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Centre eases norms, 10% damaged grain allowed

Chandigarh, Nov. 12 -- Nearly a month after experts from the Centre took samples of damaged and discoloured paddy harvested in the current kharif marketing season, the Union ministry of food and publi... Read More


Punjab farm fires have dipped, state officials tell CAQM team

Chandigarh, Nov. 8 -- Punjab has seen a considerable drop in stubble burning cases this year, state government officials told a team of the Centre's commission for air quality management (CAQM), which... Read More


Procurement nearing end, Centre yet to ease norms: Punjab

Chandigarh, Nov. 7 -- With the kharif procurement season at its fag end, the Punjab government is awaiting a response from Union ministry of food and public distribution for relaxation of procurement ... Read More


Politics of upmanship: Punjab, Hry, Sikh bodies to hold separate events

Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- In a vivid display of religio-political one-upmanship, Sikh religious organisations and the governments of Punjab and Haryana are holding multiple religious processions (nagar ki... Read More


11-member panel to draft flood report

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab government has constituted an 11-member committee of senior IAS officers to prepare a detailed draft report for post-disaster needs assessment following the devastatin... Read More


Discoloured grain, moisture has state farmers in distress

CHANDIGARH, Oct. 31 -- For many farmers in Punjab, the recent paddy season has been marked by despair and an estimated Rs.10,000-crore in financial losses. The crisis stems from a combination of prolo... Read More


Farmers stare at Rs.10,000-cr loss as paddy yield dips 20%

Chandigarh, Oct. 29 -- With Punjab suffering from the worst floods in four decades, farmers are staring at losses of nearly Rs.10,000 crore this kharif season. The deluge destroyed crops across 2.97 l... Read More


Sarna brothers, GK to approach Takht

Chandigarh, Oct. 27 -- Three former presidents, whose memberships in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) were revoked a day earlier, announced on Sunday that they would appeal to the ... Read More


DSGMC cancels membership of Sarna brothers, Manjit Singh GK

Chandigarh, Oct. 26 -- The General House of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Saturday revoked the membership of three past presidents, including Paramjit Singh Sarna, Harvinder ... Read More


Hardeep Puri hands over Guru Gobind Singh's 'jore sahib' to DSGMC

Chandigarh, Oct. 23 -- Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday handed over the custody of the holy "Jore Sahib", the footwear of the 10th Sikh master, Guru Gobind Singh, and his wife, Mata Sahi... Read More