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A youth in a group of four friends opened fire outside a discotheque after bouncers did not allow them to smoke cigarettes in the club and stay beyond the closing time in Sector 8 in the wee hours of Monday, injuring three persons.

The accused hailing from Tarn Taran district in Punjab arrived around 11.30pm in a Maruti Zen car on Sunday. They…[Read more]

(A) 1969
(B) 1959
(C) 1949
(D) 1939

(A) Bibi Jagir Kaur
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
(D) Ms. Seema Roy

The city of Chandigarh and most parts of Punjab and Haryana witnessed a pleasant morning on Tuesday with some areas experiencing showers, weather. On Monday, most areas received relief from the scorching 40-plus temperatures and in most places, the maximum temperature ranged from 36 to 39 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh recorded a high of 38.2 degrees…[Read more]

In another jolt to doctors working as senior residents in medical colleges of Punjab, the state’s department of medical education and research has discontinued their summer vacations for this year. The decision will be applicable on 200 doctors working in all government medical colleges in the state. Previously, all senior residents were given a m…[Read more]

(A) Jalandhar
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Chandigarh
(D) Amritsar

Sukhdev Singh, the co-accused arrested by Punjab Police in the case of murder of UK based NRI hotelier Ranjit Singh Power was Sunday remanded into police custody for seven days.He was arrested Friday and presented before the media. The police had claimed that Sukhdev Singh has confessed having helped Baldev Singh Deol in killing Ranjit Singh Power.

The students pursuing higher education in colleges affiliated to Punjab University (PU) will have to shell out more fee, as a hike of 2.5% for 2015-16 in all courses with a maximum limit of Rs 1,000 per annum has been approved by the syndicate on Sunday.There are around 188 colleges affiliated to the university offering graduate and post graduate…[Read more]

The birthplace of Khalsa, Sri Anandpur Sahib, will be painted in white ahead of the year-long 350th anniversary celebrations of the historic town beginning on June 19. The “Holy City of Bliss” was founded in 1665 by the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur when he bought a tract of land. Here on the mound of Makhowal, Guru Tegh Bahadur raised a new…[Read more]

Residents of some colonies adjoining Aggar Nagar (A) have demanded the removal of a gate which has been installed on the road connecting Raghunath Enclave.Residents also met the mayor on Thursday and said the gate was closed illegally by Aggar Nagar society. Further they claimed that the gate remained open for the last 35 years, but now the…[Read more]

A court today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment in a petrol station acid attack case that took place near Mohali about four years ago.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Senior Division) Parminder Pal Singh pronounced the judgment and sentenced Hardeep Singh, alias Deepa, and Jagwant Singh Bittu, residents of Desumajra,…[Read more]

(A) Fatehgarh Sahib
(B) Mansa
(C) Morinda
(D) Ferozepur

The police have booked a Lieutenant Colonel of the army for allegedly thrashing a traffic police cop at the airport light point in Sector 31 on Thursday.The army officer also allegedly tore the traffic policeman’s uniform.
The accused has been identified as 35-year-old Vikramjit Singh Pandher, a lieutenant colonel, posted with the National S…[Read more]

A white pigeon that flew into India with a Pakistan stamp has created a flutter in Punjab’s Pathankot district, prompting authorities to send it for an X-ray exmaination.The pigeon, with a Pakistani seal and “Tehsil Shakargarh, district Narowal” stamped on it in Urdu, was spotted by Ramesh Chand of Manwal village.
As the bird looked “suspect”…[Read more]

(A) Golden Temple
(B) Temple of Sikh Guru
(C) Nanak Temple
(D) Heritage Temple

A white pigeon that flew into India with a Pakistan stamp has created a flutter in Punjab’s Pathankot district, prompting authorities to send it for an X-ray exmaination.

The pigeon, with a Pakistani seal and “Tehsil Shakargarh, district Narowal” stamped on it in Urdu, was spotted by Ramesh Chand of Manwal village.

As the bird looked “suspect”…[Read more]

Doctors at PGIMS Rohtak, who were on a strike for the past four days following registration of cases against the hospital staff for allegedly assaulting a woman in labour pain, called off the protest and joined duties on Tuesday.Causing inconvenience to patients, doctors had gone on a strike seeking cancellation of case against the staff after the…[Read more]

In less than ten days, another undertrial on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the modern jail here this afternoon.The undertrial identified as Naffast Hssain alias monu (19), resident of village Budho pinder here, committed suicide with his headgear ‘parna’, Jail Superintendent Paramjit Singh Sandhu said.This is the…[Read more]

a) Zail Singh
b) Shankar Dayal Sharma
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Antarctic