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Revised service timelines across UT depts to reduce waiting time

CHANDIGARH, Dec. 12 -- Aiming to make citizen services faster, transparents and more efficient, the Chandigarh administration has issued fresh notifications revising and tightening timelines under the... Read More


40 arrested for violence

Jaipur, Dec. 12 -- Congress MLA Rupinder Singh Kooner along with 39 other protesters were detained on Thursday, a day after the violent clash that erupted between the police and farmers on Wednesday w... Read More


Awami League rejects polls called by interim government

New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- Former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party on Thursday rejected the interim government's decision to hold a general election on February 12 on the grounds that ... Read More


Audio-clip row: Patiala SSP should've been divested of poll duty, says HC

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has criticised the role of the StateElection Commission (SEC), Punjab, in conducting theZila Parishad and Block Samiti elections scheduled for ... Read More


Two Bhagwanpuria gang shooters held

AMRITSAR, Dec. 12 -- Batala police have arrested two absconding shooters linked to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang involved in multiple murder cases, officials said. The accused have been identified as Sa... Read More


Mann cracks whip on lapses in road work, orders notice, payment freeze

Patiala, Dec. 12 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday ordered a show-cause notice against a contractor and freeze on further payments after detecting irregularities in the construction o... Read More


In Muktsar, Sukhbir targets AAP, invokes Badal senior's legacy

BATHINDA, Dec. 12 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal held rallies for the upcoming elections of the Zila Parishad and Block Samitis in his home district, Muktsar, on Thursday. Addres... Read More


Govt school teacher booked for sexually assaulting minor students

Barnala, Dec. 12 -- A teacher at a government middle school in Barnala has been booked for sexually assaulting female schoolchildren, police said. The action comes days after a social activist sent a ... Read More


Seven IAS officers shifted in Punjab

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- The Punjab government on Thursday issued transfer and posting orders of seven IAS officers and one PCS officer with immediate effect. Tejveer Singh, additional chief secretary (... Read More


Rename 'Veer Bal Diwas': MP Kang

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang on Thursday urged the central government to honour Sikh sentiments by renaming "Veer Bal Diwas" on December 26 as "Sahibzade Shaheedi Diwa... Read More