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Five years after getting Smart City tag, Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala awaits infra upgrade

To file reply in three days; ratio below 800 in 30 villages

Cover by Punjab cops, SGPC to continue

It all begins with the bonding between dog and handler — the centre follows a one-dog-one-handler policy — which yields to a 32-week training across several physical and psychological aspects.

Sweden, Cyprus players leave hotel, stage sit-in

Last week, a Belgian pilot died following a mid-air collision while a Polish pilot was rescued with the help of a helicopter from the high mountains yesterday

Say they won’t accept paddy with even the slightest deviation from the norms

With a surge in terror attacks and encounters in Kashmir region, intelligence agencies suspect that some of the highly trained terrorists operating in Jammu region might have shifted to Valley ahead of the winter season when the high mountain passes...

2 weeks ago, samples to Arunachal Pradesh found to be of poor quality

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute’s Consortium for Research on Agroecosystem Monitoring and Modelling from Space starts tracking farm fires from September 15

The Centre has tweaked its scheme for giving subsidised wheat seeds to small and marginal farmers of Punjab. Earlier, subsidised seeds were given to farmers for a maximum of five acres. Now, these 68 per cent small and marginal farmers...

Chinese military ‘drags feet’ over finalising routes, distance

Anand Malligavad aims to restore water retention and ecosystem of once vibrant water body

Residents of 10 villages located near Jhabua Reserve Forest Area here are worried as a two-and-half-year-old tiger that strayed into the area from the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Alwar, over two months ago is yet to be rescued. Villagers claim pugmarks...

Farmer unions in the state have told growers that they should burn stubble. This is because the small and marginal farmers, who constitute 68% of agriculturists, can neither afford to buy the crop residue management (CRM) machines, nor can they...

Residents living around burning fields worst hit

Indian boxer Sumit from Panipat has won a bronze medal at the U-19 World Boxing Championship held in Colorado, USA. Sumit defeated boxers from Germany and the USA. The championship, being held from October 25 to November 5, saw fierce...

The winter is not too far away, but the temperature continues to rise in the hill state. Solan and Dharamsala have logged their highest-ever maximum temperature for the month of November. Solan recorded 29°C on Sunday, surpassing 28.7°C recorded on...

While DC Preeti Yadav has assured to conduct a probe, Divisional Forest Officer Vidhya Sagri has said field verification had been ordered to look into the allegations levelled by environmentalists

Investigators also seize total of 89 firearms, which included 45 handguns, 21 Ar-15-style rifles, and submachine guns

The Animal Husbandry Department has imposed a ban on the movement of equine animals, including horses, donkeys, and mules, from Hisar district after a mule in Sultanpur village was confirmed to be infected with glanders. Dr Subhash Chandra Jangra, Deputy...

With limited window left for sowing wheat, farmers finding it difficult to manage stubble

Phantom, a male Belgian Malinois, was killed this afternoon during the Army search operation in Akhnoor, when ultras opened fire on him. The assault dog joins Kent, Axel and Zoom in canine heaven today — all four animals, trained by...

With the Nayab Singh Saini government trying to put its best foot forward after its historic hat trick in Haryana, the all-important Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) is set for a revamp with crucial new appointments in the offing. After V...

As farmers grapple with the costs of machines for managing stubble, despite government subsidies and fewer number of machines, some farmers are finding a profitable solution to the challenge. Two brothers from Ramba village in Karnal — Gurpreet Singh (45)...