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Swine Flu: 51 throughout states, peak in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: Patiala health officials said that a 57-year-old city resident, who is admitted at PGIMER-Chandigarh, has tested positive for swine flu.
Punjab’s tally of swine flu cases rose to 51 on Friday with a man in Patiala testing…
Two medical college students killed, two injured in Bathinda road accident
Bathinda: Speeding car hit divider before crashing into pole near entry gate of newly built multi-level parking on Mall Road in Bathinda.
Two students of Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bathinda, were killed and two of…
Amit Shah hits out at opposition for boycotting Parliament debate on three criminal law bills
I wanted the opposition to give their views on them. But it was unfortunate that the opposition decided to take an unfortunate decision, the Union Minister said.
Avoid these roads in Chandigarh during Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit on Friday
More than 1,100 police and paramilitary personnel will be deputed during the Union home minister’s visit.
Nurse among 3 held for drug smuggling, 1.5 kg heroin seized in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: The accused had come to Ludhiana to deliver the consignment of drugs when the STF arrested them on Tuesday night
The Special Task Force (STF) Ludhiana range arrested three persons, including a nurse of a military hospital, from…
Amritsar police kill gangster in an encounter 24 hours after his arrest
Amritsar: The Amritsar police shot dead an alleged gangster, Amritpal Singh, also known as Amari and Lembhar, in an encounter in a village in the Amritsar Rural police district on Wednesday morning.
According to the police, a policeman…
Punjab Guv gives assent to scrapping state vigilance commission
Chandigarh: Punjab State Vigilance Commission Repeal Bill was pending with Raj Bhawan for assent for past one year. Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Tuesday gave assent to scrapping the state vigilance commission.
The Punjab State…
Cold wave wreaks havoc in Punjab, mercury below normal, orange alert in 10 districts
Chandigarh: Now the cold wave has increased the severity of cold with dense fog in Punjab. Due to cold wave on Monday, the minimum temperature of Adampur in Amritsar, Bathinda and Jalandhar fell below normal. Amritsar's temperature was 3.6…
Life imprisonment to two in the case of death of an elderly couple by stealing and setting fire to…
Faridkot: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajeev Kalra held two youths guilty in the case of death of an elderly couple in an incident of theft and set fire to a house in Teachers Colony here around 4.30 pm and sentenced…
High Court strict on VIP culture
Simranjit Singh of Jalandhar told the High Court that considering the red-blue light as a part of VIP culture, the Central Government had stopped its use for everyone in 2017. These cannot be used even on the vehicles of the President and…
Bhagwant Mann, Arvind Kejriwal handed over a check of Rs 1 crore to the family of martyr Amrik…
Kejriwal and Mann handed over a check of Rs 1 crore to martyr's father Gurjant Singh. Delhi Chief Minister praised the Punjab government for recognizing the sacrifice of soldiers for the country.
SC rejects plea challenging furloughs, paroles given to rape and murder convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim
It is to be noted that despite being convicted of such heinous offences, Ram Rahim has been out of prison for a total of 131 days in the past 13 months from January 2022 to Feb 2023.
Schools closed for AAP rally, order withdrawn
Bathinda: Vikas Kranti rally of Aam Aadmi Party is to be held in Maud Mandi on Sunday, in which AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will participate. To accommodate the security squads of both the leaders at the…
Ban on wearing lehenga and ghagra at festivals in Punjab
Amritsar: Panch Singh Sahibs have issued new guidelines regarding Anand Karaj (wedding) with Sikh dignity at Takht Sri Hazur Sahib Nanded. Not only this, he has also been asked to strictly implement the resolution passed after the meeting…
Meteorological department alert on smog in 15 districts in Punjab
Chandigarh: The lowest visibility of only 50 to 100 meters was recorded in Patiala on Friday. It was 200 meters in Amritsar and 700 meters in Ludhiana. On Friday, the minimum temperature of Punjab recorded a drop of 0.2 degrees. The lowest…
Farmer becomes millionaire from strawberry farming, profit up to Rs 5 lakh in 6 months
Pradeep Singh, a resident of Manisinghwala, a small village in Faridkot, started strawberry cultivation two years ago. His wife also supports him in this work. At present he is earning a profit of up to Rs 5 lakh in 6 months from the…
Punjab BJP appointed 35 district in-charges and co-in-charges,
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP State President Sunil Jakhar, with the consent of the party's National President JP Nadda, has appointed district in-charges and co-district in-charges of 35 districts of Punjab BJP.
In this sequence, Jatinder…
Girls’ dreams start taking a flight
Chandigarh: As per the visionary thinking of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, taking an important initiative towards realizing the dreams of girls of Punjab aspiring to join the Armed Forces, the State Government has established the…
Encounter between Punjab Police and robbers, one shot, other arrested
Bathinda: One person was shot in the leg while the other was arrested in police retaliatory firing with robbers who were fleeing after looting a petrol pump on Talwandi Rama Road. Unidentified youths riding a car carried out the robbery at…
Sacrilege again in Punjab, police arrested Pathi Singh on the spot
Hoshiarpur: The trend of sacrilege in religious places in Punjab is showing no signs of stopping. Once again an incident of sacrilege has come to light in Punjab. According to the news received, the organs of Sri Guru Granth Sahib have been…
