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35% rise in beneficiaries during AAP tenure: Mann

Jalandhar, Jan. 31 -- Ahead of Guru Ravidas Jayanti on February 1, the Punjab government on Friday launched the distribution of scholarships to more than 2.7 lakh Scheduled Caste (SC) students in a st... Read More


Six SGPC staffers among 38 appear before SIT

Amritsar, Jan. 31 -- Summoned in connection with the missing 328 sacred saroops of Guru Granth Sahib, as many as 38 people, including six serving SGPC staffers, on Friday appeared before the special i... Read More


Jalandhar man held for kidnapping two Kaithal youths in Iran for Rs.80L ransom

Karnal, Jan. 31 -- Months after two men from Kaithal were kidnapped in Iran and held for ransom, the police on Friday arrested a Jalandhar resident in connection with the case. The accused, identified... Read More


Karnal teacher slaps Class 7 student, human rights panel orders probe

Karnal, Jan. 31 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken cognisance of a "serious" case of corporal punishment in Karnal, where a teacher repeatedly slapped a student of Class 7 at a pr... Read More


No hope from BJP govt's budget: Hooda

Karnal, Jan. 31 -- Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the Opposition and the public have no expectations from the current BJP government's budget as they have done nothing in the last 11... Read More


Rohtak: 2 youth recruited by gang via social media held with 15 weapons

Rohtak, Jan. 31 -- The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Rohtak police on Thursday arrested two youths and recovered 15 weapons from them. The accused have been identified as Ravinder of Panipat and... Read More


Vij suspends two officials over illegal axing of 31 trees in Sirsa

Rohtak, Jan. 31 -- Energy, transport and labour minister Anil Vij on Friday ordered suspension of executive engineer of the public health department in Sirsa and divisional forest officer (DFO) in con... Read More


Rainy weekend on the cards

Patiala, Jan. 31 -- The month of January is set to end on a rainy note in Punjab, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD)forecasting light rainfall at isolated places on Saturday night, followe... Read More


Armyman dies in celebratory firing

Tarn Taran, Jan. 31 -- Five days after his marriage, a 27-year-old Army man died due to celebratory firing during a wedding function at Mal Mohri village in the district on Thursday night. The decease... Read More


Goldy Brar's parents sent to judicial custody

Bathinda, Jan. 31 -- A local court in Muktsar sent the parents of fugitive terrorist Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar, to 14-day judicial custody on Friday. Both were produced in the court after th... Read More