The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the state is down by 5 per cent, according to a survey by the National AIDS Control organization (NACO).

Tightening a noose around those violating norms, a team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board raided the premises of a Mukerian-based sugar mill and found the unit allegedly discharging contaminate

In a setback to the statewide door-to-door cancer awareness and symptom-based early detection campaign, which begins from December 1, over 900 ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) workers of th

The Punjab Government has banned the retail sale of bottled correction fluid used on printed pages and nail paint remover besides bottled thinners to check their abuse as intoxicants by children.

The Punjab Government has formulated a policy to preserve, protect, strengthen and improve livestock by extending training facilities to farmers in piggery and production of improved exotic breed o

Punjab will bring in a new housing policy by the middle of next month to attract more investments for its real estate sector, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here on Thursday.

With 62 persons out of 10,0000 suffering a stroke, Ludhiana has the highest incidence of stroke in the country, said Dr Jairaj Pandian, principal investigator of a research project "Ludhiana Popula

The Punjab Government is likely to roll out the State’s first agriculture policy by mid-December, aimed to make the farming profession economically viable by suggesting measures to raise farmers’ d

The New and Renewable Energy Policy-2012 approved by the Punjab Cabinet today will attract an estimated investment of Rs 18,000 crore, besides providing direct and indirect employment to more than

“Any need, any time” commission agents claim the Government cannot do without them, Food Corporation of India or not

Even before anyone from the visiting Press team could open the floor for conversation, a battery of arhtiyas (commission agents) at the main mandi here started off: “ Hamara challenge hai . Sarkar direct procurement karke dekh lein . Ho hi nahi sakta . [We challenge the Government to try and make direct procurement. It is not possible].”They were referring to the changes the Government expects once multinationals like WalMart, Carrefour and others enter the Indian retail market and go for direct sourcing from the farms.