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72% decline in farm fires amid delayed paddy harvest

Patiala, Oct. 22 -- Punjab has recorded a 72% decline in paddy stubble fire incidents as compared to last year's count during the same period. On Tuesday, the state reported 62 new farm fire cases, ta... Read More


Jathedar bats for reopening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor

Amritsar, Oct. 22 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, in his Bandi Chhor Divas address on Tuesday, advocated normalisation of ties between India and Pakistan, stating that reopen... Read More


As Punjab awaits relaxation in norms, farmers forced to sell crops below MSP

Chandigarh, Oct. 22 -- As the Punjab food and civil supplies department is awaiting a relaxation for discoloured paddy grain more than the permissible limits of 5% from the Centre, farmers in the stat... Read More


Post-Diwali air quality deteriorates in Punjab

Jalandhar, Oct. 22 -- The air quality in many parts of Punjab slipped to the poor category on Tuesday with Ludhiana recording the worst AQI of 282 the morning after Diwali celebrations due to the burs... Read More


Sangrur farmers allege shortage of stubble mgmt machines

Sangrur, Oct. 22 -- As the paddy harvesting season gathers pace, farmers in Sangrur have alleged an acute shortage of Crop Residue Management (CRM) machinery on the ground, forcing many to resort to s... Read More


Canadian solo paraglider found dead in kangra

Dharamshala, Oct. 22 -- A Canadian solo paraglider who crash-landed in the Dhauladhar mountain range in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh was found dead on Monday, officials said, adding that an Austrian solo ... Read More


Mother, teen daughter killed in Kamothe fire

PANVEL, Oct. 22 -- A fire ripped through a residential flat in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, early on Tuesday morning, killing a 17-year-old and her mother. Fire officials suspect that an electrical fault cou... Read More


Sweets exchanged at India-China border

India, Oct. 22 -- Indian and Chinese soldiers exchanged sweets on Diwali as a goodwill gesture along the line of actual control (LAC) that stretches from Ladakh in the north to Sikkim and Arunachal Pr... Read More


Fire in Kamothe apartment kills 17-year-old girl and her mother

PANVEL, Oct. 22 -- A fire ripped through a residential flat in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai early on Tuesday morning, killing a 17-year-old and her mother. Fire officials suspect that an electrical fault coup... Read More


26-yr-old mistaken for thief, beaten to death

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- A 26-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday night by staff members and labourers working at a housing society in Goregaon, suspecting him to be a mobile thief. The p... Read More