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Beas fury: 44k-acre farmland inundated

Kapurthala, Aug. 28 -- With the water level in Pong Dam hovering three feet above its danger mark, the flood situation in the low-lying mand areas of Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur district is likely to wo... Read More


Hopes dashed after breach in Aahli Kalan embankment, say villagers

Sultanpur Lodhi, Aug. 28 -- With over 35,000 acres of agricultural land submerged amid the grim flood situation, farmers in Kapurthala's Sultanpur Lodhi have said that their last hope has been dashed ... Read More


Beas floods 30k acres of fields in Kapurthala

Jalandhar, Aug. 27 -- The swollen Beas river on Tuesday inundated low-lying areas in the mand area of Kapurthala district with 15-20 feet of water accumulating in the paddy fields. The mand area, whic... Read More


Beas in spate, 30,000 acres of fields flooded in Punjab's Kapurthala

India, Aug. 26 -- The swollen Beas river on Tuesday inundated low-lying areas in the mand area of Kapurthala district with 15-20 feet of water accumulating in the paddy fields. The mand area, which i... Read More


Water flow in Beas peaks, Mand area remains flooded

Kapurthala, Aug. 24 -- The water flow in the Beas reached a season-high of 1.3 lakh cusecs on Saturday, causing a rise in water levels in low-lying areas of Sultanpur Lodhi's Mand region in Kapurthala... Read More


Govt will compensate every loss caused by floods, says CM Mann

Kapurthala, Aug. 23 -- With Beas river still in torrential spate, surging at 1.12 lakh cusecs of water, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann carried out an aerial survey of the flood-pounded areas in K... Read More


Mand area farmers on edge

Kapurthala, Aug. 22 -- The flooding in the mand (low-lying) area in Sultanpur Lodhi has revived grim memories of 2019 and 2023 for the villagers, when the swollen Beas caused similar devastation, subm... Read More


ED raids Phagwara sugar mill, 7 other sites in Punjab, Chandigarh

Jalandhar, Aug. 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at eight locations in Punjab and Chandigarh in connection with a money laundering investigation worth Rs.95 crore against Phagwara-b... Read More


ED carries out raids in Punjab, Chandigarh in sugar mill money laundering case

India, Aug. 20 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at eight locations in Punjab and Chandigarh in connection with money laundering investigation worth Rs.95 crore against Phagwara ba... Read More


No respite from swollen Beas in Mand area

Kapurthala, Aug. 18 -- The low-lying areas situated in the Mand area of Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur districts remained submerged in water due to swollen Beas on the sixth consecutive day, triggering fea... Read More