Punjab

25,000 people may donate blood during Hola Mohalla celebrations

 25,000 people may donate blood during Hola Mohalla celebrationsAmritsar, Feb. 27 : To set a unique example by a community, various Sikh originations are going to hold world's largest blood donation camp on the occasion of the Hola Mohalla celebrations on March 10 at the Sikh shrine of Keshgarh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib.

About one million devotees are expected to arrive here on the occasion of Hola Mohalla celebrations here, when the huge blood donation camp will be organized.

Canal water seepage in Punjab

Canal water seepage in PunjabMuktsar (Punjab), Feb 26: Seepage water in canals in Punjab's Muktsar district has caused water logging in fields.

Water logged fields and houses in the area have developed crack.

The fields, which used to yield crops, are now serving as habitat for wild ducks. The situation has forced the farmers to abandon farming and work as daily wage laborers.

"The farmers who were owners of 40 acres farmlands are now forced to work as daily wage laborers. They have no other alternative as their fields have been destroyed by waterlogging," said Hajoor Singh, a farmer.

Canal water seepage in Punjab

Canal water seepage in Punjab Muktsar (Punjab), Feb 2

39 killed in Doda accident

Killer roads in Doda claimed 39 lives on Wednesday when a bus with 52 passengers fell into a 200m deep gorge at Galgandhar stretch on the Doda-Baderwah highway.

This is the 11th road accident in Doda this year. About 120 accidents in Doda and Kashtiwar last year left 59 dead and 253 injured. Doda district development commissioner Sharief-ud-din said the bus driver probably could not negotiate a narrow stretch and rolled into the gorge. "The bus was coming from Baderwah to Doda. Boulders were scattered around as the road is under construction," said Sharief.

Arjun Singh to lay foundation stone of IIT Ropar today

Arjun Singh to lay foundation stone of IIT Ropar todayRopar (Punjab), Feb 24: Union Minister of Human Resource Development Arjun Singh will lay the foundation stone of the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, in Punjab today.

This new IIT is part of the eight new IITs that have been established in the country by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development during XIth Plan.

Pakistan is epicenter of terrorism, says Chidambaram

Finance Minister P. ChidambaramKhatkar Kalan (Punjab), Feb 23 : Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday termed Pakistan as the epicenter of terrorism in the world, and said Islamabad has been forced by the Indian policy to admit that its soil was being used for terrorist attacks on India.

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