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As Himachal Pradesh is voting for all 68 Assembly seats on Sunday to decide the fate of 412 candidates, key issues that differ region-wise are expected to dominate the voters' minds while they cast their votes. In the Kullu region, falling market prices of apples, demand for a medical college, and support for tourism have emerged as key election issues. Horticulturists have stated that rising input costs due to higher prices of fertiliser, pesticides, and reduced government support have made apple farming a loss-making venture.

Kartarpur to be linked with Nankana Sahib via motorway, says minister

A biomass project inaugurated four years ago by former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal at Mehma Sarja village in Bathinda district has failed to tackle stubble-burning menace.

Wheat sowing in Malwa is set to get delayed this season as the water supply from the Sirhind canal has been suspended by the Irrigation Department to carry out cleaning of the canal till November 17.

Amid talks of release of a new genetically-modified (GM) cotton seed variety Bollgard-II RRF by Bayer AG, a Germany-based company in India, farmers have given a mixed response to the new variety, which is considered an antidote for the pink bollworm infestation.