Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had nearly a month ago met the affected farmers in Bathinda region and promised them that the ...

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said it is for the state to devise strategies for enforcement of environmental ...

"The Government Of India must provide support to the states and farmers who have suffered this menace," he said on Twitter.

While the rains will help cut the cost of irrigation for the wheat crop, these are set to affect the output of oilseeds.

Arvind Kejriwal today said the party will replicate the Delhi anti-corruption model in Punjab if AAP is voted to power in the state.

During a visit here, RBI chief Raghuram Rajan also cautioned against taking farmer suicides "lightly" and stressed on the need to ensure fo...

Instead of blocking tracks, the farmers have now decided to gherao all state ministers, ruling party MLAs, other party leaders at all the d...

The combined output of this cash crop in Punjab and Haryana is estimated to dip by 40 per cent, industry experts have said.

The Punjab government has already sent these samples to the Union Agriculture Ministry.

Farmer leaders said that they would continue their protest in all the districts of the state by staging sit-ins in front of district admini...

Senior Congress leader Capt Amarinder Singh will lead a gherao of the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's residence on August 21.

Khaira said besides the issue of farmers suicide, the Assembly should be convened to introduce regulation of rural credit system.

Sardar Tota Singh also said that about 50 per cent of the potato crop has been affected in the state, and the exact loss in value terms is ...

CM urged Modi to duly compensate the farmers whose standing crops have been affected due to recent heavy rains coupled with high velocity w...

Punjab and Haryana, which are major foodgrain growing states, have about 35 lakh hectares and 25 lakh hectares of area, respectively, under...

The Centre today said it is up to the states how much multi-crop irrigated land they could acquire, but noted "it should be the last resort...

The USDA had recently said that India's wheat output is projected to decline to 87 mn tonnes in 2012-13 due to yield lossses in Punjab and ...