Employees of the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam today restored the power supply to the district after the police registered a case against 18 villagers of Bilaspur, who had allegedly beaten up the S

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Agriculture Department has decided to give assistance to the farmers to lay underground pipeline systems, install sprinkler irrigation systems and construct tanks in order to adopt

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Lifting of export ban on Pusa-1121 variety of rice
Grateful: Farmers presenting a bag of paddy to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to express their gratitude for his efforts in lifting the export ban on Pusa-1121 variety of rice (which they have now named as Hooda brand) in Chandigarh on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda once again thanked the Centre on Friday for issuing a notification lifting the ban on export of Pusa-1121 variety of rice.

Chandigarh, September 4 Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (Hafed) has introduced certified organic mustard oil in 500 ml pack, for Panchkula, Chandigarh and Delhi markets.

Haryana Agriculture Minister Harmohinder Singh Chatha said initially it is available at Hafed retail outlet at Chandigarh and Hafed corporate office, Panchkula, Hafed office, Delhi and Hafed retail sale outlet,Taraori, Karnal district. Extracted out of mustard seed grown in certified organic farms in Haryana, Hafed organic mustard oil is available at a price of Rs 61 per bottle in 500 ml packs.

Moving in the direction of generating power from the renewable energy sources, Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) is encouraging private investors to set up projects in the fields of solar power, biomass, wind energy, small hydro and co-generation biomass power projects.

The agency invited proposals from private companies to harness small hydro power in three phases for generation of over 17-MW of power.

Chandigarh, September 4 President and Chief Executive Officer of the YKK Corporation, Japan,Tadahiro Yoshida today appreciated Haryana

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today made it clear that the state government would provide same kind of facilities to the surplus BPL families as the number of BPL families in the state is much higher than permitted by the Planning Commission. He said the list has been finalised and all objections would be redressed before October 15.

Talking to the media persons, Hooda said the increase in the BPL families should not be interpreted as the increase in the number of poor.

New Delhi: Illegal mining in the face of falling groundwater levels and non-implementation of environment rules is posing a huge problem for the NCR. After Gurgaon, where groundwater levels have considerably gone down, it's now Faridabad district where mining activity is gaining momentum.