Punjab recorded 637 and 740 farm fires on Saturday and Sunday (ANI) Chandigarh: Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning. The Punjab Police said it has registered 1,084 FIRs against erring farmers and imposed penalties […]
Punjab on Thursday reported 1,271 farm fires (File) Chandigarh: Punjab reported more than 1,200 stubble burning incidents on Thursday, while air quality indices turned ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ in neighbouring Haryana. The fresh crop residue burning cases indicated that there was no let up in such cases despite the Punjab Police sounding a red alert […]
Punjab Thursday reported 639 stubble burning incidents (File) Chandigarh: Punjab Thursday saw a sharp drop in the number of stubble burning incidents as it recorded 639 farm fires while police and civil administration launched a crackdown against erring farmers to prevent crop residue burning. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had issued directions to ensure stopping […]
According to official data, incidents of farm fires have reduced this year New Delhi: Farmers in Punjab and Haryana are burning stubble at night to evade detection by satellite and local officials working overtime to contain farm fires that have poisoned the air in Delhi NCR, it is learnt. According to official data, incidents of […]
Most number of farm fires was reported from Sangrur (Representational) Chandigarh: Punjab reported over 1,500 stubble-burning incidents today while many parts of Haryana saw air quality indices in the ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ categories. The total number of farm fires increased to 20,978 with 1,515 such cases being reported today, according to the Ludhiana-based Punjab […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released manifesto in Rajnandgaon (File) Raipur: The Congress on Sunday released its manifesto for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, promising caste census, loan waiver to farmers, Rs 3,200 for per quintal for paddy procurement and subsidised cooking gas cylinders to women under a new scheme. The ruling party in Chhattisgarh unveiled […]
A NASA scientist told NDTV farm fires may increase in the next two weeks (File) New Delhi: Winter is approaching, so is bad air quality in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). Crop-residue or stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana is likely to add to the city’s worsening air quality index, or AQI. […]
Two rounds of bullets were shot to kill the lioness An endangered lioness was shot dead by hunters in South Korea on Monday, just an hour after it escaped a privately owned farm in North Gyeongsang Province, CNN reported. The incident came to light on Monday morning when the owner of the farm found the […]
Tomato prices: Tomatoes are being sold between Rs 100 and Rs 200 across the country. Aurangabad: Heavy demand and skyrocketing prices of tomatoes have prompted a farmer from Maharashtra to install a CCTV camera on his farm to keep an eye on his plantation of the kitchen staple. The red berries are being sold between […]
The ethnic violence between Kukis and Meiteis in Manipur started on May 3 (File) Imphal/New Delhi: The Manipur government sent an eviction notice to a village chief in May 2022 to remove encroachments from state land in Bishnupur district’s Torbung village – the same site where hill-majority Kukis on Thursday planned a mass burial of […]
