Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
As many as 53 confirmed and nearly 250 suspected dengue cases have been reported from Karnal alone. Civil Surgeon Vandana Bhatia said stagnant water was responsible for the spread of malaria and dengue. She said free test facilities were being provided at 19 primary health centres, six community health centres …
Despite ban on mining in riverbeds across India by the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal, the activity is being carried out with impunity by the sand mafia in parts of Karnal district. The authorities concerned have not been able to effectively check sand mining in the area. After local …
Blames skewed sex ratio for rampant trafficking of women into state for forced marriages A report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has blamed Haryana’s skewed sex ratio for large-scale trafficking of girls from other states for forced marriages and ‘bonded’ labour into the state. The …
The Supreme Court today set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order for payment of higher compensation to those whose land was acquired in 1973 for the construction of Section 13 and Sector 13 Extension at Karnal.The HC had raised the compensation on April 28, 1989, giving the benefit …
The Haryana Health Department has issued guidelines and taken steps to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu as 31 cases have so far been reported from the state during the current year. A spokesman of the department said here today that nine cases had been reported from Karnal district, …
Three patients admitted to hospital Panic gripped the health authorities as eight job aspirants showed swine flu symptoms during a recruitment drive at the local Commando complex. Three of them were admitted to hospital after taking their blood samples. Swine flue symptoms were noticed in a job hospirant, Sadhu Ram, …
The green cover in Gurgaon, Mahendergarh, Kurukshetra, Karnal and Palwal would be increased with funds from the State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Presiding over CAMPA’s Steering Committee meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary P.K. Chaudhery said that plantation in these cities would be in addition to the ongoing …
The woolly marvel A sheep, Dolly, was the first to be cloned 15 years ago. Since then, Snappy (dog), CC (cat) and Garima and Samrupra (buffaloes) have been cloned in South Korea, US and India. Cloning technology now can pre-determine the gender Handmade procedure followed in Kashmir said to be …
State is not getting its due share, says Governor Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia on Thursday expressed concern over the issue of the State's legitimate share of water. Describing Haryana as a water-deficit State, he said the situation had been further compounded as it was not getting its due share of …
The newly established Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, has been granted a patent by the Government of India for commercial production for the “Urea Detection in Milk” technology developed by its Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Sciences for testing Urea in milk. …
Karnal: The farmers suffering huge losses due to damage to sugarcane crop beause of the dreaded “white grub” disease can heave a sigh of relief as the scientists at the Sugarcane Breeding Centre, Karnal, have discovered a pesticide for effective control of the disease. The disease was rampant in several …
Call for measures to boost production Karnal: Expressing concern over low cattle productivity and dairy production in the region, farm scientists from the SAARC countries have called for concrete steps to improve the production by sharing knowledge and experience to overcome common restraints. The scientists, who have gathered here for …
Gharaunda (Karnal): Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked today offered agricultural technologies to India and showered praise on Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for steps taken for betterment of farmers. She ,however, did not commit on setting up a research and development centre for agriculture, horticulture and …
The Israeli Government has offered its agricultural technologies for India, Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Orit Noked said here on Monday. Talking to media persons after her meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables at Gharaunda in Karnal district, she described
India is growing more wheat than it ever was. While other leading wheat producing countries like China and US are witnessing a decline in output, the country has stood as an exception with an estimated record production of 84.27 million tonnes of the staple foodgrain this year. Russia, Canada and …
New Delhi: With rains and hailstorm lashing Punjab and Haryana for the second day, the weather continued to worry farmers as well as the government keeping a watch on the wheat harvest for the season. The meteorology department has predicted that the rains would fade over the week and temperatures …
Kaithal/Karnal: Haryana is known to have a bias against the girl child and the provisional Census figures released last week confirmed the gloomy trend. None of the many initiatives undertaken during the past decade appears to have worked and Haryana, along with Punjab, figures at the bottom of the states …
The gram panchayat of Dulat village in this district has been awarded a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh for showing the best results in correcting the skewed gender ratio (34 girls against 16 boys) in 2009. Deputy Commissioner Vijay Singh Dahiya handed over the cheque to village sarpanch Nirmal …
Karnal: Dr Gorakh Singh, Commissioner (Horticulture), Union Agriculture Ministry, today stressed the need to adopt the latest farm techniques in horticulture to increase production as well as productivity, and said India had the potential to surpass China in this sector. Inaugurating a two-day seminar-cum-exhibition organised by Shalaroo (Karnal) centre of …
Mining activity in Harsinghpura village of Karnal district has come to a grinding halt. As a petition against illegal mining in the village came up for hearing before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the State of Haryana informed the Bench that the activity had been stopped. The Bench of …
