:23 PM, Dec 01, 2009

The Govt has said that mill owners will continue to bear SAP. ...

10:45 PM, Nov 20, 2009

Work in Parliament stalled for the second consecutive day on Friday. ...

01:21 PM, Nov 20, 2009

Woes of sugarcane farmers and price rise is expected to be the main focus. ...

10:32 AM, Nov 20, 2009

It has taken a massive protest to get the farmers' voices heard. ...

12:33 AM, Nov 20, 2009

The Government has agreed to amend the sugarcane ordinance. ...

12:29 AM, Nov 20, 2009

The price of sugar has spiralled exponentially this year. ...

12:00 AM, Nov 20, 2009

Opposition parties howl and cry, Congress MP heard. ...

07:15 PM, Nov 19, 2009

A Cabinet meeting to discuss the issue will take place in New Delhi. ...

02:34 PM, Nov 19, 2009

Parliament's winter session was rocked by protests against price rise. ...

12:32 PM, Nov 19, 2009

Delhi Police issues advisories asking people to stay away from central Delhi. ...

11:11 AM, Nov 19, 2009

UPA is being cornered on fixing the price of sugarcane. ...

09:29 PM, Nov 18, 2009

The farmer discontent is the latest political battleground. ...

03:54 PM, Nov 10, 2009