More than 80 students of Government Primary School, Chundipur, 12 km from here, were taken ill due to food poisoning and were rushed to a trauma centre.

Karnal: Alarmed at diminishing minerals contents and nutrients in the soil, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has launched a customised fertilisers manufacturing project with focus on crop, soil and size of land holding in different localised areas.

Farm scientists and experts from SAARC countries today expressed concern over the gradual loss of soil fertility in the Indo-Gangetic plain during the past four decades and described it as a grave threat to the sustainability of agricultural crops in the region.

Israel has pledged support to a project for growing olive at Sirsa ( Haryana). Technology transfer and funds to the tune of Rs 15 crore have been offered to two projects, one at Sirsa and the other at Karnal, for growing fruits and vegetables more economically, said Ambassador of Israel to India, Mark Sofer, here on Tuesday.

The spectre of drought looms large over eight Haryana districts facing acute water shortage.

There was shortfall of about 7,000 cusecs of water per day as the supply from the Sutlej and Yamuna canal water schemes has dropped to 50 per cent.

With the monsoon nowhere in sight in the northern region and people suffering due to the prolonged dry spell, parched fields of paddy are a common sight in Haryana.

The local Municipal Council will engage workers on contract for two months for opening choked drains and removing garbage.

This was decided at a meeting of the council here today. The civic body also decided to give garbage collection work on contract and renew the contract for the fire brigade service.

In a major initiative, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) has decided to adopt French genetics and technology to improve the breed of non-descriptive cows through cross breeding for higher milk production.

Chandigarh: Farmers from 110 villages of Samalkha and Gannaur participated in the Dairy Kisan Mela organised by Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust at the Old Grain Market, Gannaur, on Monday.

Chandigarh: The Election Commission of India has issued guidelines for implementation and processing of various projects schemes, rural development programmes by the Central and the state governments. Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Sajjan Singh said all directions regarding the mode of conduct will be issued by the Commission.