Urapar (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar), January 22-Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today said that certain shortcomings in New Crop Insurance Scheme launched by the Government of India (GoI) needs to be overcome so as to make it a more ‘farmer friendly policy’. Interacting with the media persons here on the sidelines of Sangat […]
CHANDIGARH : Dense fog affected several areas in Punjab and Haryana on Friday as cold wave conditions continued in both the states, a weather official said here. Road and railway traffic was affected due to dense fog early Friday. At least 14 trains were running late, railway officials said.Motorists had to face difficulty on highways […]
AMRITSAR : The heavy sleuth of the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) today dashed here at city based residence of suspected superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh located in the walled city of Amritsar.On being asked the Police Commissioner Amritsar Mr. Jatinder Singh Aulakh, simply said that today NIA team demanded police force to assist them in […]
Kaheru (Sangrur) : As I prepare myself to enter 65-year-old Gulzar Singh’s house, the bits of information I already have about the family only heighten the disquiet. On May 13 last year, Gulzar Singh and Surinder Kaur’s 32-year-old son Jaswinder Singh, a bachelor, committed suicide. Six years earlier, elder son Kulwinder Singh, 33, died — […]
Muktsar : The rapid growth of weeds in wheat fields has become a cause for concern for farmers these days. With herbicides reportedly proving ineffective, farmers are once again questioning the quality of these chemicals. Recently, farmers couldn’t prevent whitefly from devouring the cotton crop because the insecticides sprayed were spurious. A visit to the fields […]