New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Centre has strongly reassured that there is adequate availability of urea in Punjab for the ongoing kharif agricultural season with official data confirming that the Department of Fertilizers has successfully maintained a surplus supply-chain to the state, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.Against the total kharif season requirement of 14.50 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) for Punjab, and a calculated pro-rata requirement of 9.0 LMT up to June 9, the C…
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Chandigarh, June 6 (IANS) At least eight people, comprising women and children, were killed and 11 suffered grievous injuries on Saturday in a head-on collision between an overcrowded pick-up (a commercial vehicle usually used for transporting people) and a heavy-duty truck in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, police said. Nearly 25 people, all belonging to a close-knit family from Jalabad village, were travelling to a religious place Beas in Amritsar district to perform the last rites of a family …
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Border Range, in coordination with the Border Security Force (BSF), have recovered 12 kg heroin from near Daleke village in Lopoke in Amritsar district, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Tuesday. The DGP added that during routine patrolling of identified vulnerable points, information was received regarding the presence of a drone in agricultural fields in the area of Daleke.Acting promptly on the…