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 first global vaccine for the prevention of dengue, the outbreak-prone fatal viral disease, is in the final stages of development. Currently in Phase III clinical trials in humans, French company Sanofi Pasteur’s tetravalent vaccine is being tested for efficacy across several countries including India where trials are in progress …
Notwithstanding the awareness drive for celebrating Divali in an eco-friendly manner, the air pollution level recorded on the occasion witnessed an increase as compared to the previous year. Though the noise pollution level has fallen, the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) says the concentration of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) …
Prem Kumar Nirania, 32, is an advocate in Abohar’s local courts. In March, he saw a newspaper advertisement on a training camp at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ferozepur, and decided to join. He started beekeeping immediately after the training camp ended. Today Nirania has about 70 bee colonies and has also …
Fazilka and Moga emerged at top in providing maximum number of jobs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) while Ludhiana followed closely by completing the target in mid-September. “From April 1 to September 18, we got 57,384 job cards made, out of which, 10,034 workers were provided …
The decision of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to bring in mandatory certification of steel and steel products has left small and medium business outfits engaged in steel re-rolling and induction furnaces in Punjab under stress. The guideline was implemented from September 12 and all units have to conform …
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 …
Ludhiana continues to be the city with highest urban population, Mohali at second spot Chandigarh: Dubbed as the most backward area in the state at one point of time, Malwa has emerged at the most urbanised belt in Punjab, as shown in the updated figures of the Census 2011 that …
Chandigarh: Oil and Natural Gas Commission’s former engineer I.S. Kalsi was today asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to submit his report on uranium content in Malwa waters. The directions came after Kalsi claimed before the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar …
It has never happened before in the erstwhile princely state of Faridkot. Its thousand-odd jamun trees that would be laden with the fruit every summer have borne none this year. The traditional fruit of Punjab has been severely hit this due to the vagaries of the weather — long winter …
Chandigarh: The largest industrial solar plant of the country today became operational in Ludhiana. It will perform twin functions of generating solar power and disposing of large quantity of waste water by evaporating it. Revenue and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Bikram Singh Majithia said one lakh litres of effluent water would …
Bumper crop of vegetables, herbs despite insufficient rain Ludhiana/Samrala: Farming in our country is monsoon-driven, but there's no reason why it should be pesticide-driven. Taking an initiative in this direction, a number of farmers in Ludhiana district have taken to organic farming in a big way. Jasbir Singh is one …
That mother’s milk is best for newborns holds true not only for human beings, but also for animals. A newborn cow or buffalo calf needs mother’s milk for at least three months, but it has been by and large seen that newborn calves are not paid adequate attention at dairy …
The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, on Tuesday approved the Rs 10,300-crore Ludhiana Metro project which will be completed in five years. A detailed presentation on the project was made by the Local Government Department and Punjab Infrastructure Development Board in a meeting here, an official release said. …
After celebrating a record wheat production, Punjab is lagging behind in paddy cultivation. According to the Department of Agriculture, the deficit is 33 per cent as of now — almost two lakh hectares less than last year. With a delayed monsoon staring at them, coupled with the fact that the …
Impact: The prices of sand and gravel will come down. Chandigarh:The Punjab Government has finally got approval from the Environment Impact Assessment Committee allowing mining in 25 quarries with an area of over 5 hectares.The state can now allow mining operations on over 10,800 acres of land. It is learnt …
Ludhiana: Members of the Ludhiana Builders’ Association have complained to the government that the state’s building industry is in the grips of a very active mining mafia. Construction material like sand, bricks and crusher have suddenly experienced an artificial hike in prices since March 31, when the state failed to …
Moga: Paddy worth crores of rupees stored by state procurement agencies is reportedly missing from Punjab’s rice mills, thanks to lack of an effective policy, lacklustre attitude of officials and political patronage enjoyed by the rice millers. The orders of Justice Paramjeet Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High court …
The fall in hydro-power generation in some northern states has affected the power scene in Punjab. As of now, Punjab has about 45 lakh units of power les than it had in the corresponding period last year. Last year, Punjab had got 45 lakh units from Nathpa-Jhakri, which has now …
Out of 10 families in a street, 8 hit by the disease. The high concentration of cancer cases was earlier reported in villages of Talwandi Sabo block of Bathinda district. Now, city's Nai Basti area has also reported a high number of cancer cases. In its street No. 2, out …
Ludhiana: With wheat production in Punjab reaching an all-time high, well-known agricultural scientist and Rajya Sabha MP Dr M S Swaminathan on Wednesday urged the state government to provide farmers with an additional Rs 100 per quintal over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) as was the case in Mahrashtra and …
