Ludhiana, Punjab: Those who care about the environment understand the urgency of a solution to its deterioration. They can hear the intensifying alarm over environmental damage, and can see the future that is dark and doomed. Greenhouse emissions are accelerating, ...
Read More »Small farmers try their luck at leased land
Faridkot, Punjab: Farmers with small landholdings are trying their best to improve their fortunes by taking agriculture land on annual lease, mostly from big farmers, but the profit is mostly negligible. “Most farmers who take land on lease have almost ...
Read More »Axing of trees, forest fires worry city environmentalists, residents
Amritsar, Punjab: Even as various city-based organisations observe World Environment Day tomorrow, the ongoing practise of burning crop residues in the rural belt, especially surrounding the holy city, coupled with occasional burning and removing of trees and shrubs within the ...
Read More »Pakistani Sikh body defying Akal Takht edict: SGPC
Amritsar, Punjab: With Pakistan government failing to issue visas to ShiromaniGurdwaraParbandhak Committee’s (SGPC) jatha, which was scheduled to visit Pakistan on June 4 to observe the martyrdom day of Guru ArjanDev on June 12, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has warned ...
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