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SC appoints ex-judge to mediate KG basin gas dispute

New Delh, Oct. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Friday appointed its former judge, justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, to mediate the high-stakes Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin gas migration dispute between the Cen... Read More


India's extreme poverty drops to 2.6%: World Bank

New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- The government remains committed to build on its efforts to eradicate poverty, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, commenting on the World Bank's latest rep... Read More


Manisha becomes India's first woman to win gold at Worlds

New delhi, Oct. 31 -- Barely had the referee's whistle signalled the start of the women's 59kg final in Astana when Abigail Elizabeth Nette of the US seized Manisha Bhanwala's left leg in a swift atta... Read More


Copter crashes soon after Badrinath takeoff, 6 dead

Dehradun, Oct. 31 -- Six people, including five friends from Bengaluru returning from Badrinath, were killed after a helicopter crashed near Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday after... Read More


AAP to release first list of candidates today: Mann

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will release its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab on Saturday. Announcing this, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said... Read More


Centre grants X-category cover to kin of two Punjabdrug activists

Sangrur, Oct. 31 -- : The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has assigned X-category security cover to the families of two anti-drug victims in Punjab, following an assessment of heightened security... Read More


Punjab profits from paddy stubble

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- Punjab's long-standing stubble-burning crisis is undergoing a shift as industrial bio-energy demand transforms paddy straw into a profitable commercial commodity. Driven by comp... Read More


HPCL'S Rs.1,400-cr ethanol plant set for trials in Bathinda

Bathinda, Oct. 31 -- An advanced Rs.1,400-crore second-generation (2G) bioethanol plant set up by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Bathinda is entering its final trial phase, marking ... Read More


Progressive farmers monetise straw in Sangrur and Patiala

Patiala, Oct. 31 -- As Punjab battles the persistent hazard of stubble burning during the paddy harvest, a growing number of farmers is demonstrating that crop residue is a commercial asset rather tha... Read More


Amritsar grower builds Rs.6-crore residue trade

Amritsar, Oct. 31 -- Four years ago, Amarjit Singh cultivated just 13 acres in Jagdev Kalan near Amritsar. Today, the matriculate farmer operates a multi-district crop residue trading network generati... Read More