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Court frames murder charges against mastermind Mehron

Bathinda, Aug. 11 -- Four months after hardliner Amritpal Singh Mehron was deported from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for allegedly killing Ludhiana-based digital content creator Kanchan Kumari, pop... Read More


After cotton crunch, Bathinda farmers go nuts!

Bathinda, Aug. 10 -- Having suffered repeated losses from failed cotton crops over the past four years, a group of farmers in two agriculture blocks of Bathinda are now pinning their hopes on groundnu... Read More


Warring offers to contestagainst Mann in state polls

BATHINDA, Aug. 6 -- Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday said he was willing to contest against chief minister Bhagwant Mann in the next assembl... Read More


Slogan-shouting mars Cong's Bathinda event

Bathinda, Aug. 4 -- The factional feud in the Punjab Congress marred the party's key grassroots outreach event for the third straight day on Monday as supporters of Jalandhar MP and former chief minis... Read More


Exports come to a standstill as heatwave discolours Punjab's litchi boom

BATHINDA, Aug. 3 -- A combination of extreme weather abnormalities and rising summer temperatures over the last four-five years has pushed Punjab's booming litchi industry into an economic crisis. Des... Read More


Balkaur flays Warring for 'singling out Moose Wala' over poll defeat

Bathinda, Aug. 3 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring drew sharp criticism from the family and fans of late Punjabi singer-turned-politician Shubhdeep Singh, popularly known as Si... Read More


Push to promote soybean cultivation gains ground

BATHINDA, July 27 -- Field demonstrations of soybean farming as a kharif crop diversification in Punjab have started showing its cultivation feasibility for saving water. Punjab Agricultural Universit... Read More


AIIMS set to roll out cadaveric transplants

Bathinda, July 26 -- A year after becoming the first government hospital in Punjab to perform a live renal transplant, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, is now set to roll... Read More


HPCL's Bathinda plant for managing crop residue inching closer to completion

Bathinda, July 19 -- After a two-year delay, the Bathinda-based Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) bio-refinery-a first-of-its-kind project in India to tackle paddy stubble burning in Punj... Read More


Shrimp farmers crack 2-harvests-a-yr formula

Bathinda, July 13 -- A group of enterprising fish farmers in Punjab have extended the state's shrimp farming calendar by successfully harvesting two shrimp crops a year, unlocking fresh income opportu... Read More