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 …
The proposal to set up 1,320-MW thermal power plant at Hajipur near Mukerian has run into rough weather as local MP and Union Minister of State for Health Santosh Chaudhary has written to the Union Power Ministry against the state government's "anti-farmer move". Farmers of as many as 28 villages …
To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up to March 2013. However, giving a cold shoulder to the demand for a fresh survey from …
An earthquake shook Una district and border areas of Kangra district this afternoon. The quake that lasted for a few seconds brought people out of their houses. The epicentre of the quake was on the border of the state in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab that is just 30 km from …
Modifying its previous notification issued in 1990, the Punjab government has decided to de-list 783.33 hectare of forest land in Hoshiarpur district for agricultural purposes. The notification regarding de-listing of the land, spread over 11 villages of Talwara block of the district, has been issued, an official spokesperson said today. …
Poachers fish in the Beas, the Sutlej and other water bodies in the region while the authorities stand as mute spectators. Poaching is rampant in Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiapur, Kapurthala, Nawanshar and Jalandhar districts even though the government has imposed a complete ban on fishing from June 15 to August 15. …
Thermal plant at Mukerian set to become a reality The proposed 1320 MW Mukerian thermal plant to be taken up for commissioning by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is set to become a reality with the Union Coal ministry allocating a 229 million tonne coal block in West Bengal …
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed e-auction of minor mineral quarries in 19 districts of Punjab. Division bench comprising Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice G S Sandhawalia passed the orders on a petition filed by Chandigarh resident Brinder Singh Dhillon. The petitioner had alleged that the state …
Finally, a diversification policy is in place with maize and cotton to be targeted as focus crops to help reduce the area under paddy cultivation. Simultaneously, the government has decided to withdraw the 3 per cent infrastructure tax on basmati to give a boost to basmati exports besides amending the …
With the successful re-auction of 13 sand quarries in four districts, the state government raked in a record Rs 14.90 crore today. The auction has ensured that mining contractors owing allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal wrest control of the mining operations in the state. Sources said there was little …
Sand rates may not fall much as state removes cap on selling price The Punjab Government has removed the cap on the price at which sand and aggregate (sand and gravel) can be sold by the sand mining contractors to the general public. As the government gears up for e-auction …
Four persons died due to extreme cold in North India where temperatures plummeted and fog disrupted normal life. In Delhi, the maximum temperature was recorded at 18.3°C, two less than normal and the minimum temperature was 7.8°C. One person succumbed to severe cold wave conditions in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. …
After digging deep into the mining activity in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today gave the go-ahead to the auction of mines in five districts — Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ropar, Mohali and Nawanshahr — but not before passing strictures on the government. Visibly annoyed, the Bench admonished the government …
Mohali district now has the distinction of being selected for implementing the Central Government’s Green India Mission project. Three other districts in Punjab - Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur - will also be covered under the project. Under the project, lantana camara (scientific name), a noxious weed, will be removed from …
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today directed the forest authorities to promote bamboo farming in kandi areas of the state. Badal initiated a pilot project for the development of kandi areas at Ramgarh Sikri village of Hoshiarpur district today. He directed different departments to implement schemes like construction of 28 …
Combined installed capacity 3920 MW; generation to begin from April next year Punjab’s dream of becoming self-sufficient in power would become a reality, when three major thermal plants in the private sector, with a combined installed capacity of 3920 MW, start operating and begin generation from April 2013. This was …
Talwara (Hoshiarpur): Up in arms against the governments of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh for allegedly sheltering the mining mafia active in the area, hundreds of villagers today held a protest at Dasoli village on the interstate border. The residents have been protesting against the illegal activity in their area for …
Witnessing a stagnation in agriculture, Punjab has decided to focus on the dairy industry. Having formulated a modernisation plan for its milk plants, the state has already started describing its efforts as the Second White Revolution. The government’s efforts are being helped by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural …
As suggested by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the state government has started an exercise to find a viable alternative for paddy in the state. A meeting of senior officials of the Agriculture Department will be held here on August 22 to chalk out a strategy to gradually move away …
Hoshiarpur: Charan Kaur (85) of Chack Mehra village died of gastroenteritis at a private hospital in Dasuya last evening. Dr Avtar Singh, Civil Surgeon, Hoshiarpur, said at a medical camp at Chack Mehra village, 110 patients were detected with symptoms of mild gastroenteritis and 31 referred to the Civil Hospital, …
Chandigarh: Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, today announced a contingency plan for farmers grappling with a drought-like situation in the state. A senior PAU official said the rainfall deficit. in Punjab varied between 22 per cent and 93 per cent. The worst hit were Ferozepur and Moga districts with a recorded …
