Anju Agnihotri Chaba

The once lucrative business of IELTS (English language proficiency test) centres in Punjab, consultancies for education abroad, could not get back to even 50 per cent of their business. Hotels, gyms etc have the same story to tell.

Canada had suspended direct flights from India on April 22. But despite the cost and the lengthy journey involved, several overseas students from Punjab are re-routing their travel to Canada via Moscow, Mexico, Serbia, Qatar, Dubai among other countries.

Out of these 220, 203 (92%) farmers/farm labourers deceased were from Malwa region of the state, while 11 (5%) deaths were from Majha and six (2.7%) from Doaba.

Basant Kaur, who had turned 98-years-old on January 1, 1995, according to her voter I-card, is perhaps one of the oldest women living in Punjab, and the country.

Sohan Singh Athwal of the Kirti Kisan Union said they had no plans to ‘gherao’ the new chief of the Punjab Congress. He said the farmers only wanted to lodge their protest over the alleged failure of various political parties, including the Congress, to come to their rescue.

While there seems to be no end in sight to the cold war between new Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, the four working presidents, appointed by the AICC, bat for ‘team work’ and say the party is like a family.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s loyalists did not attend the meeting.

Maize sowing is almost over in the state except in some semi-hilly stretches of Pathankot and Hoshiarpur districts.

Talking to The Indian Express, Palwinder Singh said that he had completed his MA in History in 2000, after which he did a diploma in cooperative management. He added that after failing to get a job, he decided making agriculture his main occupation as his family was had five-acres of agricultural land.

At least 53 participating candidates were hired on the spot, while 16 more were shortlisted against a total of 110 vacancies that were on offer.

Out of 75 plants, 42 plants are being supplied by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which has developed a PSA technique, and 33 have been procured from private agencies/people.

For more than seven months now, farmers have been protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws at the Delhi border. Their demand is complete repeal of these legislations.

While the monsoon usually hits the region in the fourth week of June, this year it came around June 13. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) considers the four months starting in June as the monsoon period in the region.

Punjab has completed sowing of paddy and other Kharif crops including cotton on over 19 lakh hectares till date.

The slogans were written with red paint close to the main entry gate of the DC office and has put a spotlight on the security arrangements at the main office of the district.

Harpreet Singh, a resident of Cheecha village in Amritsar, was posted in Anantnag; Gurbhej Singh, from Punian village in Tarn Taran, was posted in Kargil. Both have been charged with spying for Pakistan’s ISI, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Official Secrets Act.

Prominent BSP leaders from Punjab Assembly segments with sizeable party presence met in Hoshiarpur on Friday and formed a five-member panel to convey their concerns to BSP chief Mayawati ahead of forthcoming polls in Punjab. The current state BSP chief Jasvir Singh Garhi was kept out of the meeting and was, in fact, criticised for […]

In both states, paddy transplanting is underway, where around 43 lakh hectares area is used for rice growing. A majority of these 43 lakh hectares is used for growing paddy (a water-guzzling crop).

Two pieces of land — which were provisionally attached by ED — measuring 7-kannal and 7-kannals and 13.75 marla (nearly two acres) located in Hadiabad area, which is adjacent to Phagwara city, was sold by the accused, Harmesh Kumar Gaba.

The 40-year-old, who ploughs 20 paddy fields including 10 on rent, says that his village, Sansarpur in district Jalandhar, is only getting 5 hours power supply against 8 hours promised by PSPCL.

The record shows 900 km availability of 2-core cables against the average requirement of 7,000 km. The availability of 4-core cables of different sizes in the PSPCL stores is at one-fourth of its requirement.

Experts see the FSSAI’s decision as a big opportunity for mustard growers in India and replacing traditional rapeseed-mustard oil varieties with Canola rapeseed-mustard to provide a healthy oil for human consumption and decrease India's dependence on oil import.

On the contrary, all seats where the BSP has a strong base were given to the SAD. The workers have held several meetings, especially in the Doaba region which is a stronghold of the BSP, ever since the seat-sharing arrangement was declared.

Paddy (non-Basmati) sowing will continue till July first week as several short varieties with high yield potential are available to farmers now.