JALANDHAR: Reaching her six ties, Charanjit Kaur had last seen her 37-year-old son Baljinder Dhesi 20 year

DERA BASSI: After remaining away following the Lok Sabha elections, former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday canvassed for Congress' Banur candidate Deepinder Singh Dhillon along with his MP wife Preneet Kaur and several MLAs.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal too crisscrossed the constituency, ahead of the campaign schedule of ...

JALANDHAR: PepsiCo India on Wednesday put on display a paddy feld in Jallowal village of .Jalandhar, grown by the direct-seeding method, an innovative technique designed to save about 30 per cent of water (900 kl per acre). PepsiCo general manager (agriculture) Dr Susheel Sankhyan said it would help farmers reduce ...

SANGRUR: Let down by his own, 65-year-old Jagdish Kumar on Wednesday committed suicide by setting himself ablaze after an attempt was made to dispossess him of his house at Islamia locality of Malerkotia. He took the extreme step when some miscreants of the locality dismantled the wall of his house ...

PATIALA: Punjab unit chief of the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat (RSS) Rulda Singh was shot at in his house by three unidentified miscreants on Tuesday night.The 60-year-old was rushed to Rajindra Hospital and shifted to PGI in Chandigarh as his condition deteriorated. Son Rajinder Singh said he had still not gained ...

ANANDPUR SAHIB: Increased volume of water in the Sutlej and Swan coupled with heavy rain in the region has caused flood situation in many villages of the Anandpur Sahib area.The fields at villages Laudipur, Burj, Gajpur, Hariwal, Ballowal, Mehndali Kalan, Chandpur Beta and Nikkuwal are under flood water since Tuesday ...

MUKTSAR: Though recommended by the Agriculture Department and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, paddy-transplanting machines have failed to impress farmers in this area.Many progressive farmers who bought the machines at high cost say the crop planted by these machines wilted with in days in most fields. This year, 38 farmers in ...

FEROZEPUR: The water level in the Bhakra, Ranjit Sagar and Pong reservoirs rose quickly on Wednesday to scare the people of Zira and Makhu in district 'Ferozepur who had survived a terrifying flood last year.More water entered Harike Headworks to add to their fear after heavy rain in Punjab and ...

CHANDIGARH: The railway authorities are studying the viability of introducing a train to Amritsar from Chandigarh via Morinda and Sirhind in order to restrict the journey to about 4 hours and adjust increased passenger traffic to the holy city. The proposal envisions engine reversal at Sirhind."A trial run is likely ...

SANGRUR: People from Dirba on Wednesday blocked traffic on the Sangrur-Delhi highway to highlight their plight because of a choked drainage system after heavy downpour.Chemists

HOSHIARPUR: Fresh showers on Wednesday morning mounted more worries on the people of Hoshiarpur who were trying to get rid of the water which had entered their fields and houses during the downpour on Tuesday.The accumulation of rain water in fields destroyed standing crop in at least 85 acres in ...

PHAGWARA: Breaches in the Chitti Bein brought the low-lying areas of villages Nasirabad, Malikpur, Sahni, Rampur Khalian, Babeli and Panchhat under five feet of floodwater after heavy rain on Wednesday in the Phagwara subdivision.The flood-hit areas are in the jurisdiction of the Hoshiarpur Drainage Department.Phagwara sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Amarjit Paul ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday observed that the issue of khap panchayats was a social problem and could be tackled by public opinion and education of people.Taking up the PIL of Lawyers for Human Rights International, seeking action against khap panchayats and declaring them illegal, the ...