Amritsar to be Tobacco Free from August 15th

Amritsar, Punjab: The Punjab government has given the go – ahead for declaring Amritsar and Rupnagar as ‘tobacco-free districts’ from August 15. The two districts will join Mansa and SAS Nagar, which have already been declared as ‘tobacco free’. A ...

Problem not due to fertilisers: PAU

Ludhiana, Punjab: Experts of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, have said fertiliser use in the state was not responsible for high level of uranium in groundwater. Dr US Sadana, head of Department of Soil Sciences, said uranium content in soil of ...

Uranium traces in tubewell water in Punjab

Bathinda, Punjab: Low to very high traces of uranium were detected in water samples taken from tubewells in 43 villages in Bhagta Bhai Ke, Mour, Nathana, Phul and Rampura blocks of the district. The samples, taken by a government lab, ...

Soon, Sri Harmandar Sahib to use phone jammers

Amritsar, Punjab: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sikhs’ highest religious body, is preparing to install jammers inside the Golden Temple complex to stop the “menace of ringing mobile phones”. The Sikhs’ holiest of holy shrine receives over 1 lakh people ...