Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- As freshly harvested paddy crops arrive in Punjab mandis, the state food and civil supplies department is set to open 1,872 mandis for procurement of the kharif crop from Tuesd... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- In a major setback to Punjab's premium aromatic basmati grain farmers, floods triggered by the release of excess water from the three dams - Bhakra, Beas, and Ranjit Sagar Dam-... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- Battling its worst floods in four decades that have claimed 53 lives and destroyed crops in 1.91 lakh hectares, Punjab is now faced with a deluge of relief material. With the o... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 10 -- The Punjab government's decision to advance the paddy procurement season by two weeks - from the original date of October 1 to September 16 - has hit a serious hurdle, as flood... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- Preponing paddy procurement from September 16 and granting prosecution sanction against Bikram Singh Majithia were among the few decisions taken by the Punjab council of ministe... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 6 -- Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) chairman Manoj Tripathi on Friday said that the floods in Punjab were inevitable because dams received "unprecedented water" during the monso... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 6 -- Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) chairman Manoj Tripathi on Friday said that the floods in Punjab were inevitable because dams received "unprecedented water" during the monso... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 4 -- Owing to incessant rainfall in the catchment of the river Sutlej, the water level in the Bhakra Dam reservoir, Gobind Sagar Lake, on Wednesday rose to 1,678.45 feet, just 1.5 fe... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 3 -- The water level at Bhakra Dam rose by nearly three feet within 24 hours, prompting authorities to issue alerts in downstream districts along the Sutlej river, including Ropar, N... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 2 -- Basmati growers in five flood-battered border districts of the state are staring at heavy losses as experts fear nearly 100% damage to the inundated crop. Of the 6.81 lakh hecta... Read More