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Chandigarh: Two judges recuse from hearing plea on liquor vends allotment

Chandigarh, April 5 -- Two judges of different benches of Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday recused themselves from hearing a batch of petitions on the controversy surrounding allotment of liquo... Read More


Bureaucrats to be roped for mentoring Punjab students, says Harjot Bains

Chandigarh, April 5 -- Punjab school education minister Harjot Singh Bains on Friday said that under the one-of-its-kind "School Mentorship Programme", top bureaucrats are being roped in to inspire an... Read More


Harsimrat raises vandalism of Ambedkar statues in Lok Sabha, seeks central probe

Chandigarh, April 5 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda parliamentarian Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday called for a central probe into recent vandalism of Ambedkar statues and temples in ... Read More


Wheat starts to arrive in Punjab mandis

Chandigarh, April 5 -- The freshly harvested wheat has started arriving in the state mandis and procurement centres, which were opened on April 1 for rabi crop procurement. According to state food and... Read More


1,000 km of rural roads in Punjab to be revamped: Cheema

Chandigarh, April 5 -- : Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Saturday said the state government has issued tenders for strengthening 1,000 km of rural roads in the state. Addressing a pres... Read More


Banned pesticides seized in Hoshiarpur, case registered

Chandigarh, April 5 -- A case was registered after the agriculture and farmers welfare department seized banned pesticides and expired stock during roads at two firms in Hoshiarpur district, officials... Read More


Chandigarh: PU professor secures patent for UV-C coating

Chandigarh, April 5 -- The Panjab University (PU) has been granted a patent for a novel, multifunctional surface coating capable of absorbing up to 96% of harmful Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation. The ... Read More


End protest and join talks, Chouhan urges Dallewal

Chandigarh, April 5 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan appealed to farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to end his protest and join the discussions with the central government on May 4... Read More


Hooda slams BJP govt's move to sack contract employees

Chandigarh, April 5 -- Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday criticised the Haryana government's move to sack contractual employees hired by Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. In a... Read More


National mental health survey gets underway in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, April 4 -- The department of community medicine and department of psychiatry at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH-32), Chandigarh, on Thursday launched National Mental Health S... Read More