Ferozepur, January 6: Scores of stringent measures undertaken by the local administration to check illegal mining of sand have failed to produce desired results as the process continues unabated i

Illegal sand mining in Amritsar and its surrounding areas continues unabated, thanks to a shortage of staff in the Industries Department and the alleged indifferent attitude of the Police Department.

The illegal activity has resulted in environmental degradation. It is also proving a security threat as mining is being done near the Indo-Pak border from where the Ravi flows. The Rajasansi police yesterday intercepted a truck and a trolley laden with sand coming from the Ajnala side. Though the police impounded the vehicles, the accused managed to escape.

In what seems to be a "low-cost high-impact" project of the Punjab Government, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department has allocated Rs 6.56 crore to over 12,885 villages in the state t

Half (49.9 per cent) of the houses in Punjab are good condition living quarters, revealed the data of the Census Directorate which was released today.

Of the 499 water samples collected by the District Health and Family Welfare Department from January 2012 till November 30 in Patiala district, 212 have been found to be non-potable while the resul

More than 6,000 persons in the district are in the grip of AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).

In a door-to-door survey under the cancer-detection campaign started by the Health Department, 490 confirmed cases of cancer have come forward in the district so far.

With the final draft of the Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) likely to be released within a month, the cost of power generation from the upcoming thermal plants in the Punjab will go up.

As many as 74 samples, of the 524 samples of various food items collected, failed to clear the safety test on account of substandard or misbranded food items.

The Vidhan Sabha today unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to help the state in promoting diversification and demanded a technology mission with an allocation of Rs 5,000 crore for G