Chandigarh, Nov. 12 -- With the cumulative paddy arrival crossing the 177-lakh-tonne (LT) mark on Wednesday against the central government's procurement target of 180 LT, the Punjab government has dec... Read More
Chandigarh, Nov. 6 -- With the Punjab government failing to make progress in creating additional 46 lakh tonnes of foodgrain storage capacity allotted to the state by the Union ministry of consumer af... Read More
Chandigarh, Oct. 21 -- The Punjab mining department has failed to provide information sought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing illegal mining in Hoshiarpur district. A ce... Read More
Chandigarh, Oct. 19 -- The Punjab State Grains Procurement Corporation (Pungrain), a subsidiary of the state's food and civil supplies department, has asked godown owners, who previously leased their ... Read More
Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- The Centre's categorical opposition to commuting the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has adde... Read More
Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- The super seeder has emerged as the most sought-after machine among Punjab farmers availing subsidies under the Centre-supported crop residue management (CRM) scheme, as the stat... Read More
Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Owners of foodgrain godowns in Punjab, with a combined storage capacity of 35 lakh tonnes, have asked the state food and civil supplies department to either vacate the godowns or... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has raised concerns over declining water availability in the Bhakra reservoir and advised its partner states to rationalise and graduall... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 29 -- With the Punjab government set to open 1,832 mandis for paddy procurement on October 1, the kharif season faces an immediate challenge. A massive backlog of 280 lakh tonnes of ... Read More
Chandigarh, Sept. 28 -- The Sanjha Mulazim Manch, an umbrella body of 153 unions of Punjab government employees, on Sunday, announced to hold a rally in Dhuri, the chief minister's home constituency, ... Read More