Bharat Khanna

4 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Bharat Khanna

Patiala: The farmers in Punjab are once again battling the alleged shortage of diammonium phosphate, with the cooperative societies being blamed for their failure to provide the required fertiliser for the wheat crop, whereas private dealers have been accused of tagging additional items with the DAP. Punjab requires roughly 8.5 lakh tonnes of DAP annually, with the majority of it – about 5.5 lakh tonnes – used during the Rabi season (Oct-April).

5 days ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Bharat Khanna

NewsCity Newschandigarh NewsStudents jittery as Punjabi University yet to declare last year exams’ resultsTrendingPatiala: Punjabi University is yet to declare Dec 2024 examination results, a delay that is likely to cause hurdles for students of graduation courses like BA, BSc and BCom aiming to secure admissions for higher studies. "The students of graduation courses like BA, BSc, BCom, etc., will face difficulties in getting admission for higher studies following delayed results.

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Bharat Khanna

Patiala: Amid forecasts of a bumper wheat harvest in Punjab by agricultural experts, the state is seeing advanced arrivals and faster procurement in grain markets compared to last year. As of April 14 this year, wheat arrivals in Punjab's grain markets reached 4.60 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), significantly higher than 1.40 LMT during the same period last year. Similarly, procurement stood at 3.40 LMT this year, up from 0.90 LMT in the corresponding period of the previous year.

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Bharat Khanna

Patiala: A power cut disrupted services at Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala on Tuesday, three months after a similar outage interrupted a cancer surgery in the tertiary healthcare facility. The hospital authorities claimed it to be a few minutes of outage due to routine maintenance, stating that essential equipment and operation theatres did not face any hindrances due to adequate power backup.

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Bharat Khanna

Patiala: AAP MLA Gurdev Singh Dev Mann ended up criticising union leaders who had invited him to an Ambedkar Jayanti event on Sunday evening, as he was incensed with the latter criticising politicians from the stage for failing to advocate for the downtrodden. Union leaders representing MGNREGA workers had organised the event also attended by Mann, who is the MLA from Nabha.