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PAU unveils new paddy variety with high yield, low residue traits

India, May 4 -- Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed a new high-yielding non-basmati paddy variety, PR133, after seven years of research and field trials. The variety will be introduced ... Read More


PAU unveils new paddy variety with high yield, low residue traits

Bathinda, May 4 -- Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed a new high-yielding non-basmati paddy variety, PR133, after seven years of research and field trials. The variety will be introduc... Read More


Punjab Police registers first case under controversial new sacrilege Act

India, May 2 -- Police in Punjab's Muktsar district have registered the first case under the controversial new sacrilege act that came into force on April 20 after torn pages of a Sukhmani Sahib gutka... Read More


Punjab Police register first case under new anti-sacrilege Act

Bathinda, May 2 -- The Muktsar district police have registered the first case in Punjab under the Jaagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act against unidentified persons after torn pages... Read More


3 accused under probe, 1 cleared of conspiracy charges: SIT to court

BATHINDA, May 2 -- Four years after Congress leader and Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh, aka Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead, the Mansa police probe remains inconclusive on the roles of the three accuse... Read More


Bathinda to Sriganganagar railwaytrack to go electric by May-end

Bathinda, May 1 -- Rolling forward since December 2019, the work to electrify the 124-km railway track between Bathinda and Sriganganagar stations is inching towards completion. According to Northern ... Read More


Punjab Police register first case under new anti-sacrilege Act in Muktsar

India, May 1 -- The Muktsar district police have registered the first case in Punjab under the Jaagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act against unidentified persons after torn pages of... Read More


Court: Accused cops to be tried for murder, destroying evidence

Bathinda, April 21 -- The court of Bathinda additional sessions judge Mahesh Grover on Monday stated that the five Punjab Police personnel, accused in the 2024 "custodial death" case, would be tried u... Read More


New lab to bring 150 tests under one roof at Bathinda civil hospital

Bathinda, April 20 -- In two months, the Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Civil Hospital in Bathinda will house an Integrated Public Health Laboratory (IPHL), bringing nearly 150 diagnostic tests under one roo... Read More


Punjab farm unions defer rail blockade, give state govt, Centre 3-day ultimatum

India, April 17 -- Farmer unions have postponed their planned 'rail roko' protest by three days following official assurances that wheat procurement will be streamlined. Sarwan Singh Pandher of the K... Read More