Muktsar : Farmers of waterlogged villages in Muktsar district are in a spot as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a ban on burning crop stubble, but they don’t have any alternative. They claim that due to moist land it was impossible for them to plough the fields to remove stubble and sow the […]
Chandigarh : The Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) Commission, set up to probe cases of sacrilege, today made scathing observations after SGPC president Kirpal Singh Badungar didn’t appear before it. SGPC chief Kirpal Singh Badungar failed to appear before the Congress government-appointed commission on Monday. The SGPC has already rejected the panel, claiming that it is […]
Patiala : Already alarmed at stubble fires (508 in the past 10 days) in the state severely damaging air quality, the Supreme Court ban on the sale of crackers in the NCR is likely to see wholesalers dumping their stock in Punjab, where cracker rates have already plummeted by more than 20 per cent. “Our […]
Chandigarh : A day after a train driver was killed at an unmanned crossing in Jalalabad, the Railways today virtually placed the Punjab Government in the dock, claiming its proposals to prevent such incidents had not received a response from the DCs concerned. This prompted the Punjab and Haryana High Court to ask Punjab Advocate General […]
Sangrur : A confrontation between farmers and district administration seems imminent as around 150 villages in the district have passed resolutions to burn paddy stubble despite repeated warnings by the authorities concerned. The number of violators is rising every day. “We have names and details of around 150 villages, which have passed resolutions to burn […]