Puneites may not know or recognise the ‘ber’ tree, a type of Indian jujube, but they will know and recognise its wild fruit, known locally as the ‘bor’, or the ‘bora’. The tree is native to the Baner ...

The ber tree is a hardy tree that survives extremes of temperature. In fact, it needs hot summer and adequate water to bear abundant fruit. There is a sapling of this tree growing right outside the ...

Three centuries old 'ber' (jujube) trees in the Golden Temple complex —Dukhbhanjani Beri, Ber Baba Budha Sahib and Lachi Ber — which were wilting under insect attack, have been nurtured back to health ...

On Monday morning, one of the 51 remaining Indian Ber trees in Baner was found felled by unknown miscreants. Residents allege that the tree was cut to make way for a hoarding board A 30-year-old fully ...

Shortage of irrigation water in Sindh province has prompted many farmers to grow value-added crops and orchards that require less water. Ber (jujube) is one which grows in all types of soils and uses ...

It has been over a year since I first started writing the ‘In Your Backyard’ series, and it has been the most remarkable journey. In writing these articles, I have been able to rediscover my love for ...

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The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

For more than ten years, Lawrence Kandulna was a migrant worker in Pune. A native of Kulhai village, in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, Lawrence worked as a gardener in a nursery in the city and returned ...