Anju is a Jalandhar (Punjab)-based Assistant Editor with The Indian Express. Coming from this predominantly agrarian state from where the Green Revolution ushered, agriculture is close to her heart. She writes extensively on this topic, with special focus on related issues that the state is facing such as farmer suicides, stubble burning, rapid depletion of water table because of water-guzzling, MSP-supported paddy, etc. Her write-ups are based on extensive research, field visits and interactions with stake-holders. Apart from this she also covers several other issues of the Punjab state. She tweets @Anjuagnihotri1
May 20, 2013 02:27 IST
Despite declaring dry day in the notified areas (particularly in the rural belt) where block samities and zila parishads elections were conducted Sunday,many liquor vends were found open in villages in Jalandhar district.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 19, 2013 00:31 IST
With the Punjab government set to implement rationalisation policy in state schools from Wednesday,teachers seem to be in a hurry to acquire recommendation letters from politicians in favour of their choice of posting.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 18, 2013 04:18 IST
After sitting on a complaint against rapper Honey Singh for over four months,the Nawanshahr police on Friday booked him under Section 294 of the IPC (obscene acts and songs) following directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 18, 2013 03:11 IST
After sitting on a complaint against rapper Honey Singh for over four months,the Nawanshahr police in Punjab Friday booked him under Section 294 of the IPC (obscene acts and songs) following directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Sat, May 18, 2013May 15, 2013 03:39 IST
With the Punjab government set to implement rationalisation policy in state schools from Wednesday,teachers seem to be in a hurry to acquire recommendation letters from politicians in favour of their choice of posting.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 14, 2013 02:36 IST
They decamped with cash,gold and other valuables.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 12, 2013 02:41 IST
Former militant and Akali Dal Panch Pardhani chief Kulvir Singh Barapind,who was extradited from the United States,has moved a court in that country alleging that he is being tortured by the police officials in Punjab,despite the Indian governments assurance to the contrary.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 08, 2013 03:46 IST
Ladhars letter follows a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment to the same effect given in the case of one farmer,Sadhu Singh Tanda.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 08, 2013 03:45 IST
Gurdev had joined the department as an inspector in 1980 and was promoted as Superintendent in 1997.
Mon, Apr 14, 2014May 04, 2013 04:23 IST
An Engineering student was on Friday stabbed to death by his batchmate at the Kapurthala Engineering and Management College campus on Friday.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014May 04, 2013 04:04 IST
It may have taken 23 years and his death for Pakistan to send home Sarabjit Singh,who,his family claims,was a victim of mistaken identity and had mistakenly strayed across the border in an inebriated state,but things arent always as worse,at least when it come to sending back people who when inadvertently cross over to India from the neighbouring country.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014May 04, 2013 03:40 IST
Now,after Sarabjit Singh was assaulted in that very jail,Mangal Singhs family is a worried lot.
Sat, May 04, 2013May 03, 2013 04:39 IST
A break from tradition allows sugarcane to grow uninhibited,pays farmers better.
Fri, May 03, 2013May 03, 2013 03:07 IST
Residents of Bhikhiwind remember Sarabjit Singh as a cheerful young man fond of wrestling,and in many ways as just another youth belonging to one of any of the poor families in this township in Tarn Taran,50 km from Amritsar.
Fri, May 03, 2013May 03, 2013 03:04 IST
Since Sarabjit's conviction in 1991,Dalbir went to the Wagah border every time a prisoner was released across the border.
Fri, May 03, 2013May 02, 2013 22:59 IST
Sarabjit Singhs family was flown to their home in a helicopter ahead of the arrival of his body from Pakistan on Thursday.
Thu, May 02, 2013April 28, 2013 03:35 IST
Four days after seven schoolchildren failed to return from a study tour to the US,school authorities on Saturday filed a complaint with the Jalandhar rural police.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 28, 2013 03:27 IST
The unscheduled power cuts in Punjab are set to increase in frequency in the coming days as power generation has been affected at two major plants in the state,due to the harvest season.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 27, 2013 03:14 IST
Days after seven students from Jalandhar district,who were on an educational tour of NASA,went missing in the US,the parents of three of them did not turn up at a meeting called on Friday called by the school authorities and the Delhi-based Academic Excellence Company that had arranged the trip.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 27, 2013 01:03 IST
The deceased have been identified as Manjot Kaur and Raghav Sharma.
Tue, Apr 15, 2014April 25, 2013 04:07 IST
Itsmportance in an emerging economy cannot be emphasised enough
Wed, Apr 16, 2014April 24, 2013 04:24 IST
People were promised jobs with reputed companies involved in reconstruction work in Iraq.
Wed, Apr 24, 2013April 22, 2013 03:18 IST
Out of the 80,000 students who had applied for Joint Entrance Test (JET) this year,only around 64,000 appeared for the examination on Sunday,sources in the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training said.
Wed, Apr 16, 2014April 21, 2013 02:28 IST
Tall claims of Punjab government of making huge efforts to bring more and more area under organic farming falls flat as it has not sanctioned even a single penny for the Organic Farming Council of Punjab
Wed, Apr 16, 2014April 21, 2013 00:23 IST
It was set up as a helpline by Punjab Cong to help partymen against political vendetta. Most calls have little to do with it
Sun, Apr 21, 2013





