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High-yield hopes bring cheer to Malwa cotton farmers

Bathinda, Oct. 2 -- Experts and farmers are elated over the average yield of 1.5 quintals per acre in the first picking of cotton bolls. Cotton is generally harvested in three phases from a plant, an... Read More


Burglary accused escapes from high-security Bathinda jail

Bathinda, Sept. 30 -- A 28-year-old man accused of burglary escaped from the high-security Bathinda Central Jail on Sunday. The accused, Tilak Raj, alias Kaku, was found missing during the Sunday eve... Read More


Punjab: Paddy yet to arrive in south Malwa mandis

Bathinda, Sept. 24 -- A week after the procurement of non-basmati varieties commenced, most of the districts from the southern Punjab are yet to see its arrival in the mandis. Information gathered fr... Read More


Bathinda twin blasts: Bomb disposal teams struggle with explosive residue cleanup

Bathinda, Sept. 15 -- Four days after twin blasts rocked a house at Bathinda's Jeeda village, leaving a father-son duo severely injured, the bomb disposal squad is facing an uphill task in removing re... Read More


Bathinda blasts result of mishandling explosives by radicalised man: Police

Bathinda, Sept. 13 -- The two blasts, which took place in a farmer's house in Bathinda's Jeeda village on Wednesday, were the result of the farmer's 19-year-old "radicalised" son mishandling come chem... Read More


Small hive beetle's attack stings Punjab's beekeeping sector

Bathinda, Sept. 8 -- The small hive beetle, an invasive honey bee predator species native to sub-Saharan Africa, has been detected in several parts of the state in the last two weeks, ringing alarm be... Read More


Punjab's shrimp farmers caught in the US tariff hike net

Bathinda, Aug. 30 -- With the harvest season round the corner, shrimp farmers in Punjab, already struggling to make the crop economically viable, now find themselves in troubled waters after the US go... Read More


In southwest districts, inundation threatens kinnow, cotton crops

Bathinda, Aug. 27 -- The rains sweeping through the semi-arid southwestern districts of the state have emerged as a significant threat to the region's crucial cotton and kinnow crops, officials and fa... Read More


Wife, friend helped Faridkot bank cashier steal rRs.r15 cr: Police probe

Bathinda, Aug. 21 -- The cashier arrested last month for stealing crores from bank accounts of unsuspecting customers at State Bank of India's (SBI) branch in Sadiq, Faridkot, was assisted by his wife... Read More


Talwandi Sabo: Four arrested for assaulting Zimbabwean student

Bathinda, Aug. 15 -- Punjab Police arrested four persons for the brutal attack on a Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda district on Wednesday evening. The 22-year-old BSc ... Read More