Chandigarh, May 31
Punjab government today raised the state advisory price (SAP) of sugarcane by Rs 40 per quintal for the crushing season of 2013-14.
Punjab has now fixed new SAP per quintal at Rs 290 for...
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Amritsar, May 29
1.5 lakh students in rural areas would be provided with Aakash tablets from this session at a cost of Rs 110 crore, Punjab Government said yesterday. The Government is fully committed to...
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Chandigarh, May 27
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday gave nod to the Rs 1,870-crore development plan for sub-mountain areas in the State. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over by Badal,...
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Chandigarh, May 26
Under fire for alleged irregularities in the purchase of books for government school libraries, Punjab Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka today said he was ready for an independent agency pr...
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Chandigarh, May 25
The ongoing heat wave conditions in most parts of Punjab and Haryana today continued unabated, claiming at least eight lives and forcing people in the region to confine themselves indoors.
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May 23, 2013
Some two decades ago, my mother was living on the sixth floor of a building facing the sea in Mumbai. Whether it was pouring cats and dogs or the sun was streaming into the house, she strictly fol...
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Chandigarh, May 21
There was no let up in the intense heat wave sweeping Punjab and Haryana, with maximum temperatures in the region today expected to settle between 42-45 degrees Celsius.A severe heat wave c...
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Chandigarh, May 15
Punjab government has decided to provide Rs 1 lakh subsidy on installation of 500 solar irrigation pump sets in the state during 2013-14 fiscal and a special fund of Rs 5 crore has been earmarked...
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Chandigarh, June 2
With wheat arrivals negligible in grain markets, wheat rates in the spot market have risen sharply in the past 10-15 days to Rs 1,550 per quintal in Punjab and Haryana due to expectations of low p...
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Chandigarh, May 29
Consumers in Punjab, Chandigarh and few places in Himachal Pradesh will have to pay more for milk as state-owned MilkFed is likely to hike retail prices by Rs 1-2 per litre next month, amid rising...
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Chandigarh, May 27
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday gave nod to expansion plan of state-owned Milkfed entailing setting up of four mega milk plants of Rs 250 crore each in the state....
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Chandigarh, May 27
The intense heat wave in northern region is leading to burning of cotton plants in several areas of Punjab, causing concern among farmers.
“There have been reports of cotton plants gettin...
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Chandigarh, May 26
To prevent exploitation of ground water, Punjab government has approved a policy stipulating guidelines for the release of electric connections for agricultural pump sets in the state for 2013-14.
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Chandigarh, April 23
In order to strengthen security at various prisons in Punjab, state government today decided to maintain computerised records of visitors.
Directives in this regard have been sent to jail...
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Chandigarh, May 21
Punjab on Tuesday gave approval to repair 11,000 km of link roads with an estimated cost of Rs 1,700 crore. A decision to this effect was taken here in a meeting chaired by Chief Ministe...
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Chandigarh, May 20
Wheat production in Punjab and Haryana will be lower as the crop was hit at the fag end of maturity stage due to inclement weather conditions, a top official of the Karnal based Directorate of Whe...
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Mumbai, May 5
The Subway restaurant chain has opened its 350th restaurant in India at Jalandhar. Subway opened its first outlet in Delhi in December 2001. The chain’s plans for India are in line with...
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