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 […]
Amritsar : Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday announced the name of Ravinder Singh Brahmpura as the party candidate for Khadoor Sahib Assembly constituency bypoll to be held on February 13. Badal officially announced the name of Brahmpura for the bypoll after paying obeisance at the Golden Temple here. Ravinder Singh Brahmpura is […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said only the Congress could be considered as an opposition for the SAD- BJP combine in the 2017 assembly elections as people would reject AAP for its failure to provide any relief to people of Delhi . Talking to media persons after flagging off the […]
CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought personal intervention of the Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to make expeditious and earnest efforts to rescue and bring back Punjabi youth who have been reportedly drowned near Panama. In a letter to Swaraj, the Chief Minister apprised her about the media reports […]
Kapurthala : The Kapurthala police today arrested unauthorised travel agents Harbhajan Singh Sucha of Bhatnura Lubhana village and Kulwinder Singh Multani of Bhogpur following reports that at least 21 Punjabi youths travelling in a boat headed for the US from Panama had drowned. The two agents were booked under the Immigration Act yesterday. Arpit Shukla, […]