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Ahead of stubble burning season, Punjab appoints nodal officers, gives machines to farmers
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, 2022
Hindi novelist dedicates drama to ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, says history should be rewritten
Through 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, 2022
Jalandhar’s Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall has become synonymous with patriotism
Jalandhar’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, 2022
Explained: Canada’s high study visa rejection rate, and why it may shoot up
Canada'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, 2022
Punjab govt bans 10 insecticides for 60 days: ‘in interest of basmati growers’
The insecticides include Acephate, Buprofezin, Chloropyriphos, Methamidophos, Propiconazole, Thiamethoxam, Profenofos, Isoprothiolane, Carbendazim, and Tricyclazole.
Sat, Aug 13, 2022
Sugarcane dues: Farmers now block NH-1, SKM lends shoulder, serves ultimatum on govt
While 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, 2022
Sugarcane dues: Protesting farmers block NH-1, SKM lends shoulder, serves ultimatum on govt
Farm 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, 2022
Circle rates should be amended to reduce illegal colonies: Experts
A 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, 2022
92-year-old Jalandhar man reunites with Pakistan-based nephew separated in 1947
After 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, 2022
Exporters face rejection as Punjab fails to produce pesticide-free basmati
Punjab 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, 2022
Domestic violence: Sikh woman dies by suicide in US, in video blames abuse by husband for 8 years
Several 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, 2022
Whitefly attacks lead to spread of cotton leaf curl disease in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
CLCuD 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, 2022
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh receive surplus rain in July, more in next 5 days
Punjab, 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, 2022
An SC scheme on which Punjab backs Centre claims, its own dept contests
Contesting 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, 2022
Behind problem of illegal colonies in Punjab, realtors who didn’t apply for regularisation
ADA 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, 2022
For Covid orphans, shattered dreams; for kin a struggle to bring them up
A 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, 2022
Explained: Despite incentives, why is DSR technique not gaining ground in Punjab?
The 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, 2022
Explained: The Kali Bein and its significance for Sikhs
Punjab 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, 2022
In battle against pests, Punjab cotton farmers pin hopes on mating disruption technology
Young 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, 2022
ICSE Results 2022: Hoshiarpur girl tops Class 10 exams in Punjab
Divya, 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, 2022
Diversification push hit in Punjab: Basmati confined to 2.58 lakh hectares
In 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, 2022
Punjab: 638 licenced colonies built outside municipal corporation limits against 20,000 illegal ones
The 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, 2022
After 7 years, white fly returns to threaten cotton crop in Punjab
Punjab Agriculture Department inspected 751 fields across the state’s cotton belt and the white fly was reportedly found in every field
Wed, Jul 13, 2022
Explained: Punjab’s moong MSP experiment, its impact on state finances
For 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, 2022
After a six-year wait, Pak girl to marry Jalandhar man today
After 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.
Sun, Jul 10, 2022