2 weeks ago, samples to Arunachal Pradesh found to be of poor quality
2 weeks ago, samples to Arunachal Pradesh found to be of poor quality
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute’s Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modelling from Space starts tracking farm fires from September 15
The Centre has tweaked its scheme for giving subsidised wheat seeds to small and marginal farmers of Punjab. Earlier, subsidised seeds were given to farmers for a maximum of five acres. Now, these 68 per cent small and marginal farmers...
Chinese military ‘drags feet’ over finalising routes, distance
Anand Malligavad aims to restore water retention and ecosystem of once vibrant water body
Residents of 10 villages located near Jhabua Reserve Forest Area here are worried as a two-and-half-year-old tiger that strayed into the area from the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Alwar, over two months ago is yet to be rescued. Villagers claim pugmarks...
Farmer unions in the state have told growers that they should burn stubble. This is because the small and marginal farmers, who constitute 68% of agriculturists, can neither afford to buy the crop residue management (CRM) machines, nor can they...
Residents living around burning fields worst hit
Indian boxer Sumit from Panipat has won a bronze medal at the U-19 World Boxing Championship held in Colorado, USA. Sumit defeated boxers from Germany and the USA. The championship, being held from October 25 to November 5, saw fierce...
The winter is not too far away, but the temperature continues to rise in the hill state. Solan and Dharamsala have logged their highest-ever maximum temperature for the month of November. Solan recorded 29°C on Sunday, surpassing 28.7°C recorded on...
While DC Preeti Yadav has assured to conduct a probe, Divisional Forest Officer Vidhya Sagri has said field verification had been ordered to look into the allegations levelled by environmentalists
Investigators also seize total of 89 firearms, which included 45 handguns, 21 Ar-15-style rifles, and submachine guns
The Animal Husbandry Department has imposed a ban on the movement of equine animals, including horses, donkeys, and mules, from Hisar district after a mule in Sultanpur village was confirmed to be infected with glanders. Dr Subhash Chandra Jangra, Deputy...
With limited window left for sowing wheat, farmers finding it difficult to manage stubble
Phantom, a male Belgian Malinois, was killed this afternoon during the Army search operation in Akhnoor, when ultras opened fire on him. The assault dog joins Kent, Axel and Zoom in canine heaven today — all four animals, trained by...
With the Nayab Singh Saini government trying to put its best foot forward after its historic hat trick in Haryana, the all-important Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) is set for a revamp with crucial new appointments in the offing. After V...
As farmers grapple with the costs of machines for managing stubble, despite government subsidies and fewer number of machines, some farmers are finding a profitable solution to the challenge. Two brothers from Ramba village in Karnal — Gurpreet Singh (45)...
A majority of Canadians feel that too many immigrants are entering the country, according to a study by the Environics Institute. It further said public support for immigration to Canada was decreasing. Many refugees fake Over the past year, an...
Apple growers face price volatility amidst universal carton debate
Punjabis’ dream for a home in their favourite overseas destination, Canada, has been jolted with the 20 per cent cut by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in the number of Permanent Residents’ (PR) applications to be accepted in...
Jewish cuisine, community presence draw them to this tiny HP hamlet
Removal from ‘wanted list’ by Ottawa raises questions
Capital subsidies, stamp duty exemption, SGST rebate among incentives
Seven people, including a doctor, were killed in a major attack by militants in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday evening. The militants attacked a construction workers’ camp of a private infrastructure company, which was carrying out the work on...
Sitting on a charpoy and tirelessly waiting for the procurement of their produce for more than a week at Ropar mandi, Jaspal Singh of Manpur village, Balbir Singh Gill of Jhallian Kalan and Bhag Singh of Thauna share how some...
In Karnal, he ordered registration of an FIR for irregularities at the bus stand
GANDERBAL Employees of infra project attacked in Valley for first time
2,000 sign agreements with govt to mill paddy
When Lawrence Bishnoi’s parents, living in Abohar’s Dutranwali village in the backwaters of Punjab, sent him to Chandigarh for studies in 2007, they envisaged a promising future for the teenager, taking up law perhaps. Lawrence traded the halls of academia...
He was reportedly an assistant commandant in the CRPF before joining the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on deputation