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From surplus milk to sold-out mornings: Hoshiarpur farmer’s tale of dairy empire

December 21, 2025 12:08 pm

Today, the family — originally from Mawa Kaholan village in Una district of Himachal Pradesh — runs the enterprise as a close-knit team.

The Zila Parishad elections in Punjab were held on December 14, with the counting held on December 17. The entire process was conducted manually, due to the absence of electronic voting machines (EVMs). (Express Photo)

Punjab Zila Parishad elections: Rejected and NOTA votes, ballot polling process emerge as silent factors in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

December 20, 2025 2:39 pm

According to the reports, 4,41,915 votes were polled across 25 Zila Parishad zones in Hoshiarpur, of which 17,290 votes failed to add to the tally of any contesting candidate — a number large enough to warrant scrutiny in a grassroots democratic exercise.

After the wedding, the bride and groom returned home the same way — crossing floodwaters on the trolley.

Hoshiarpur groom keeps promise, rides tractor-trolley on flooded road to marry his bride in Jalandhar village

September 05, 2025 11:56 am

Kaka said, “A wedding is such an occasion that it cannot be cancelled or delayed. But, when the weather allowed us to solemnise it, we did it and everything went well. It was a different experience despite all the odds.”

Farmers’ Column | He lost his job in pandemic, and then pioneered teak revolution in Punjab

August 31, 2025 3:27 am

A class-10 graduate, Harwinder Ghumman puts 'fixed-deposit for farmers' on state map

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5-year-old among 10 killed, 32 injured - 6 seriously - as minibus overturns after crashing into car in Hoshiarpur

July 08, 2025 10:54 am

An eyewitness told reporters he was riding on his motorcycle on the same road, but was a little behind the accident site. “I heard a big bang, and soon reached the spot. It was a horrible scene”.

seedless cucumber, Punjab farmer, Hoshiarpur, Chandigarh

Decade and a failed biz later, Punjab's Hoshiarpur farmer finds success — and money — in seedless cucumbers

June 08, 2025 9:59 am

His method has turned the crop into a year-round source of income, earning him a net profit of around Rs 12 lakh per acre — over 10 times what a farmer earns from growing wheat and paddy combined.

Brought to PGI, prisoner from Hoshiarpur escapes from police custody

June 05, 2025 12:26 pm

The accused, identified as Gopi, a resident of Hoshiarpur, was lodged in Hoshiarpur Jail in connection with two NDPS Act cases registered against him in 2021.

Blackout enforced in several Punjab districts, including Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Chandigarh

May 09, 2025 1:42 am

Officials said that schools in Tarn Taran and Chandigarh will remain closed on Friday and Saturday.

SSP Lamba said initial investigations revealed Gurpreet Singh, who operates a de-addiction centre in Moranwali, had a dispute with Manpreet Singh over some issue. They had also clashed about 15 days ago.

3 killed in clash between two groups in Punjab's Hoshiarpur

November 09, 2024 9:53 pm

Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba said the deceased were identified as Manpreet Singh alias Mani, Sukhpiar Singh alias Sukha and Saranpreet Singh.

The bridge is still in want of repairs. A functionary of the government said that the NGT was hearing a case of illegal mining. It had directed the PPCB to check functioning of illegal stone crushers bridge

From Ropar to Hoshiarpur via HP Damaged bridge on Swan: NGT issues notice to Punjab govt

August 27, 2024 8:12 am

The Swan river, a tributary of the Sutlej, is often termed as mining mafia’s paradise. A visit to the site had revealed how the traffic had found a way to bypass the bridge, which had been closed, by driving through the river bed.