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The Punjab Police on Tuesday used water cannons to disperse NSUI workers, who were protesting against the state government.The NSUI was demanding that action be taken against the drug menace in the state.

A 19-year-old Dalit boy was found hanging from a tree at Punjab’s Khara village following which five persons, including two panchayat members, were booked for the alleged murder, police said on Monday.Body of the deceased was found hanging yesterday from the tree in the village here, they said.The youth had eloped with a farmer’s minor daughter,…[Read more]

Police have seized 53 illegal weapons, 17 fake firearms licenses besides several documents including duplicate NOCs for purchasing weapons and 17 fake stamps of District Magistrates of various districts in Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.Addressing the media here, Paramraj Singh Umranangal Inspector General (Bhatinda Zone) today said…[Read more]

Hot weather conditions prevailed in most parts of Haryana and Punjab on Saturday, even as few areas in the states received rainfall.According to MeT department here, Union Territory Chandigarh recorded a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal.Among other places in Haryana, Ambala recorded maximum temperature of 39.1 degrees, two…[Read more]

A Youth Akali Dal leader allegedly committed suicide here following which police today booked seven persons, including two senior leaders of the ruling Akali Dal for abetment of suicide.Santokh Singh Sukhana, National General Secretary of the Youth Akali Dal, was on Sunday found hanging in a bathroom of a hotel, SHO Kotwali Inspector Dharm Pal…[Read more]

Though the Chandigarh Police has received a clean chit in the alleged encounter at Moga, the Sub-Inspector of UT Police, Rajdeep Singh, who suffered a bullet injury, is yet to get a clean chit to lead a normal life. While the S-I has resumed duty of an investigating officer at the Sector 39 police station, he says that he is walking with a…[Read more]

Punjab’s drug menace, a sore point between the two alliance partners Akali Dal and BJP, again led to a public showdown between the two. The occasion was the state level function to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking, where BJP leaders chose to maintain that the state had the highest drug abuse ratio, a fact…[Read more]

One person was killed and two others were injured when a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Samrala Chowk here today, police said.The accident took place when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle because of a brake failure and then rammed into an auto coming from the opposite direction, they said.One occupant of the auto identified as…[Read more]

Punjab government on Thursday announced to raise compensation for families of debt-ridden farmers, who committed suicide, from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh.The state has enhanced amount of compensation given to debt-ridden farmers, who have committed suicide, to Rs three lakh from earlier amount of Rs two lakh,” an official spokesperson of the…[Read more]

Expressing concern over poor language skills of English teachers of government schools, Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Thursday constituted a core group of experts to work out a long-term strategy to improve their English.Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said the core group consisting of heads of 17 District…[Read more]

Punjab government will give incentives to the Medical Officers (MOs) opting for border area postings after appointment, Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani said here on Wednesday.Presiding over a meeting of the Civil Surgeons, he said that “the government will offer incentives to the Medical Officers who have opted for placements in the Border…[Read more]

Rains on Wednesday lashed few parts of Punjab and Haryana, with maximum temperatures remaining far below normal level in most parts of both the states.Union Territory Chandigarh had a high of 36.8 degrees Celsius, a MeT department report said today. Among other places in Haryana, Ambala, Hisar and Karnal settled at 35.2 degrees Celsius, 32…[Read more]

The Punjab government on Tuesday said there is no shortage of urea for the ongoing crop season, asking farmers not to be worried as the state has arranged adequate quantity of the fertiliser to meet their demands.State agriculture minister Tota Singh reviewed the preparation of agricultural department and supply of urea in a video conference with…[Read more]

An undertrial allegedly managed to escape from custody after his court hearing here following which three police personnel were arrested for dereliction of duty, an official said on Tuesday.Undertrial prisoner Supreet Singh alias Harry, lodged in Central Jail Amritsar, was brought to the court here for hearing in a criminal case yesterday, Senior…[Read more]

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on Monday assured its consumers that Punjab is power surplus and there would be no power cuts in the state this summer.Addressing a press conference here, PSPCL chairman cum managing director KD Chaudhri expressed happiness over the power corporation having supplied over 10,500 MW power on June 20. He…[Read more]

Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa today asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to inform people about the number of families of farmers he had visited since 2007 in the state who had committed suicide.Bajwa, in a statement, asserted that with the two successive visits of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to Punjab, the sham…[Read more]

Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said that it is a matter of pride for India that Yoga has been internationally recognized by more than 170 countries across the globe and is being celebrated in varied manner worldwide.

A SpiceJet flight with 159 people on board suffered a tyre burst while it was taxiing for take-off at Amritsar airport on Sunday evening.The Mumbai-bound flight SG345 from Srinagar was scheduled to take-off at 5 pm, official sources at Guru Ramdas international (Rajasansi) Airport said.As the aircraft moved on the runway, one of its tyres burst…[Read more]

Punjab and Haryana will get widespread rainfall with moderate winds next week and farmers have been asked to withhold the sowing of pigeon pea, the wather serveice of a leading agricultural varsity said on Friday.There is possibility of change in weather from June 21 night. Widespread rainfall with moderate winds will occur in the region between…[Read more]

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was on Friday greeted with slogans of ‘Rajnath Singh Go back’ and ‘Stop discrimination against Sikhs’, while addressing the 350th foundation day of Sri Anandpur Sahib.The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) activists shouted slogans against the Union Minister as soon as the leader stood up to address the function…[Read more]