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Afghan man living illegally in India for 7 years nabbed

Chandigarh, July 20 -- An Afghan national overstaying in India since 2018 was arrested from Mauli Jagran, Chandigarh, on Saturday, police said while adding that he had managed to procure Indian identi... Read More


Furniture market sees distress sale

Chandigarh, July 20 -- The illegal furniture market in Sectors 53 and 54 came alive one last time on Saturday as residents thronged the shops to make the most out of the distress sale ahead of Sunday'... Read More


Youth held for raping teenager with mental disability in Panchkula

Panchkula, July 20 -- A youth has been arrested on allegations of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman with mental disabilities after she delivered a baby at the Panchkula civil hospital. The vict... Read More


Punjabis falling prey to human trafficking: Diaspora body

Jalandhar, July 20 -- The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has called for strict scrutiny of advertisements published by travel agents promoting jobs in foreign countries, claiming that a gro... Read More


AAP MLA Nijjar to head 15-member House committee

Chandigarh, July 20 -- Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Saturday formed a 15-member select committee of the House for wider consultations with stakeholders on an anti-sacrilege bill. T... Read More


ATM's cash chest stolen in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, July 20 -- Unidentifiedrobbers decamped with a cash-loaded chest from an SBIATM on Ladowali road in Jalandhar city in the wee hours of Saturday. Additional deputy commissioner of police Aka... Read More


Terror and talks can't go together, says LG Sinha

Jammu, July 20 -- Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday launched a monograph, "Indus Water Treaty-Mirroring the Facts" authored by veteran journalist Sant Kumar Sharma and reiterated Prime Minis... Read More


Head granthi slams call for central security forces

Amritsar, July 20 -- Golden Temple head granthi and former Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday took an exception to the demand for deployment of central security forces in wake of mult... Read More


Four dead, one injured in two road accidents in HP

Dharamshala, July 20 -- Four people lost their lives while one was critically injured in different road mishaps in Himachal on Saturday, said officials. Three people were killed in a road accident on ... Read More


'Honey-trap was used to pull down MVA government'

MUMBAI, July 20 -- For the last one week, the Congress has been raising the issue of a honey-trap scandal in Maharashtra, and which they allege, involves as many as 72 politicians and bureaucrats. Whi... Read More