Aimed at optimally utilising recycled agriculture waste in the state as alternative fuel, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today constituted a committee under the Secretary, Agriculture, KS Pannu

As many as 23 new cases of dengue have been confirmed from the DMCH during the past three days. The patients belong to various parts of the district. Of them, 15 are from the city, while the rest are from the peripheral areas.

Though several projects have been started to clean the Budha Nullah, the polluted drain continues to be a health hazard.

Dengue is spreading its tentacles in Punjab. More than 500 cases of dengue have been confirmed by the state health department after the monsoon receded in mid-September.

To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up t

Several farmers of the area today sat on a dharna and blocked the traffic on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road.

Three more patients from the district, who were under treatment at the ESI Hospital, Ludhiana, tested positive for dengue today.

New Delhi : The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has banned industrial expansion in eight industrial clusters after a latest survey showed alarmingly high pollution levels.

Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board have raided 27 dyeing industries of Ludhiana in the past 3 days to check if these were complying with the pollution norms.

Punjab government is taking all necessary measures to implement biomedical waste management and handling system as 173 hospitals working under Punjab Health Systems Corporation have implemented it