Shimla, June 7 (IANS) Fish farmers in Himachal Pradesh have supplied 2.5 lakh eyed ova and 8.5 lakh rainbow trout fry to another Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in 2025-26, showcasing the former’s growing expertise in quality fish seed production. Eyed ova means a stage in developing eggs when the embryo shows eyes as dark spots. Improved fish varieties like Amur carp, AHR Jayanti and Amrit Katla, which offer 20-25 per cent higher growth and fecundity, are also being developed for distribution am…
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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, April 17 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Friday cleared a citizen-focused policy allowing landowners to undertake desilting of rivers, choes, and drains at their own cost, with the right to use excavated material free of charge. This decision is aimed at strengthening flood preparedness ahead of the monsoon while improving river flow across critical stretches.The Chief Minister’s Office said, “A major citizen-centric decision has been take…