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CCI to start cotton procurement at MSP from Oct 1 at 14 centres

BATHINDA, Oct. 1 -- The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), a central agency, will start purchasing the produce on minimum support price (MSP) at 14 locations in five districts of the semi-arid region ... Read More


AIIMS Bathinda expansion: Centre gives in-principle nod for 300-bed trauma centre

BATHINDA, Sept. 29 -- The Union health and family welfare ministry has accorded an in-principle approval to construct a 300-bed trauma centre at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ba... Read More


Influencer's murder case sent to Bathinda sessions court for trial

BATHINDA, Sept. 26 -- Six days after rejecting the bail application of two vigilantes in the murder case of social media influencer Kanchan Kumari, 30, popularly known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, in Bathind... Read More


Bathinda twin blasts: Court extends 'radicalised' accused's remand by 5 days

BATHINDA, Sept. 26 -- A Bathinda district court on Thursday extended the police remand of Gurpreet Singh, a 'radicalised' law student charged with assembling explosives unlawfully at his house in Jeed... Read More


Army experts begin sanitising Bathinda twin blast site

BATHINDA, Sept. 20 -- A team of ballistic and forensic experts from the Indian Army, on Friday, started the operation to sanitise the blast site at a house in Jeeda village near Bathinda, where a radi... Read More


Punjab: NIA begins probe into Bathinda twin blasts involving 'radicalised' law student

BATHINDA, Sept. 17 -- After the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has initiated investigations into the twin high-intensity blasts at Bathinda's Jeeda village in which ... Read More


Turning mud into gold: Lotus farming blossoms, boosts farmers' income in Ferozepur

BATHINDA, Sept. 15 -- Farmers in the border villages of Ferozepur district are setting a new precedent in crop diversification by turning to lotus cultivation, increasing their income by nearly Rs.2 l... Read More


Floodwaters submerge horticulture belt: Surge in saline water threatens orchards in state's kinnow hub

BATHINDA, Sept. 10 -- A sharp rise in the subsurface saline water table, triggered by heavy rains, is wreaking havoc on Punjab's horticulture belt in Abohar of Fazilka district. Experts warn that the ... Read More


Fear of fall in acreage stings farmers in Punjab's chilli cultivation hub

BATHINDA, Sept. 9 -- Flash floods, which have inundated large tracts of agricultural lands in Ferozepur, are likely to hurt Punjab's hub of chilli cultivation in the border district. Farmers, who had... Read More


Punjab: Cotton in trouble: Relentless rains drown hopes of good harvest, 20k acres impacted

BATHINDA, Sept. 7 -- As the first picking of cotton commenced in parts of Punjab, the ongoing rainy season, unfriendly to the key kharif crop, has left the farmers worried about economic losses. Acco... Read More