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 …
Ludhiana: It turned out to be a prosperous 2008 for Punjab farmers as they reaped rich dividends from the bumper wheat and paddy crops. The plentiful season brought some cheer for the state Government as well with Punjab farmers accounting for a major chunk of the Central pool in wheat …
A festival helped a small town in Punjab discover car-free mobility Fazilka is a small, 162 year-old town on the India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district. Its unkempt, garbage-strewn congested streets with small, bustling shops are nothing out of the ordinary. But this town of about 68,000 people
Mohali: PSEB claims saving 80 pc power Three villages in Mohali district now use only Compressed Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). Officials of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) say this has led to the saving of power by 80 per cent. A 20 watt CFL provides light equivalent to 100 watt …
Planting a million trees at the Lake Reserve, the acquired area behind it, the Botanical Garden and working on three man-made lakes at Patiala ki Rao, the work on the Greening Action Plan-2008 by the Chandigarh Administration is on in full swing.
Tribune News Service Jalandhar, January 8 Awash with untreated sewage, highly toxic chemicals, metals and bacteria, the black waters of Chitti Bein, also known as East Bein, bring diseases and other sufferings to lakhs of people settled in the villages alongside it on about 100-km stretch. The stream, which originates …
Nain Khurd (Patiala), This village definitely shows the way to thousands of other Punjab villages which are still wanting on account of cleanliness and proper sanitation as they look towards the authorities for improvement of their lot. Things are starkly different at this tiny village having a populatin slightly crossing …
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 7 The Punjab government today took a novel lead to involve elected representatives at the grassroot level i.e. sarpanches in the energy conservation drive to make it a people's movement. Science, Technology, Environment and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia today wrote a personal letter …
Khurali village in Hoshiarpur district, associated with the great saint of medieval India, Guru Ravidass, is all set to become a rural tourism destination village. The project is likely to be commissioned by April 2009, Tourism Ministry officials said on Monday, adding that Tourism Minister Ambika Soni would lay the …
Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for the water it has been receiving through Rajasthan canal for more than 40 years now. Though a meeting held on January 29,1955, under the chairmanship of then Union Minister for Irrigation and Power Gulzari Lal Nanda, had decided the allocation of surplus Ravi-Beas …
Ludhiana: Punjab once again seems to heading towards a potato glut. A 15-year low price and high production of this crop is fast becoming a bane for potato growers, who are now demanding Government intervention for salvaging the situation. The prevailing potato price in the state is Rs 1.50 per …
Chandigarh: Poor quality of drinking water, heavy presence of metals and pesticides are the main reasons for the large number of cancer cases in Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda district. According to a study conducted by the Department of Community Medicine, PGI, 'Age Adjusted Prevalence' of confirmed cancer cases has been …
Bathinda: Jaitu-based Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) today expressed serious reservations over the report on organic farming recently released by the Punjab State Farmers' Commission. Dubbing the report as a
This policy by the Punjab government is aimed at providing the framework for tourism growth in the state in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable manner. Ecotourism is one of the tools whereby people are encouraged to visit natural beauty of forests to promote action to conserve it. It is …
Land and water are the main natural resources vital for agricultural production system. About one-third of cultivated land is irrigated and remaining 85 million ha is under rainfed cultivation in the country. Also about 146 million ha is degraded land needing reclamation/management for optimal productive use. The increasing human population …
Every school in Punjab, implementing mid-day meal scheme of the Centre, will have own kitchen. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 77 crore to construct of kitchens in various schools in the state to implement the mid-day meal scheme. There are 18,000 schools in the state where students from classes I …
