NDRI claims it

In a major technological breakthrough, scientists of the biotechnology centre of the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have succeeded in producing the world

Dengue has claimed a life in Karnal while 18 of the 43 suspected dengue cases sent to the laboratory have tested positive. Suman of the Chand Serai area, who was admitted to a private local hospital and referred to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, reportedly died yesterday.

Chandigarh, September 19 The Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB) has decided to set up air-conditioned agro malls for the sale of all kinds of agricultural based products, food products and other allied products at various places in the state. To be developed on the pattern of international supermarkets, two such malls have already been launched at Panchkula and Karnal.

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.

Even as the district health authorities are yet to identify the mystery disease that spread about nine days ago, the disease continues to threaten lives in this nomad-dominated village. Two more persons lost their lives while several others fell critically ill over the last two days.

One of the two boys who had been referred to Rohtak on Saturday, died yesterday. The deceased had been identified as 17-year-old Jugraj Singh.

The monsoon's early arrival has not only brought cheer on the faces of the farming community of this paddy-rich district but has also brought relief for agencies of the power-crunched state. Thanking the rain god, officials concerned said they were free from the tension of providing ample power to run tubewells for irrigating fields. A visit by a team of The Tribune to different parts of the district today revealed that due to timely rainfall, the state agriculture department and farmers expected a bumper crop this year.

Hooda promises to allocate Rs.10 lakh each for all the villages in the region Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday announced upgradation of Indri tehsil as a sub-division and promised to allocate Rs.10 lakh each for all the 164 villages in the region. The announcements were made at a "thanksgiving rally' in Indri, 150 km from Delhi. The rally was organised by Congress workers as a gesture of gratitude to the electorate of Indri constituency who voted for the party's candidate Bhim Sain Mehta in the Haryana Assembly by-election on May 22. A benchmark

With about 20 biomass-based power projects generating 183 MW at Sirsa, Panipat, Karnal, Hisar, Fatehabad, Bhiwani, Nilokheri, Jagadhari, Khanesar and Dabwali, the people of Haryana can be assured of lesser power cuts. As the projects are being set up at the sites of the load centres, the power supply is expected to increase in these blocks, with transmission losses going down in a big way. Confirming this, officials of Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) said since the state is purchasing massive power from other states, it has to bear huge transmission losses.

Scientists in India claim that they will soon clone the buffalo