Order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the matter of Bhisham Kinger Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to deteriorating medical infrastructure in Punjab, especially Malerkotla district. An affidavit filed before the court showed that certain vacancies of doctors at Malerkotla have …
How have women been coping in the aftermath of farmer suicides in Punjab? This article is based on detailed interviews with 32 women in three districts of the state. Accosting the reality of women caught in the vortex of the agrarian crisis, one painfully comes to terms with the newer …
Patiala: The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) has confirmed that oil spillage in the Ghanauli drain, which connects to the Satluj, occurred not because of negligence but was an accidental breakdown of metallic pipeline of furnace oil. Sources in the PSEB said the staff of Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal …
Dharamsala: A bag of cement costs more in Himachal Pradesh than Punjab despite the fact that a number of cement plants have come up in the state and their functioning is allegedly adversely affecting the natural resources of the state, besides causing pollution. Vikas Nehria, a resident of Bhagsunag who …
The Colorado State University (CSU) recently announced Dr Rajiv Khosla as the recipient of the Monfort professorship. The Monfort Family Foundation has established a programme in which it employs faculty at the CSU and announces two members as Monfort professors. Khosla will receive $75,000 each year to support teaching and …
Mohali: For the first time in Punjab, a state-of-the-art laboratory for surveillance of communicable diseases is being set up in the Civil Hospital here. The directions to start the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) laboratory were issued by the Punjab government and this laboratory will be the nodal centre for …
Mandi Ahmedgarh: In an effort to join the poll campaigns of their candidates, farmers of the area falling under the Sangrur and Ludhiana districts continue to burn wheat stubble in their fields. Despite warnings by environmentalists and farm scientists against the burning of stubble and the ban imposed by the …
Reliance power-owned Sasan Power may have tied up Rs 14,550 crore of rupee loans from a clutch of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) to achieve financial closure of the 4,000- MW ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, but the company is already …
ABOUT 10 km short of Faridkot town in the heart of Punjab's Malwa belt is Guru ki Dhaab, a small village of hundred houses. Oblivious of the cars with fluttering election flags zipping past them on the busy highway nearby is a gaggle of women and children struggling to fill …
Manish Tewari, who released his vision document today, has termed Budha Nullah as the biggest challenge. The open drain passing through the heart of the city needs to be immediately cleaned, he added and promised to take up the issue with the Central government. While committing himself to the cause, …
Agroforestry that envisages integration of trees, herbaceous crops and/or animals on the same land unit, holds promising potential in Punjab to diversify traditional rice-wheat rotation. On the basis of information provided by the respondents, it was realized that the farmers with low awareness, unfavourable attitude and constraints (land, technical, financial, …
Punjab government has evolved a comprehensive programme costing more than Rs 1 billion to cope with the increasing level of pollution on account of increasing trend of population, industrial development and vehicles in the province. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Tuesday that under the programme preventative measures would …
World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide a grant of Rs 800 million to the Punjab government during the next five years for the eradication of Malaria in the province. Sources in the health department told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the government has also approved an amount of …
Money to be released after final nod from MC House While the much-hyped city bus service of the Punjab government has failed to start in Ludhiana, the Municipal Corporation would be soon getting 200 buses under the Centrally-sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). According to the sources, the …
Punjab government has evolved a comprehensive programme costing more than Rs 1 billion to cope with the increasing level of pollution on account of increasing trend of population, industrial development and vehicles in the province. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Tuesday that under the programme preventative measures would …
World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to provide a grant of Rs 800 million to the Punjab government during the next five years for the eradication of Malaria in the province. Sources in the health department told Business Recorder on Tuesday that the government has also approved an amount of …
In more than 100 villages, the Chandigarh-Phagwara express highway, which will pass through Mohali, Chamkaur Sahib, Machhiwara, Nawanshahr and Phagwara areas, has become an election issue. Most of the farmers, who have been issued notices for the acquisition of their land for the project, are opposed to the highway project. …
No end to pollution of rivers Even if it had been an accidental oil spill from a pipe of the Ropar thermal plant, it would have been unpardonable, especially because the Punjab rivers and rivulets in general and the Satluj in particular are already so heavily polluted that any fresh …
