Following directions from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in respect of growing cancer incidence on account of indiscriminate use of pesticides in Punjab, the state government has banne

The Rs.21,500 crore Guru Gobind Singh Refinery near Bathinda town - the largest investment in Punjab since independence - will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh April 28, Pun

Ludhiana Even as lakhs of trees are being chopped for various development works, a recent report of Forest Survey of India (FSI) has presented a pleasant surprise for Punjab. As per the report, the agrarian state has registered an increase of 100 square kilometres of in 2010-11.

The figure is highest in the country. Out of the eight states that registered an increase, Jharkhand is placed second (60 sqkm). Incidentally, Haryana could increase its forest cover by only 9 sqkm, while the hill state Himachal Pradesh couldn’t even achieve 5 sqkm target, says the FSI report.

Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has decided to cover all villages in the State under the World Bank scheme to provide fresh drinking water during the next two years.

The much awaited heart transplant programme at the region’s tertiary care institute, PGIMER, has moved a step closer to reality with the head of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (CTVS) departmen

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today asked the Irrigation Department to moot a proposal for amending the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act to check the growing malpractice of water theft in

Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Sunil Jhakhar has welcomed the Punjab Government’s decision to lower the BT cottonseed prices.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has said there was an acute shortage of medical professionals in government medical colleges.

It is time the government stopped treating environment as a soft subject. The health of the people and future growth of the state depend on it.

In order to decide the dispute pertaining to the catchment area of Sukhna Lake, the Chandigarh Administration has sought the original copy of the map of catchment area defined and revalidated by th