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Centre grants X-category cover to kin of two Punjabdrug activists

Sangrur, Oct. 31 -- : The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has assigned X-category security cover to the families of two anti-drug victims in Punjab, following an assessment of heightened security... Read More


Punjab profits from paddy stubble

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- Punjab's long-standing stubble-burning crisis is undergoing a shift as industrial bio-energy demand transforms paddy straw into a profitable commercial commodity. Driven by comp... Read More


HPCL'S Rs.1,400-cr ethanol plant set for trials in Bathinda

Bathinda, Oct. 31 -- An advanced Rs.1,400-crore second-generation (2G) bioethanol plant set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Bathinda is entering its final trial phase, marking ... Read More


Progressive farmers monetise straw in Sangrur and Patiala

Patiala, Oct. 31 -- As Punjab battles the persistent hazard of stubble burning during the paddy harvest, a growing number of farmers is demonstrating that crop residue is a commercial asset rather tha... Read More


Amritsar grower builds Rs.6-crore residue trade

Amritsar, Oct. 31 -- Four years ago, Amarjit Singh cultivated just 13 acres in Jagdev Kalan near Amritsar. Today, the matriculate farmer operates a multi-district crop residue trading network generati... Read More


Jalandhar farmer makes hay out of paddy stubble

Jalandhar, Oct. 31 -- What began four years ago on his own family holding in Charhake village has grown into a large-scale rural enterprise. Farmer-turned-entrepreneur Gurpreet Singh Atwal, 43, now ma... Read More


ASI caught under influence of drugs in Mansa, booked

BATHINDA, Oct. 31 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Punjab Police deployed on law-and-order duty in Mansa allegedly tested positive for drugs after being found in a disoriented condition in B... Read More


AAP to release 1st list of candidates today, says Mann

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will release its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab on Saturday. Announcing this, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said... Read More


Put up billboards on moon if you want but first fulfil statutory duties: HC to Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- The high court on Friday pulled up the Punjab government for failing to get appeals listed against the August 3 dearness allowance (DA) release order and asserted that while it ... Read More


Arora holds trade talks with delegation from UK

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- Punjab industries and commerce minister Aman Arora on Friday pitched the state as a potential manufacturing and export base for British businesses, highlighting investment oppor... Read More