Chandigarh, May 15 -- As many as 529 fresh cases of wheat stubble burning were recorded in Punjab on Wednesday, taking the total number of such incidents in the current rabi harvest season to 8,357. O... Read More
Chandigarh, May 14 -- A week after former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who is Congress candidate from Jalandhar, dubbed the May 4 Poonch terror attack on Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy that l... Read More
Chandigarh, May 13 -- Spring maize, sown from February to June, has become a favourite of farmers in the state, forcing the agricultural experts to raise a red flag as the crop, which needs more water... Read More
Chandigarh, May 10 -- With 127.61 lakh tonnes of wheat having arrived in Punjab's mandis till Thursday (May), the figures have already surpassed last year's total procurement of 125.87 lakh tonnes. L... Read More
Chandigarh, April 27 -- With nearly 11 lakh tonnes of wheat grains arriving in Punjab's mandis everyday, authorities are struggling to keep up in terms of lifting of the foodgrains. The result: Almost... Read More
Chandigarh, April 26 -- The Punjab government on Thursday assured the Centre that it is making efforts to bring down stubble burning cases to zero this year. Every year, during the paddy harvest seas... Read More
Chandigarh, April 24 -- The ongoing 'rail roko' protest by the farm bodies at Shambhu in the Patiala district of Punjab has not only impacted the food grain and fertiliser movement but has also hit th... Read More
Chandigarh, April 16 -- Fifteen days after the start of wheat procurement in the current rabi season, crop arrivals are still negligible. Monday's 57,000 tonne produce took the total arrivals in the c... Read More
Chandigarh, April 14 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced its first list of seven Lok Sabha candidates for Punjab, fielding senior leaders Daljit Singh Cheema from Gurdaspur and Prem... Read More
Chandigarh, April 9 -- Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, has proposed sowing of paddy in Punjab from June 18 to 24. The university has sent the recommendations to the state's agriculture... Read More