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 …
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal has said the SAD-BJP government would stop river waters going to neighbouring states and for that Section 5 of the Punjab Termination of River Waters Agreements Act would be scrapped. He was here to address rallies in support of party candidate Hans Raj Hans from …
Ropar (Punjab): A Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team has taken samples of water and plants from Sutlej river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago, officials said on Sunday. Thousands of litres of oil …
The scourge of Budhha Nullah continues Despite the promise of prompt action by the Punjab government to clean up the Buddha Nullah, and the court orders calling for stringent measures against the polluting industries, a clean Budha Nullah remains a mirage. Its high level of toxic sullage continues to play …
Jalandhar: The state government has ordered the registration of a case against the company that allegedly supplied spurious mother seed to potato farmers of the Doaba belt. Acting swiftly on protests by farmers against Technico Agri Services Ltd in Shahkot and Malsian a couple of days ago, the Financial Commissioner …
Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India. Under notification issued by the Union government on September 14, 1999, use of fly ash, if available, is mandatory …
KALOMAJRA( PATIALA): For the past year and a half, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Y S Matta is doing organic farming on his 30 acres of land in Kalomajra village. While he is successfully cultivating wheat and paddy, he also has plans to grow vegetables and flowers in a similar …
Ludhiana: Nanotechnology can bring revolutionary changes in the field of agriculture as scientists can now develop technologies relevant to agriculture and food systems by employing high-resolution imaging facilities available at the Electron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory (EMN). The EMN laboratory has been established with a special grant from the ICAR …
Sirhind/ Bassi Pathana: After the inclement weather, fire has destroyed wheat crop and stubble on hundreds of acres of land this season in Fatehgarh Sahib and adjoining areas. A visit to Bassi Pathana, Sirhind, Khamano, Amloh and Mandi Gobindgarh blocks of the district revealed that crop worth lakhs has already …
Around 600 wheat growers in 10 villages on the banks of Haro River have suffered badly due to release of water from Khanpur Dam after the recent heavy rains. A group of farmers led by Jhalu union council nazim Rafaqat Khan Tahirkheli told reporters here on Sunday that excess water …
Administration forms panel to look into demands; union says will operate till committee takes a decision After remaining off roads for five days, autorickshaw operators have finally called off their strike against the ban imposed on the entry of non-LPG autos in Chandigarh. The decision was taken after a meeting …
The Punjab government is considering to move a bill in the provincial assembly of Punjab to discourage setting up of housing schemes at cultivable land. This move is being made to ensure availability of maximum cultivable land for wheat and other produces, Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Zulfiqar …
Provincial government has chalked out a well-knitted plan costing more than Rs 3 billion for banishing backwardness and to provide basic facilities in rural areas of the Punjab. Official sources told Business Recorder here on Friday that under the plan, link roads, water, sewerage, rural dispensaries would be ensured in …
Khanauri (Sangrur): Ghaggar, known to be flooding paddy crop in and around this area in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency and also in parts of Patiala, is changing after decades . Embankments are coming up along the river in 22-km stretch from this village to Karail. Riverbed is being dug …
Patiala: Directly sown paddy, sans the troublesome puddling exercise, could prove to be a boon for farmers and lead to saving of as much as upto Rs 7,000 per acre for farmers of Punjab. Not only this, the method, currently being excercised in Patiala and Amritsar districts of Punjab, could …
Vijay C Roy / Chandigarh April 16, 2009, 0:25 IST Wheat procurement from Punjab is expected to be lower this season following reduced estimates for the crop. With untimely rain causing widespread damage to the crop this Rabi season, Punjab has lowered its wheat output estimates by 500,000 tonnes to …
Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB) has given approval of 18 agricultural projects worth Rs 359.8 million to carry out research in wheat, rice, vegetables and cotton crops. The approval was accorded at the 18th meeting of the PARB board of directors held here on Tuesday with the Punjab Agriculture Minister, …
Industries based in Punjab are discharging toxic and persistent waste into fertile croplands, rivers, and groundwater sources due non-availability of wastewater treatment facilities. It is obvious that wastewater treatment facilities are too expensive for the most individual units to afford. Keeping in view this difficulty, the Government has tried to …
Around fifty percent of glass industry has suspended its activities while the remaining units on the verge of closure due to gas and power loadshedding, the industry
