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 …
To be launched this year, new rickshaws will have FM radio, seatbelt, first-aid box, reading material, dustbin and fire extinguisher The new Amritsar rickshaw, which will be launched in the holy city within this year, is going to offer passengers a musical ride. In a first-of-its-kind feature, the rickshaw will …
Hundreds to be constructed near Milkfed booths along highways and in Ludhiana, Patiala, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Bathinda cities To address the need for clean toilets along the state
Influenza A (H1N1) has hit the city again. A PGI staff nurse has tested positive of the virus. This is the first positive case of swine flu in the city.The 30-year-old resident of Sector 35 was admitted to Fortis hospital in Mohali where the authorities sent her blood samples to …
48-year-old woman was a Class IV employee at GNDU health centre; colleagues, relatives under observationA 48-year-old woman, who tested positive for swine flu on Saturday, died on Monday.An alert has been sounded at the health centre of Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) where Malti Devi, a resident of Chheherta locality, …
Amritsar: At a time when the rest of Punjab is fighting floods, the Majha region is facing a prolonged dry spell, causing concerns about the health of the paddy crop. Though the electricity supply has been comparatively satisfactory, farmers are still depending on diesel engines to pump out underground water …
Yudhvir Rana | TNN Amritsar: Had the government acted on a Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) report released in 1995, confirming presence of uranium and other heavy metals beyond permissible limits in water samples collected from Bathinda, preventive measures could have been put in place. This is what a GNDU …
Quality is the key Deepak Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, Moser Baer The national solar mission gets Deepak Puri excited. It widens avenues for his multi-technology company Moser Baer. But he has a word of caution. The government should verify the antecedents of the companies it selects. Else it could …
Amritsar: Poultry farmers in Amritsar have taken to emu farming to exploit the multiple returns offered by these birds, in terms of their meat, oil, skin, feathers and even their colourful eggs are in huge demand for ornamental purposes. With the poultry industry being caught in the imbroglio of avian …
DC directs PPCB to investigate matter Awakening to the grave issue of dumping of highly toxic industrial ash in the rural belt as highlighted in The Tribune columns, Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu today held meeting with Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) authorities and directed to investigate the problem. It …
Muradpura (Amritsar), April 28 The city industrial units have apparently found a new place for dumping their highly toxic petroleum ash, if the huge heaps of the waste in this village are any indication. The toxic ash is being dumped alongside the roads in the rural belt in a clandestine …
Despite many policy measures taken by the central and state governments, the indebtedness of farmers, especially marginal and small cultivators, keeps increasing. Some recent studies on agrarian distress show the significant role of healthcare expenditure in increasing indebtedness. This article presents the result of a study conducted in selected villages …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) have decided to jointly study the presence of high levels of uranium in ground water in the state, reported the cause of abnormally high incidence of cancer. The study would begin within three months. BS Bajwa, Professor of …
Despite many policy measures taken by the central and state governments, the indebtedness of farmers, especially marginal and small cultivators, keeps increasing. Some recent studies on agrarian distress show the significant role of healthcare expenditure in increasing indebtedness. This article presents the result of a study conducted in selected villages …
Amritsar: Amid drizzle, farmers of the region, under the tutelage of the Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC), held a protest in front of the Canal Office here today. They were protesting against the government for imposing irrigation fee and its inability in providing irrigation water from canals to their cultivable land …
After the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, it is now the turn of Golden Temple, Durgiana Mandir, Jallianwala Bagh and India-Pakistan Wagah Border in Amritsar to go green. Officials from the Punjab Energy Development Agency on Wednesday discussed the installation of solar and other renewable energy sources at …
New Delhi: With the last spell of fog on January 27 and 28, this month is now officially the foggiest since the 1960s, having clocked a total of 172 hours of below 200 m visibility. The good news is that the Met department does not foresee too many dense fog …
If scientists of the Punjab Agricultural Department are to go by then the cause for the alarming deterioration rate of sheesham (Dalbergia sisso) and kikar (Acacia nilotica) trees and other agricultural crops across the state has been discovered. According to scientists, it is a kind of pest, which is responsible …
Beetal is the only recognised goat breed in Punjab. Due to indiscriminate slaughter, breeding and movement to other states, this breed was on the verge of extinction from its home tract. The population of Beetal goat in Punjab had declined drastically to less than 10,000. A limited number of breed …
This nondescript village tucked in a corner of the border district of Amritsar got the country’s first commercial 2 MW solar power plant on Tuesday. The plant was inaugurated by Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah. Set up by American company Azure Power in IPP mode, it …
