Chandigarh : An astounding 81.52 per cent of the free farm electricity beneficiaries in Punjab are medium and large farmers, and only 18.48 per cent are small and marginal farmers (having landholding of less than 5 acres), a study has revealed. Conducted by eminent economist RS Ghumman, professor at the Centre for Research in Rural […]
Bathinda, December 15 : Two suspected gangsters were killed and one was gravely wounded in a shootout near a government school in the district’s Gulabgarh village on Friday, police said. Police claimed the suspects — five in total — had taken a vehicle at gunpoint at Bucho Khurd. The suspects then raced to Tungwali, and police […]
HOSHIARPUR : Stating that denied justice has become hallmark of Indian justice system, the Dal Khalsa said Amar Kaur, who had been waging a legal battle to get justice for her son, son-in-law and driver for almost 24 years died without seeing justice being done. Notably, Kaur’s son Vinod Kumar, son-in-law Ashok Kumar and driver […]
Muktsar : If Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials are to be believed, not even a single farmer in Malout subdivision burnt paddy stubble this harvesting season. But ask daily commuters on the Malout-Dabwali, Malout-Abohar and Malout-Fazilka highways and they tell a different tale. The subdivision comprises the Malout Assembly segment represented by Deputy Speaker […]
Chandigarh : Less than a week before municipal corporation and council polls, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the state government to specify whether sites for dharna or protests could be earmarked in all 22 districts. The directions by the Division Bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal and Justice Amit Rawal came during […]