Haryana tests Hansi Bhutana canal with Ghaggar waters from Urlana minor

Haryana Irrigation department has tested Hansi Bhutana canal after flowing water in it. Sources said Wednesday that the Haryana Government however didn’t puncture the Narwana branch of Bakhra main canal but put water from the Urlana Minor of Ghaggar river.  The Supreme Court of India has already given stay to puncture Narwana branch of Bakhra [...]

A voluntary forum dedicates Lohri festival to girl child in Punjab

Ahead of the traditional Lohri festival that is usually celebrated in mid-January, the Kalpana Chawla Pragtisheel Society, a voluntary organisation in Punjab, resolved to dedicate this occasion to a girl child at Tarn Taran town in Punjab.  Many people from Tarn Taran and its neighbourhood hailed this festival as evident from the parents of 101 [...]

Punjab’s Badal village produces shooting stars for Indian sports

Punjab, which has produced many national and international sportspersons, holds a big pool of talent in its rural areas. With proper training it could be harnessed to represent the country.
Badal Village in the southwest Punjab is a one such place, which has one of the best and ultra-modern sports infrastructure. Its shooting range today acts [...]

MoT to promote Village Khurali in Punjab as Rural Tourism destination

Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni will lay the foundation stone of the Display Hall-cum-Tourist Facilitation Centre at Village Khurali, Tehsil Garhshankar, District Hoshiarpur in Punjab . According to a PIB release the project will promote Village Khurali, where saint, Guru Ravidass visited and lived for a few years, as a Rural Tourism destination. [...]

Atwal distributed grants of RS ten lacs to rural schools in Punjab

 Deputy lok sabha speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal celeberated first day of the new year by distributing grants of Rs ten lacs to 14 rural schools of Phagwara sub division on Thursday evening. Read more at http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/14644/38/

Erratic power supply, frost-like conditions worry Punjab farmers

Erratic power supply and frost-like weather conditions are giving sleepless nights to farmers. While the wheat crop is awaiting its first irrigation, power cuts are making it difficult for the farmers to pre-empt damage due to frost.  Manmeet Singh, a farmer from Amritsar, said, “We are heading towards colder days, and during this time, light [...]

PSEB schools’ union condemns proposed education policy

The Association of PSEB Affiliated Schools today condemned the new education policy, being implemented by the Punjab School Education Board for class X.  Rajinder Sharma, president of the the association, said, “According to this policy, every student will have to pass seven subjects in the annual examination. However in the previous education policy the passing [...]

Punjab government seeks special grant from world bank to eradicate water logging in cotton belt

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday announced that the state government had posed an ambitious action plan to the world bank to seek special grant to eradicate the problem of water logging effectively in the districts of Ferozepur, Muktsar, Faridkot and Bathinda.  Read more at http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/14614/38/