Farmer

The focal theme of the 5-day ISC is on bridging the gap between urban and rural India and improving the quality of farmers’ life through science and technology. Read on to know more... read more

The canteens are named after former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but the government failed to launch it on his birthday on December 25 read more

A 2001 law protects farmers’ interests. But the seeds bill neutralises many of the enabling measures granted in it read more

The protesters raised slogans against the state government and burnt the effigies of chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Singla and education secretary Krishan Kumar read more

The aid will cover farmers whose crops were affected between the October 15 and November 20 period. read more

A spokesperson of Fatehabad administration said a zero-tolerance policy is being adopted towards stubble burning and action is being taken on records provided by the Haryana Space Application Centre read more

Shinde had gone missing from his residence in Pimpaloli village, located nearby the forest area, on November 13. read more

Jeella Kanakaiah (45) of Lambadipalli village entered the office of Chigurumamidi tehsildar at around 10.30 am, demanding that he be allowed to meet the officials to settle the dispute over a piece of land. read more

The cop said that a group of village children who were out to collect fodder first spotted Singh’s body, which was hanging from a tree. read more

This year 206 cases were reported across the district, of which 190 were verified but administration has filed only 19 FIRs so far read more

Two farmers from Kot Bakhtu village said police registered FIRs against them even as they didn’t burn stubble and instead ploughed the crop residue in the fields. read more

Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is a cause of air pollution in Delhi and governments of both states are taking several steps to check the practice. read more

As per district agriculture department, around 15 farmers of Sangrur have adopted organic farming over 50 acres land in the district with different crops such as wheat, paddy, sugarcane and vegetables. The sowing season of wheat has begun in the sta... read more

Thori added teams had been visiting all nine sub-divisions of Sangrur and those still continuing to burn stubble were being booked. read more

Wheat has so far been sown on around 30% area expected to be under cultivation in Bathinda and Mansa districts, and 50% area in Muktsar district. read more