AS PROMISED TO FARMERS, CM MANN ANNOUCES HIKE IN SUGARCANE RATES, NOW NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY
FARMERS TO GET 391 PER QUINTAL FOR THEIR SUGAR CANE YIELD COOPERATIVE AND PRIVATE SUGAR MILLS WILL RUN ITS AFFAIRS FROM DECEMBER 2 AS PER REVISED RATES Chandigarh, December 1: Continuing to lead the country in providing maximum State Agreed Price (SAP) for the sugarcane cultivators, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann […]
Chandigarh records wettest, coldest November day ever
The city today witnessed the all-time highest 24-hour November rainfall and also the month’s coldest day ever. The long spell of rain brought down the maximum temperature from 25.5°C yesterday to 16.6°C, which is nine degrees below normal, making Thursday the coldest November day ever in the city. Prior to this, the coldest day was […]
Punjab farmers reject Rs 11 sugarcane SAP hike hours after CM Bhagwant Mann calls it a ‘shagun’
Farmers in Punjab have rejected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s announcement of Rs 11 as state agreed price (SAP) hike for sugarcane. Addressing the media, Manjit S. Rai, president, BKU (Doaba), demanded a minimum increase of Rs 20 per quintal in SAP of sugarcane to take it to Rs 400 per quintal for the 2023-24 […]
CBSE not to award any division, distinction in Class 10, 12 board exams: Official
The Central Board of Secondary Education will not award any division or distinction in class 10 and 12 board exams, a senior official said on Friday. “No overall division, distinction or aggregate of marks shall be awarded. Also, if a candidate has offered more than five subjects, the decision to determine the best five subjects […]
PUNJAB POLICE BUST DRUG SMUGGLING RACKET BEING OPERATED BY USA-BASED JASMIT LUCKY; TWO HELD WITH 6-KG HEROIN
— PUNJAB POLICE COMMITTED TO MAKING PUNJAB A DRUG-FREE STATE AS PER DIRECTIONS OF CM BHAGWANT SINGH MANN — PROBE ON TO UNEARTH WHOLE NETWORK OF DRUG SUPPLIERS, DEALERS AND THEIR BUYERS: CP GURPREET BHULLAR CHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR, November 26: In a big blow to trans-border narcotic network amidst the ongoing war against drugs waged on the […]
HORTICULTURE TO FLOURISH PROSPERITY AMONG PUNJAB FARMERS AS STATE GOVT TO PROVIDE ALL SORTS OF ASSISTANCE, ASSERTS CHETAN SINGH JAURAMAJRA
SAYS, MANN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED FOR TIMELY RESOLUTION OF ALL ISSUES RELATED TO THE MARKETING OF PRODUCE HORTICULTURE MINISTER LISTENS TO PRODUCERS’ ISSUES AT ABOHAR Chandigarh/Fazilka, November 24: Punjab Horticulture Minister S. Chetan Singh Jauramajra, on Friday, emphasized that the Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann-led government is dedicated to fostering horticulture in the state. Addressing […]
Shifa Hospital patients, staff and displaced leave the compound, Gaza health officials say
Gaza health officials say many patients, medical staff and the displaced on Saturday left Gaza’s largest hospital, which was taken over by Israeli forces earlier in the week. Palestinian officials and the Israeli military offered conflicting versions about what prompted the mass exodus from Shifa Hospital. Meantime, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building on […]
Israel strikes ambulance carrying injured near Gaza hospital, 15 killed
An Israeli air strike on an ambulance being used to evacuate the wounded from besieged northern Gaza killed 15 people and injured 60 on Friday, the Hamas-controlled enclave’s health ministry said. Israel’s military said it had identified and hit an ambulance “being used by a Hamas terrorist cell”. It said Hamas fighters were killed in […]
Pitched Israel-Hamas battles begin; Gaza death toll 9,000
New Delhi, November 2 Plumes of smoke rose from all across Gaza as the Israeli bombardment continued on Thursday with the Palestinian toll rising to over 9,000, even as the Israeli Defense Forces claimed to have broken through Hamas’s front lines of defence after five days in which it lost 17 soldiers. An IDF commander […]
The number of deaths in Gaza exceeds 8 thousand
During the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, more Israeli tanks and armed forces are being sent to the Gaza side. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a ‘second phase’ of the war. The purpose of the second phase is to eliminate the governmental and military capacity of Hamas and bring the hostages home. […]