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TN to give immediate attention to key areas in agriculture: Survey

Chennai, Feb 16 (UNI) Tamil Nadu must give immediate attention to several key areas in the agricultural sector for sustainable growth and resilience, notes the state’s economic survey for 2025-26.
According to the survey, the net sown area has declined by approximately 2 lakh hectares since 2001-02, accompanied by a rise in fallows indicating underutilized cultivable land and the need for policies to reclaim and optimize fallow lands.
Decline in surface irrigation sources, such as canals and tanks, alongside stagnancy in net irrigated area, highlights the urgent need to rehabilitate traditional water infrastructure while simultaneously promoting efficient groundwater management as wells now dominate net irrigated area, the survey said.
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Kerala: CM appeals to Centre over LPG shortage impacting hotels, households

11 Mar 2026 | 10:35 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (UNI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri highlighting the severe impact of the ongoing LPG shortage on the State’s residents and businesses.

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The 'Lenscape Kerala' photo exhibition by Kerala Tourism in Hyderabad from March 12 onwards

11 Mar 2026 | 10:09 PM

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Hyd: Army Chief visits Defence Management College, Highlights Need for Tech-Driven Transformation

11 Mar 2026 | 9:48 PM

Hyderabad, Mar 11 (UNI) Chief of the Army staff (COAS) Upendra Dwivedi, visited the College of Defence Management (CDM) in Secunderabad here Tuesday and addressed officers undergoing the 21st Higher Defence Management Course (HDMC-21).

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CAG report exposes financial indiscipline of Naidu headed government: AP Ex-CM

11 Mar 2026 | 9:37 PM

Vijayawada, Mar 11 (UNI) Former Chief Minister and YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy claimed on Wednesday that the CAG report has ratified what YSRCP has been consistently stating about the financial indiscipline of the Chandrababu Naidu government.
Talking to mediapersons, he said that the CAG report revealed that the Naidu government has taken a whopping Rs 3.2 lakh crores loans in just two years while the borrowings during the entire five-year term of the previous YSRCP government was Rs 3.31 lakh crores.

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Speaker clears two BRS MLAs, Defection row intensifies political battle in Telangana

11 Mar 2026 | 9:30 PM

Hyderabad, March 11 (UNI) In a development likely to trigger a fresh political row in Telangana, Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed petitions seeking the disqualification of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs -- Kadiyam Srihari and Danam Nagender, who were accused of switching loyalties to the ruling Indian National Congress.

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