Punjab

Cold wave conditions prevail in north India; minimum temperature in Delhi drops to 9.6 deg C

10:40 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: Cold wave conditions continued unabated in several parts of north India on Friday with the minimum temperature in Delhi dropping to 9.6 degrees Celsius and a MeT official predicting severe winter for Rajasthan in the coming days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that due to the prevailing of dry north or northwesterly winds over most parts of northwest India, minimum […]

Farmers agitating against new agri laws at north Delhi’s ground take out tractor march

11:58 pm January 7, 2021

New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws at north Delhi’s Sant Nirankari ground took out a tractor march in Burari amid heavy security on Thursday. The farmers at the north Delhi’s DDA ground took out the march with around 20 tractors to show solidarity with thousands of farmers who took out a similar marches from various protest sites […]

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 […]

Farmers defer Jan 6 tractor march by a day over poor weather forecast, to intensify stir

10:07 pm January 5, 2021

New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the new Central agriculture laws Tuesday deferred their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January 7 due to a bad weather forecast, even as they asserted they will intensify their stir in the coming days. Addressing a press conference at Singhu Border here, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav said ”it has been seven months” since the new […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Himachal takes steps to check spread of bird flu to poultry

10:02 pm January 5, 2021

Shimla : A day after samples of dead migratory birds at Pong Dam Lake in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district tested positive for bird flu, the state Animal Husbandry Department officials on Tuesday scrambled to check its spread to poultry. The number of migratory birds, mostly bar-headed geese, found dead in the lake area rose to […]