Punjab General News
Punjab clears land allotment for horticulture institute
Saturday, 15/07/2017
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Chandigarh : Punjab government on Friday gave in-principle nod for allotment of about 10 acre land at village Dhaulkalan in Amritsar district to set up the Centrally-sponsored Post Graduate Institute of Excellence in Horticulture.
Govt initiates measures to boost farm income
Saturday, 15/07/2017
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Chandigarh : To boost crop diversification and motivate farmers to shift towards horticulture, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday gave the go-ahead for integrated horti-forestry models for planting clonal- eucalyptus and poplar plants along with sweet oranges.
SAD transporter’s bus crushes cyclist to death
Friday, 07/07/2017
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Faridkot : A bus of the New Deep Transport Company, owned by a senior Akali leader, crushed a cyclist to death at Pacca village today.
PSPCL slaps Rs 75,000 fine on Akali leader
Friday, 07/07/2017
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Muktsar : The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has imposed a fine of Rs 75,000 on SAD leader and former Punjab Mandi Board vice-chairman Mandeep Singh Pappi Tarmala for installing a “free power supply” tubewell at his residence at Tarmala village in Lambi Assembly segment.
‘Badal’s blue-eyed boy’ now lands in row over birth date
Tuesday, 04/07/2017
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CHANDIGARH: First, he was booked for amassing properties worth hundreds of crores, and now he finds himself on the wrong side of the law over his age.
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