Posts By The Tribune
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344EnglishFarmer unions up the ante over ‘letter’ seeking reopening of closed sugar mill
Days after the closure of the Phagwara Sugar Mill by the administration, members of the Doaba Kisan Union have now begun cautioning...
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285EnglishZira ethanol plant: Provide potable water to affected villages, says NGT
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while taking cognisance of the reports submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Central Ground...
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387EnglishAdministration to seal Phagwara sugar mill for non-payment of cane growers’ dues
Indefinite dharna by sugarcane growers under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), Doaba, entered the third day today even after...
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425EnglishDr MS Swaminathan: Punjab remembers the man behind dwarf wheat variety
The demise of renowned agricultural scientist and harbinger of Green Revolution in India Dr MS Swaminathan (98) has left a huge void...
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295EnglishMeeting between sugarcane growers & officials inconclusive; stir continues
The indefinite dharna of sugarcane growers under the banner of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Doaba) continued on second day today. Consequently, the...
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290EnglishSugar mill tussle: BKU (Doaba) holds out threat of indefinite stir
Ashok Kaura Phagwara, September 25 Amid the tussle between cane growers, Phagwara Sugar Mill and the civil administration over the payment of...
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315EnglishHealth Dept seizes, destroys spurious jaggery in Hoshiarpur
Sanjiv Bakshi Hoshiarpur, September 25 Under the guidance of the District Health Officer, a food safety team seized and destroyed spurious inedible...
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264EnglishFarmers want sugarcane price increased by Rs 70
Sugarcane growers have demanded an increase in the state advised price ahead of the cane crushing season in November. During a meeting...
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287EnglishThe rise of the artificial food industry is not a good portent
THE world is moving in a strange direction. While farmers are being encouraged to grow crops that feed automobiles, agribusiness companies are...
