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As many as 23 cases of child labour were detected in Jalandhar district during the anti-child labour week, observed from June 15 to June 21. Deputy Commissioner K K Yadav said the teams comprising officials of Labour, Education, Social justice, Women and Child Development, Police and Local Bodies conducted checking of about 820 different units,…[Read more]

Punjabi writer Jagmohan Singh Lucky demanded that there was a dire need to constitute a censor board for Punjabi songs. In a statement here today, he said in most of the Punjabi songs, the use of vulgar language was common. Lucky said there are still a number of Punjabi songs which could be viewed on screen instead of listening. In some of the…[Read more]

Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister today felicitated Pardeep Singh who won laurels for the state by begging four Gold Medals in the Junior National Weightlifting Championship by setting new national records.
Visually ecstatic Dr Cheema garlanded Pardeep Singh for his rare feat of claiming four Gold Medals in the national event that too…[Read more]

Bathinda police claim to have busted a gang that used to target unemployed youth with the promise of preparing fake certificates pertaining to age and qualifying marks to get them eligible for employment in the Indian Army through the five recruitments boards in Punjab at Bathinda, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Patiala. The gang members used…[Read more]

The Sant Samaj, a conglomeration of various organisations, including radicals, today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up issues of Sikhs whenever he goes abroad.
Speaking at a religious function on the occasion of 350th year of foundation of Anandpur Sahib here, Sant Samaj head Harnam Singh Dhooma said “PM should include Sikh problems in…[Read more]

City girl Taniya Bhatia has been named in the India ‘A’ squad for the warm up game against New Zealand. The New Zealand women team is slated to play five ODI’s and three T20 matches. The tour starts with a warm-up match on June 26 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. “It’s a huge platform for me. I know if I do well there, I can be in mix for t…[Read more]

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday called on the bereaved family of Nek Chand, the creator of Rock Garden, to express condolences on his demise here last week. Sharing his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family especially Chand’s son Anuj Saini at his residence in Sector 27, the Chief Minister appreciated the outstanding…[Read more]

Five persons were killed and over 100 others had to be hospitalised after inhaling hazardous fumes in an ammonia gas tanker leak early Saturday in the district, police said. The incident occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover along a canal on the Doraha Bypass Road, about 25km from here, they said. “Five persons died from inhaling the…[Read more]

The dry weather and rising temperature has hit production of leafy vegetables in the city. Rates of essential vegetables like peas, cauliflower and onion have almost doubled from the past week owing to hot weather which led to lower production.
“Vegetables like peas, cauliflower and coriander were locally produced but are now transported from…[Read more]

38-year-old popular Punjabi singer Dharampreet committed suicide by hanging himself with a ceiling fan at his home in Bathinda. According to his mother Balvir Kaur, Dharampreet was upset due to downfall in his career. “For last few days, he would often say that this fan will take my life,” she said. His wife Mandeep Kaur and 11-year-old son wer…[Read more]

Punjab Agro Industries Corporation has started marketing its first batch of organic wheat. The produce is available in 25-kilogram packages at the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation office in Salem Tabri, near Jalandhar bypass. Punjab Agro Industries Corporation district manager Inderpreet Singh said Punjab government had deputed Punjab Agro as a…[Read more]

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has said that Punjab maybe power surplus overall for the financial year but in the summer months of June, July and August, it is likely to face energy shortage from 6 to 11%. It does not take in to account the prediction that monsoon will be 88% of normal. In case of delayed or weak monsoon, the power…[Read more]

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Bhatinda
(C) Ludhiana
(D) Sirsa

a) 9 March 1966
b) 6 June 1984
c) 12 July 1992
d) 24 December 1999

Five persons including two children of a family were killed while two sustained serious injuries when their car dashed against a roadside tree near Malout. Accident took place late last night when car’s driver in a bid to avoid collision with a stray animal on the road lost control over the vehicle and dashed it against a tree at Malout-Lambi…[Read more]

Punjab School Education Board 10th class results of academic merit Candidates list of the top ten in Ludhiana 4 and 5 in the top ten list of Sports Candidates are Ludhiana. The board had issued the merit list of 402 students, including 92 students of Ludhiana in the state’s merit is made. 83 academic and 9 students have come to Merit in the…[Read more]

Education Department will now provide professional guidance to students from Class 10th to Class 12th and help them choose the right career according to their aptitude. Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema today said it was felt that due to a lack of counselling students get stuck in a career for which they do not have the aptitude and waste…[Read more]