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| Farmers to bring more land under cane on high SMP | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Encouraged by the government’s decision to raise the statutory minimum price (SMP) of sugarcane, farmers are planning to bring back the area diverted last year to other remunerative crops, including oilseeds and cotton, under cane cultivation. |
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| Sugar SMP likely to be higher at Rs 107/qtl | 21-MAY-09 |
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| The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) is believed to have suggested sugarcane support price to be fixed at Rs 107 a quintal for 2009-10 season, same as proposed by the food ministry. |
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| Degustation bites | 09-MAY-09 |
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| Degustation menus, the kind you find at smart restaurants in all the gourmet capitals of the world (and now, because of the global recession, at bargain prices), have gained recently popularity in India too. Till about two years ago, diners were, in fact, hard put to even pronounce the word —Degu… what?, wrinkling up their noses at a whiff or something bad. But today, chefs are increasingly presenting tasting menus (there, that’s less of a tongue-twister, isn’t it?) with aplomb, and hopefully there are enough takers for these. |
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| ISMA revises sugar output by 5 per cent | 30-APR-09 |
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| Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the apex body of the private sector mills in India, has revised sugar output estimate for the current season (October-September) by 5 per cent to 14.7 million tonnes (MT), the association said in a release on Wednesday. The country’s output as on April 15 has already surpassed 13.9 MT. 35 mills were operational on the said date. |
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| Slumdog trust hires social worker for Rubina | 22-APR-09 |
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| A British tabloid News of The World had on Sunday claimed that Rubina's father Rafiq had tried to sell the nine-year-old to their reporters, who were posing as the agents of a wealthy Arab Sheikh during a sting operation. |
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| Govt reimposes export restriction | 22-APR-09 |
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| After a gap of 18 months, the government today reintroduced export restriction on sugar in an attempt to improve the availability of the sweetener in the domestic market to bring down prices. |
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| Kasab, Ismail had plans to target Raj Bhavan: Nikam | 20-APR-09 |
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| The lone surviving gunman Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and slain Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Ismail Khan had planned to strike Raj Bhavan but could not succeed as they were overpowered by police at Chowpatty, enroute to Malabar Hill, the prosecution said today. |
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| Now, southern sugar mills halt crushing on cane shortage | 17-APR-09 |
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| Following in the footsteps of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, sugar mills in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have stopped cane crushing in less than seven months of the current sugar season (October 2008-September 2009). The reason: lower production of sugarcane due to a fall in acreage, lower productivity and drop in sugar recovery. |
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| DNA samples of Kasab and Ismail are different : Prosecutor | 14-APR-09 |
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| Strongly refuting claims of Pakistan, Special Public Prosecutor in 26/11 terror attack case Ujjwal Nikam today said the DNA samples of lone surviving gunman Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab and slain terrorist Mohammed Ismail were "totally different". |
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| Slumdog kids to act in Vasu Bhagnani film | 04-MAR-09 |
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| "Slumdog Millionaire" child actors Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali will feature in Vasu Bhagnani's upcoming film "Kal Kissne Dekha" which also marks the debut of his son Jackky Bhagnani. |
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| Choice character | 01-MAR-09 |
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| Stars apart, bollywood is finally realising the worth of casting directors. |
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