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Yearender 2025: Ludhiana’s PAU reaffirms its status in rankings, farmer-focused extension, and global engagement

December 29, 2025 5:15 pm

Punjab Agricultural University secured the top position among state agricultural universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the third consecutive year.

PAU prof awarded for developing eco-friendly insect-pest management technologies

December 15, 2025 8:07 pm

Dr JP Singh, Plant Protection Advisor to the Government of India, and Dr CA Viraktamath, an octogenarian entomologist, conferred the award on Dr Sandeep Singh.

Sahir Ludhianvi immortalised in bloom: PAU names bright yellow chrysanthemum after Punjab's iconic poet

December 04, 2025 1:42 pm

The bright, yellow-coloured blooms of the variety were displayed for the first time at the two-day annual Chrysanthemum Show of the varsity, that concluded Wednesday at PAU.

They lost their mother, not hope: Blind sisters from Ludhiana sing of a shared Punjab

October 06, 2025 6:32 pm

Scripting a success story of tragedy to triumph, Bhavna, 15 and Palak, 13, left legendary Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan mesmerized. Their father, once "taunted" for having "two blind daughters", says today people know him due to them

'Spoke so much truth that govts could not bear': PAU remembers illustrious alumni, satirist Jaswinder Bhalla

August 23, 2025 2:05 pm

Dr K S Aulakh, former vice-chancellor, PAU, said he was asked to suspend Jaswinder Singh Bhalla in 2004 for insulting then CM Captain Amarinder Singh, but he refused.

Paddy transplantation dates advanced, Punjab to use water ‘twice the capacity of Bhakra Dam’

June 11, 2025 12:25 pm

An expert from Punjab Agricultural University has warned that the Bhagwant Mann government’s decision to advance paddy transplantation will cause ‘a colossal loss of groundwater’.

Why PAU is reassessing PR-126 variety nine years after introduction: 'timing holds the key'

June 03, 2025 10:34 am

Last year, millers refused to store this paddy, claiming its OTR did not meet the FCI specifications, set at a minimum of 67%, and a lower OTR means they will have to pay from their pockets

This Sangrur farmer rests his fields for 4 months yet earns Rs 70L profit annually

June 01, 2025 10:11 am

His farm is not just a source of personal income, but also a significant contributor to rural employment.

Banned Pusa-44 finds its way to paddy fields in Punjab — with help from Haryana

May 21, 2025 9:39 am

The Punjab government in April banned the sale of Pusa-44 and hybrid paddy varieties. Some farmers have challenged the ban on hybrid seeds.

Suspended Punjab Agri University staffer reinstated; his wife dies of heart attack

April 25, 2025 9:48 am

Opposition Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders said the situation was “unprecedented” as “never before police entered the campus to stop a peaceful agitation”.

Hues of 'friendship' & 'well-wishes': PAU hosts chrysanthemum show to honour Bhai Vir Singh

December 06, 2022 10:02 pm

Inter-university youth festival in Ludhiana strengthens cultural bond

January 22, 2016 8:39 am

Ludhiana,Jan 22 (ANI): Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana comes alive with the lively performances by students from North India. "Goonj-2016", the four-day long 31st Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival was organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs in collaboration with Association of Indian Universities (AIU). Some 1200 students from universities across North India participated in 26 events including folk and classical music, mimicry, theatre, quiz and literary activities. The best performers will represent the north zone in a national level youth festival to be held in Mysore city in Karnataka.