Chandigarh, June 25 -- Foodgrain storage godowns in Punjab are currently choked to the brim with 150 lakh tonnes of rice remaining from the previous three seasons. Also, 54 lakh tonnes of paddy tempor... Read More
Chandigarh, June 23 -- Contrary to the announcement made by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Nayab Singh Saini on January 27 to hold periodic meetings between officials ... Read More
Chandigarh, June 20 -- Despite an ambitious target of bringing five lakh acres under direct seeded rice (DSR) cultivation during the current kharif season, Punjab has so far recorded only about 2.7 la... Read More
Chandigarh, June 19 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an objectionable video allegedly linked to chief ... Read More
Chandigarh, June 12 -- The large-scale expansion of hybrid paddy cultivation across Punjab has triggered concerns among rice millers and agricultural scientists, who warn that the state could face a c... Read More
Chandigarh, June 10 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) on Tuesday advised its partner states to increase water withdrawal from the Bhakra and Pong reservoirs to help regulate water levels and ... Read More
Chandigarh, June 9 -- Amid a shortage of urea due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia with the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, farmers on Monday organised protests across Punjab whil... Read More
Chandigarh, June 9 -- Amid a shortage of urea due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia with the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, farmers on Monday organised protests across Punjab whil... Read More
Chandigarh, June 2 -- The phased transplantation of paddy for the current kharif season began in Punjab on Monday, with the government dividing the state into three zones. The state government has imp... Read More
Chandigarh, May 29 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has commissioned an emergency study after detecting that the main wall of the Bhakra dam on the Sutlej river along the Punjab-Himachal Pra... Read More