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Rain, hail delay harvest, farmers stare at losses

Bathinda/Sangrur/Jalandhar/Ludhiana, April 9 -- With the harvest festival of Baisakhi just five days away, unseasonal rain, hailstorms and high-velocity winds have flattened the standing wheat crop, d... Read More


West Asia conflict chokes fertiliser supply, farming sector on the edge

Ludhiana, April 9 -- Even as tensions between Iran and the US in the Middle East have eased temporarily with a two-week pause in hostilities, agriculture experts have raised concerns over India's heav... Read More


Centre hikes fertiliser subsidy for kharif season to keep costs down

New Delhi, April 9 -- The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday cleared Rs.41,534 crore towards nutrient-based fertiliser subsidy for the summer-sowing season, raising it ... Read More


State govt seeks Centre's help as rains hit wheat on 35L hectares

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other rabi crops b... Read More


Pargat calls govt's sacrilege law move 'misleading'

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantt Pargat Singh has raised concerns over the Punjab government's intent to deliver justice in sacrilege cases, terming its proposed legislative mo... Read More


State to extend young entrepreneurs programme for students of class 9, 10

Chandigarh, April 9 -- The Punjab government, which introduced entrepreneurship as a graded subject for classes 11 and 12 students, is now expanding the programme to classes 9 and 10 in government sch... Read More


Will distribute wheat, fodder to affected farmers: Sukhbir

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday directed party's halqa incharges and district presidents to help distressed farmers whose standing wheat cro... Read More


HC extends stay on 'stilt + 4 floor policy' of Haryana

Chandigarh, April 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday extended stay on a 2024 Haryana government notification that allowed the construction of stilt + 4 floors in the state's urban are... Read More


26-year-old financier gunned down by 3 assailants in Jhajjar

Rohtak, April 9 -- A 26-year-old financier was allegedly shot dead by three assailants at his office in Jhajjar's Dighal village on Wednesday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Sahil al... Read More


Satlok Ashram head Rampal to be out on bail after 11 years

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Hisar-based Satlok Ashram head and self-styled godman, Rampal, will be out on bail after a period of 11 years. He has been in prison since November 2014 in connection with the m... Read More