Ajnala Sector (Indo-Pak Border), May 12, : Border farmers, who possess agricultural land beyond the fencing that bifurcates India and Pakistan, are demanding compensation from the Government.

Most farmers in the area are so poor but still refuse to part with their small to moderate stretches of land. To farm these lands, they depend on the Border Security Force
(BSF) for protection.

A majority of these farmers opine that if the1947 division of the Indian subcontinent had not occurred, they would have been well-off.

Punjab has contributed 35 lakh metric tonne (MT) more to the central pool

Amritsar, May 10, : Punjab today crossed the mark of 100 lakh metric tons

Wagah , May 10

Amritsar, May 10 : Punjabi is spoken as the first language by 45 percent of Pakistan’s population, and yet it does not have any official status in Pakistan.

Given this surprising fact, it causes amazement when a propagandist entity like Radio Pakistan blatantly suggests that the language is losing its ground in East or the Indian side of Punjab.

In Pakistan and India, the Punjabi language has many dialects, developed over a period of over 1000 years. Some of the more popular ones are: Majhi, Jhangvi, Shahpuri, Pothowari and Hindko to name a few.

Ludhiana, May 8 : Many private industrial establishments are today coming forward to help needy people in the State particularly in areas like education, agriculture and women empowerment.