In a breakthrough against rampant poaching in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab, the Forests and Wildlife Preservation Department succeeded in nabbing one of the gang of five poachers which had

The Municipal Commissioner has declared that this year the Municipal Corporation would focus on sanitation and environment of the Amritsar city which had been neglected for past many decades. He said

The stand-off between the company which has installed a common bio medical waste management plant in Saipur Industrial Area and the residents of the surrounding locality has led to the failure of the

The detection of a polio case in the last week of December 2002 has marred Punjab's chances of moving into the category of polio free states. Last Year, the Health Department was hopeful of complete

Punjab state government's much touted plan to diversify agriculture has fallen flat on its face at least for rabi season. This is evident from the fact that against the recommended area of 10 lakh

Insecticides used by farmers for treating seeds in order to protect them from termites have undoubtedly proved to be a boon to them. However, the same have turned out to be a bane for peacocks, who

PECMA Air Systems Pct. Ltd., a company which is setting up a bio-medical waste management plant in Jalandhar on Sodal-Saipur Road, has made it clear that the plant is being set up with proper

Jaundice claimed another life when a pregnant women residing in the slum dwellings dotting the Tarn Taran road, taking the death toll due the disease to 14, with seven deaths having occurring within

An upcoming bio-medical waste management plant for disposal of hazardous waste has invited the wrath of residents of neighbouring localities before it could begin operations. The plant is coming up

Two lions died at Chhatbir Zoo of what is being termed as worm infection. With this, the total number of lions to have died in the last three days at the zoo, the largest in northern India, goes up