For months, Dera Sacha Sauda has been a target of hatred and violence because of the controversial attire and mannerisms that its chief Ram Rahim Singh adopted to emulate 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh. Over a dozen people died and an attempt was made on Ram Rahim’s life after clashes broke out between Sikhs and [...]
Youths belonging to Dalit community clashed with policemen in Panchkula town in Haryana as violent protests that began in Gohana four days ago, spread to new areas in the State.
An irate mob showered policemen with stones and wooden planks, who had to run for cover and call in reinforcements. A police official assured the [...]
Realty firm Parsvnath Developers today announced an investment of Rs 2,600 crore to build a 123-acre luxury township in Chandigarh in the next three years.
The company, which announced the launch of the project - PRIDEASIA, which it bagged from Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) last year by outbidding real estate giant DLF, is aiming a [...]
Punjab’s agricultural success, dominated by wheat and rice, seems to have slowed down since the early 1990s. The sources of growth — land and yields — are reaching capacity. Wheat and rice cover over three-quarters of cropped area. Cities are expanding.
Further land for agriculture is exhausted. Rice yield has almost stagnated, increasing only 0.02% [...]
Emerson Electric Company inaugurated its Design Engineering Centre at Quark city in Mohali today.The move can be considered as the revival of the software business in Mohali after Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Tech Mahindra quit the place in the last few years.
The company has taken the premises on rent at Quark and would run [...]
The much hyped Bt Cotton and increased yields, reduced plant protection costs were fall flat with the Mealy bug infestation on Bt Cotton in Punjab. There is a huge economic drain from Punjab due to cultivation of Bt Cotton. The honeymoon of Bt Cotton was over and trouble started now.
I met some pesticide dealers, [...]
Railways nod to the Chandigarh-Baddi railway line has finally put a seal of approval on the Himachal Pradesh’s long pending demand of a dedicated railway link for the hilly state.
After the sanction of this 33-km long railway line there will be boom in the industrial development of the region, said Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Association [...]
The Chandigarh police Friday arrested a sub-inspector of its own force who has been accused of the custodial death of a youth here last month.
Police sources said that Sub-Inspector Narinder Singh, who had gone underground for the last few days and caused much embarrassment to the Chandigarh police top brass in the Punjab and Haryana [...]
Despite dwindling agricultural income and increasing suicides by farmers in Punjab, the state remains one of the bestsellers for luxury cars in India. And, the growing density of luxury cars is a clear indication of growing income disparities in the state.
Despite a modest GDP growth rate of 5 per cent in the state in [...]
Real estate firm Parsvnath Developers Ltd said on Thursday it plans to set up a luxury township in Chandigarh at an estimated cost of 16 billion rupees over three years.
The 123-acre project will have 3.85 million square feet of residential space, and 270,000 sq ft of commercial space. Estimated revenues will be around 41 billion [...]