According to agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian, 79 SDMs, 108 tehsildars, 108 DSPs, 1,140 cluster officers and additional staff have been...

Farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh are seen as a major contributor to pollution in the region, with the national capital and its...

The group’s approach involves incorporating crop residue into the soil using machinery provided by the Punjab government to manage stubble, planting...

The court passed the order after the amicus curiae referred to news articles about stubble burning.

Crossing the deadline by almost a month, the Punjab government is still distributing the subsidised machines for in-situ and ex-situ management of...

Accompanied by officials from various departments, including agriculture and PPCB, the officers visited villages like Haans Kalan, Chakar, Maunke...

The unions threatened a stir to prevent the state from implementing such measures and expressed hope that the government would reverse these...

The meeting assessed ongoing efforts to combat pollution from various sources, including paddy stubble burning, vehicular emissions, road and...

The Punjab government has been under pressure to curb farm fires that have started early this season, setting the alarm bells ringing.

Deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal, senior superintendent of police (SSP) (Ludhiana rural) Navneet Singh Bains and Khaana SSP Ashwini Gotyal directed...