Sources said that Punjab's agriculture department is trying to take the farmers’ unions into confidence to control stubble burning and start a mass movement.
Wed, Aug 17, 2022Through the 64 pages of the drama, the writes raises the question that while several freedom fighters dedicated their lives for Independence, many were ignored and history gave credit to just a few.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022Jalandhar’s Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall (DBYH), which is located in the heart of the city, has not only become synonymous with patriotism but also become a rich archive of the Ghadar Movement.
Sun, Aug 14, 2022Canada's heavy backlog of visa applications, which is expected to touch five lakh in 2022 from India alone, has led to a high refusal rate. A look at why Canada is rejecting so many applications, and whether it is expected to improve in the near future.
Tue, Aug 16, 2022The insecticides include Acephate, Buprofezin, Chloropyriphos, Methamidophos, Propiconazole, Thiamethoxam, Profenofos, Isoprothiolane, Carbendazim, and Tricyclazole.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022While announcing an indefinite protest over the alleged delay in the payment of their dues amounting to Rs 72 crore by Phagwara Sugar Mill, farmers had launched the agitation on Monday by blocking the Jalandhar-Ludhiana carriageway of the NH-1.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022Farm leaders say the law on cane payment not enforced, want govt to take over Phagwara mill and sell it to pay dues
Sat, Aug 13, 2022A senior official of the revenue department said that if one goes by the circle rate of Panchkula district in Haryana, the rates of Abadi-deh of villages are mentioned, not the residential and commercial rates of the entire village.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022After meeting, while speaking to The Indian Express, Sarwan Singh said, “The emotions were running high on both sides as it was our first meeting, and in my mind Mohan Singh was still that six-year-old boy who went missing during the riots of 1947. He had come along with his six sons and three daughters, and we all had ‘langar’ at the gurdwara.”
Mon, Aug 08, 2022Punjab has a big market in the Middle East countries for its basmati but "if we cannot control the use of unnecessary pesticide on the crop then we might lose this market gradually", feel exporters.
Sat, Aug 06, 2022Several videos of Mandeep Kaur, 30, being tortured have gone viral in which her husband is seen assaulting and trying to strangle her as their daughters, aged 4 and 6, are heard crying.
Sat, Aug 06, 2022CLCuD is a viral disease which affects the overall growth of the cotton plant and hits its yield. Leaves of infected cotton curl both upward and downward.
Tue, Aug 02, 2022Punjab, which has already covered over 30 lakh hectares under rice crop this year, has received more rain this July as compared to the 174.7 mm recorded last year.
Tue, Aug 02, 2022Contesting the NCSC's claims, the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment said Punjab had, in fact, been judged among the top five performing states on enrolment of students by the Union Ministry for Social Justice and Empowerment for 2021-22.
Mon, Jul 25, 2022ADA had regularised 2,972 plots, including 2,188 plots in Amritsar, 289 in Pathankot, 274 in Tarn Taran and 221 in Gurdaspur under the 2018 policy. But the number of regularised colonies under ADA was just 95 and most of them were regularised before the 2018 policy.
Sat, Jul 23, 2022A P S Sandhu, Director Social Security and Women & Child Development, said that to date 39 children have been orphaned after the loss of both parents due to Covid-19 across the state.
Sat, Jul 23, 2022The Punjab government has announced a Rs 1,500 per acre incentive to farmers for adopting the DSR method. But they are returning to the traditional method of puddled transplanting of rice in majority of the paddy area. Why is this?
Fri, Jul 22, 2022Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was admitted to hospital, days after drinking a glass of water directly from the Kali Bein. Why did he do so, and what is the significance of the rivulet in the Sikh religion?
Fri, Jul 22, 2022Young farmer Randeep Singh, from Behman Koer Singh, a cotton village under Talwandi Sabo block of Bathinda district, had suffered over 90% loss on his cotton crop due to the deadly PBW attack last year.
Tue, Jul 19, 2022Divya, a student of St Joseph’s Convent school in Hoshiarpur, told The Indian Express that her dream is to become a doctor.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022In Ludhiana, 2.53 lakh hectares could be covered under paddy, including 3,600 hectares of basmati, while in Patiala, 2.19 lakh hectares have come under paddy cultivation, including 6,900 hectares of basmati.
Fri, Jul 15, 2022The data revealed that from 2013 to 2018, several policies were brought in for the regularisation of illegal colonies, but only 81 licences could be issued under PAPRA, 1995, (amended in 2014).
Thu, Jul 14, 2022Punjab Agriculture Department inspected 751 fields across the state’s cotton belt and the white fly was reportedly found in every field
Wed, Jul 13, 2022For the first time, the Punjab government has started the procurement of the summer moong crop directly from farmers at a minimum support price of Rs 7,275 per quintal. How much summer moong production is expected this year?
Wed, Jul 13, 2022After going through the cumbersome process of getting an Indian visa, finally, Shumaila from Youhanabad (Lahore) got the legal document to enter India and is looking forward to marry her beloved Kamal Kalyan, a resident of Jalandhar.
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