Bathinda

Congress sweeps Punjab civic polls, boost for Amarinder

10:16 pm February 17, 2021

Chandigarh: The ruling Congress won six municipal corporations and emerged as the largest party in the seventh, sweeping the urban body polls in Punjab on Wednesday. The party won Bathinda, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Batala and Pathankot corporations in the civic polls on February 7, held against the backdrop of the farmers’ agitation over the new […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

3 pharma parks to be set up in Punjab

11:44 pm February 16, 2021

Chandigarh: The Punjab government will set up three pharma parks in the state soon, proposals for two of them have already been submitted to the Centre, said the state’s Industries Minister Sunder Sham Arora on Tuesday. A bulk drug pharma park in an area of 1,300 acres, involving project cost of about Rs 1,800 crore, has been proposed at Bathinda under a scheme […]

More and more farmers heading towards Delhi borders from Punjab

11:14 pm January 30, 2021

Chandigarh : After briefly appearing to be fizzling out following the Republic Day violence in Delhi, the farmers’ stir against the agri laws on Saturday seemed to be reviving with more and more of farmers groups heading to the national capital from various parts of Punjab. Various farmer leaders on Saturday claimed that with more and […]

Severe cold cold conditions in parts of west UP

Cold conditions persist in Punjab, Haryana

2:22 pm January 15, 2021

Chandigarh: There was no let-up in cold weather conditions in Punjab and Haryana on Friday with Bathinda being the coldest place at 3.8 degrees Celsius, an official of the Meteorological Department here said. A thick blanket of fog enveloped several places in the two states in the morning, reducing visibility and causing inconvenience to commuters. […]

Minimum temperatures hover above normal levels in Punjab, Haryana

8:52 pm January 7, 2021

Chandigarh: Cold weather conditions continued in Punjab and Haryana even as the minimum temperatures stayed above normal levels in both the states on Thursday. Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, recorded its low at 12 degrees Celsius, seven degrees above normal, an official of the India Meteorological Department said here. In Punjab, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Patiala recorded their respective minimums at 9, 12 and 13.5 degrees Celsius, up to seven degrees […]