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 …
Certain reports have raised doubts over biotech crops, but they are as safe as conventional ones and the success of Bt cotton can be replicated in other crops. This was stated by the All-India Biotechnology Association at a press conference here today. Representing the interests of 13 leading corporate houses …
For a state that consumes nearly Rs 500 crore worth of bananas every year - one of the highest in the country - it is no mean achievement that it is now growing its own bananas and that too king-size. What started as a small attempt in some of the …
Mohali, September 07 Free land, Rs 2.5 crore for private school The Punjab government has formulated a new scheme to improve the poor state of education in the state. Under this scheme, the state government will provide free land and Rs 2.5 crore as capital investment to open a new …
Sangrur, September 5 Due to the suspension of production by PepsiCo India at its plant at Channo village (near Bhawanigarh) in this district, thousands of potato growers are a worried lot nowadays as in present circumstances they are unable to understand whether Pepsi will purchase their next potato crop or …
Certain cross bundhs in Sutlej caused breaches in it near Gidderpindi village. Sources said a group of engineers sent by Punjab government to probe the breaches, had concluded cross bundhs impeded free flow of Sutlej at some places near Gidderpindi, leading to breaches in embankments of defence bundhs of Sutlej. …
This comparative study of panchayat elections in West Bengal and Punjab focuses on the broad objective of studying the process of institutionalisation of panchayati raj institutions. What forms they take in different contexts? What factors facilitate or retard the process? In particular, it is argued that the institutionalisation of the …
Based on the primary data for 499 patients, 135 IPD and 364 OPD, in 62 hospitals across all the 20 districts in Punjab, the study discovered that contrary to the popular notion, the satisfaction level of the patients with the services delivered at hospitals managed by Punjab Health Systems Corporation …
Secondary salinisation is the most harmful and extended phenomenon of the unfavourable effects of irrigation on the soil and environment. An attempt was made to study the impact of poor quality ground water on soils in terms of secondary salinisation and availability of soil nutrients in Faridkot district of Punjab …
Courtesy earthworms, hair, weed easily converted to manure in 2003, the government ordered the closure of several hair processing units, which made wigs, in Karnataka because of pollution. Burning of hair resulted in toxic elements, which caused allergies. The problem with human hair is it takes hundreds of years to …
Badal briefs Central team on flood loss "State not yet utilised Rs.1,646 crore of the fund' CHANDIGARH: Even as Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon a visiting Central team to assess the total loss in the State due to recent floods from a "new' perspective, the Congress party …
Bs Reporter / Jalandhar August 25, 2008, 5:56 IST The Punjab government has decided to invite Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata to set up a plant in the state to manufacture Nano. The invitation comes on the back of Tata's threat to pull out of West Bengal if the political …
Huzra (Jagraon): After Mattewara, about 120-foot-high dhussi dam here was washed away yesterday night due to strong water pressure. The damage started on Tuesday with little erosion, but by last night a part of the dam was eroded. Repair work has been started. Four villages along the bank, Bhagpur, Kaniya, …
Patiala : More than 13,000 farmers who had applied for power connections for tube wells in the general category till March 1990 may be given connections by the end of March next by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). The farmers had applied for connections and had also got test …
Nalas (Rajpura): Following agitation by villagers in Nabha, now residents of over seven villages near Rajpura are up in arms against the government's plan to procure around 1,000 acres of fertile land for the 1,320 MV Rajpura Thermal Power Project (RTPP) near Nalas. The villagers demand is to be paid …
Retail balm Calcutta, Aug. 13: Farmers in Bengal will be told of the benefits of food retail in a language they understand and by voices they are familiar with. The Indian Chamber of Commerce is holding a three-day event called the Second Green Revolution Summit that will be addressed by …
Indian agriculture witnessed a phenomenal growth during the decades of 1970s and 1980s. The fertilizers contributed almost 60 per cent of the incremental output of foodgrains during this period. The study was undertaken in five states viz. Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Punjab and West Bengal during 2004-05 to maintain proper …
Punjab Government plans 75 projects at Rs.25,000 crore CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has chalked out an ambitious plan to implement over 75 projects, including expressways, flying clubs, super-speciality hospitals, ring roads and five-star hotels, on which approximately Rs.25,000 crore would be spent. According to an official release here quoting the …
