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Punjab kinnow exports to grow 3-fold as fruit quality in Pakistan suffers

State sets export target of 15,000 tonnes, announces Rs 14 cr grant to ensure remunerative prices to growers

Godrej to start local manufacturing of soaps in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Company is also setting up a new plant at an investment of Rs 100 cr in Jammu, to be operational by March 2017

IIT-Ropar inducts faculty from overseas universities

Six Indian-origin teaching staff selected from institutions in UK, Canada and US; total faculty strength rises to 95

Punjab: Financially unfit to implement Centre-like pay hike

Punjab has over 400,000 employees and pensioners and about 125,000 staff members in its corporations and boards

Haryana: Small in size, rich in financial resources

State estimates salary and pension bill at Rs 24,951 cr for 2016-17

Agri-exports fall 17% to five-year low of $32.09 bn in FY16

Marine products, buffalo meat, rice including basmati have been top contributors to exports basket

Maize shortage hits starch makers

According to trade estimates, the crop for the current season is 17 million tonnes, against the domestic demand of 20 mt

Egg prices hit record high

However, higher input costs eat into profits of farms

Ola signs MoU with Haryana govt to create 10,000 entrepreneurs in the state

Proposes Rs 350 crore investment over five years to bring more smart mobility solutions across the state

Egg prices rising but poultry farmers hit due to high input cost

The price rise is expected to continue until the advent of Shravan in July, when some Hindus turn vegetarian for a month

Punjab cow breeders complain of falling trade

Holstein Friesian's sales take a hit as buyers are dissuaded by the tedious paper work and permissions from state authorities

High-yielding cow from Punjab loses market due to trade curbs

Cattle protection laws in the state curb movement of cows to other states where slaughter is permitted

Cotton sowing in north to be significantly lower

Farmers have been moving towards other crops, particularly pulses, to safeguard against the disease in cotton crop

Poultry farmers see some respite

Intense summer and drought in many states push up prices of eggs, broilers

Punjab for China alliance to revive bicycle industry

The state government has decided to set up the world's largest, high-end, electric bicycle manufacturing facility with a capacity of 15 million cycles per year

World's largest rooftop solar power plant inaugurated in Punjab

The investment in this sector has steeply gone up from Rs 82 crore in 2012 to Rs 10,000 crore now with an employment potential of 12,500 jobs

Karvin management acquires Mohali based startup firm

The deal is a cash and stock transaction with total value is of $5,84,000

AAP strategy: To work at grassroots in Punjab

The party is trying to connect with voters through its low-key Bolda Punjab (Punjab Dialogue) campaign

Punjab to spend Rs 500-600 cr on beautification of Amritsar

Dy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal says all projects being executed in city would be completed within next three months

Connect Broadband invests Rs 118 cr in Punjab in tech upgradation

The firm is eyeing 40% growth in the state's home wi-fi market, after consolidation of its infrastructure