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Farmers’ Bharat Bandh call leaves commuters stranded as buses stay off roads in Punjab

Members of the trade union and Saunkat Kisan Morcha during a protest in Bathinda on Friday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)

Updated on Feb 17, 2024 07:54 am IST

Bhagwant Mann inaugurates emergency facility at Rajindra Hospital in Patiala

The CM said efforts are being made to further strengthen the infrastructure in the hospital which caters to the people of Malwa and bordering areas of Rajasthan. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2023 10:03 pm IST

Educational institutions won’t face any dearth of funds: Bhagwant Mann

Mann said that the state government is constantly striving to raise the standard of education by providing maximum support to educational institutions. (HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 29, 2023 09:28 pm IST

Tardy lifting: Grain markets brimming in Malwa region

A grain market in Bathinda on Wednesday. (Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:47 am IST

A glimpse into history through a Chandigarh teen’s rare coin collection

Aviral Aggarwal with his collection of ancient coins at Sector 16 in Chandigarh. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2023 03:52 am IST

BJP regains lost bastion in Gwalior-Chambal belt in MP bypolls

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP state president VD Sharma celebrate the party's victory in Madhya Pradesh Assembly by-elections, at BJP State headquarters in Bhopal.

india news

Updated on Feb 22, 2021 02:23 pm IST

Thin attendance as government schools reopen in Punjab’s Malwa amid Covid-19 pandemic

Students attending a class at Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Bathinda on Monday, seven months since the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Published on Oct 19, 2020 06:30 am IST

Roundabout: Portrait of a village in Punjab before the sundown of Partition

Author Ranjit Powar.

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Updated on Oct 10, 2020 09:26 pm IST

For first time since outbreak, no Covid death at Govt Rajindra Hospital in Patiala in over 24 hours

People queuing up to undergo the Covid-19 test in Patiala. Government Rajindra Hospital has seen a decline in the number of Covid-19 patients over the past few days.

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Published on Oct 08, 2020 03:31 pm IST

As Punjab farmers extend rail roko till Sept 29, railways to decide on trains this evening

Members of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee holding a protest on a rail track at Devi Dass Pura village, 20km from Amritsar.

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Published on Sept 26, 2020 06:30 am IST

From rail blockade to shutdown, Punjab’s farmers intensify agitation to mount pressure on Centre

Farmers agitating in Amritsar against the passage of the agriculture ordinances.

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Published on Sept 18, 2020 06:30 am IST

Bathinda cleanest city in state for 3rd year in a row; slips nationally

Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal’s assembly constituency of Bathinda saw a sharp fall of 48 points this time as compared to last year. The city was at 31st position in 2019.

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Updated on Aug 20, 2020 10:52 pm IST

After Covid-19, yellow rust attack adds to Punjab farmers’ woes

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Updated on Mar 23, 2020 03:02 pm IST

After bumper season, Punjab targets increasing land under cotton cultivation by 25%

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Updated on Mar 08, 2020 11:11 pm IST

Have you ever eaten a halwa made of meat? Kunal Vijayakar did, and loved it

The Royal Malwa Thali served at a pop-up at Flea Bazaar Café was a feast of deliciously different kababs, curries, daals and parathas.

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Updated on Feb 14, 2020 10:09 pm IST

CCI makes direct payment of ₹430 cr in four months to cotton growers

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Updated on Jan 30, 2020 10:53 pm IST

NATIONAL FARMERS’ DAY: Malwa women show the way

Women are also actively adopting organic farming.

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Published on Dec 22, 2019 11:34 pm IST

3 rail projects in limbo, rlys blame Punjab govt for not providing land

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Updated on Dec 08, 2019 12:28 am IST

State sees season’s highest farm fires in a day, AQI stays ‘poor’

Farmer burning paddy stubble on Sangrur Road in Patiala on Wednesday.

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Published on Oct 30, 2019 11:14 pm IST

In Fazilka, groundwater contamination worsens, farmers at receiving end

Sudhir Kumar, a former sarpanch of Sureshwala Sainiyan village in Fazilka, shows untreated sewage flowing in a drain.

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Published on Aug 05, 2019 02:38 pm IST

Water crisis Villagers find their own way to manage water

Residents of two villages in tribals dominated Alirajpur district in Malwa region are dependent on a well on the riverbed near their villages. The river goes dry during the summer season.

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Published on Jun 14, 2019 10:04 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Not a cakewalk for 3 sitting MPs in Punjab’s Malwa, all eyes on Bathinda seat

SAD candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is seeking to get re-elected for the third time in a row from the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat, is facing a tough challenge from Amarinder Singh Raja Warring of Congress.

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Updated on May 19, 2019 10:02 am IST

In poll season, officials fail to act against farmers burning stubble in Punjab

A farmer burns stubble in his field on the outskirts of Sangrur district, Punjab, Wednesday, May 08, 2019.

chandigarh news

Updated on May 10, 2019 11:55 am IST

After Ram Rahim’s imprisonment, Dera Sacha Sauda now ‘untouchable’ for political parties in Punjab

Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda at a recently-held congregation in Patiala.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 08:06 am IST

To wipe out taboos in Malwa, young activists choose to marry inter-caste

The district welfare officer Sangrur, said the department has received 29 applications in the past two years, for financial assistance from couples who have married inter-caste, as the government gives Rs 30,000 assistance to such couples.

india news

Updated on Apr 14, 2019 12:07 pm IST

Madhya Pradesh Election 2018: Religion isn’t the opium in Malwa’s distressed poppy belt

This file photo taken on April 11, 2017 shows Afghan farmers harvesting opium sap from a poppy field in the Gereshk district of Helmand.

madhya pradesh assembly election 2018

Updated on Nov 19, 2018 06:16 pm IST

BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ in Madhya Pradesh ends abruptly without meeting target

Though there was no official announcement from the BJP, one of the organisers of the yatra said it was terminated because just one was month left for November 28 polls and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was leading the yatra, was finding it difficult to find time for important meetings to decide candidates, manifesto and strategy.

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Published on Oct 26, 2018 11:24 pm IST