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Punjab: Rain, hailstorm delay wheat harvest, farmers fear crop loss

India, April 9 -- Bathinda/Sangrur/Jalandhar/Ludhiana With the harvest festival of Baisakhi just five days away, unseasonal rain, hailstorms and high-velocity winds have flattened the standing wheat ... Read More


Cong rule pushed HP back by 35 yrs: Chugh

Dharamshala/ Shimla, April 8 -- BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, while addressing the state executive committee meeting in Himachal's Mandi on Tuesday, launched a sharp attack on the Congre... Read More


Wheat on 1.25L acres damaged due to rain, hail: Minister Khudian

Chandigarh, April 8 -- Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Tuesday said wheat crop over more than 1.25 lakh acres had been damaged in seven districts of the state due to recent rainfa... Read More


Hry sectt, Ferozepur court, Amritsar schools get email bomb threat

Chandigarh/Ferozepur/ Amritsar/ Sangrur/Barnala, April 7 -- Panic swept through Chandigarh and parts of Punjab on Monday morning after the Punjab and Haryana secretariat, Ferozepur district court and ... Read More


Rain, hailstorm lash UP; 5 dead

LUCKNOW/KANPUR, April 5 -- Unseasonal rain and hailstorm across Uttar Pradesh caused widespread damage to crops in Bundelkhand and claimed three lives in Kanpur and two in Kasganj. However, the downpo... Read More


Rain and hailstorm lash UP, battercrops; 2 dead in Kasganj, 1 in Knp

LUCKNOW/KANPUR, April 5 -- Unseasonal rain and hailstorms across Uttar Pradesh caused widespread damage to crops in Bundelkhand and claimed two lives in Kasganj and one in Kanpur. However, the downpou... Read More


UP braces for unseasonal rain, hailstorm

LUCKNOW/VARANASI, April 4 -- India meteorological department (IMD) has forecast unseasonal rain, along with thunderstorms and hailstorms, in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (April 4). This is due to the com... Read More


Mann: Chadha 'compromised'; MP says being 'silenced' by party

Chandigarh/New Delhi, April 4 -- A day after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) removed Raghav Chadha as its deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday termed him "compromi... Read More


Congress may back amendments to bill

New Delhi, April 4 -- The Congress indicated on Friday that it might back amendments to the women's reservation bill even as it said holding a sitting of Parliament before the end of the current assem... Read More


34 IPS among 82 officers shifted in major police rejig in J&K

Jammu/Srinagar, April 3 -- In a major reshuffle in police, the J&K Lieutenant Governor on Thursday ordered the transfer and postings of at-least 82 officers with new leadership for CID and Crime. Acco... Read More