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UT to deploy specialists at primary health centres

Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- To provide specialist services in peripheral areas, the health department is hiring specialists on a slot basis for its primary health centres, also known as Urban Ayushman Arog... Read More


Cabinet okays Rs.68.5 per quintal sugarcane subsidy

CHANDIGARH, Jan. 21 -- The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday approved a direct subsidy of Rs.68.5 per quintal for sugarcane farmers for the 2025-26 crushing season. The subsidy will be paid directly to grower... Read More


Summons to J&K journalists draw sharp political reactions

Srinagar, Jan. 21 -- Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have raised concerns over the recent summoning of Srinagar-based journalists by the police, describing the move as an overreach and a challe... Read More


Nabin names new poll incharges; Ram Madhav makes a return

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Hours after assuming charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president on Tuesday, Nitin Nabin appointed party national general secretary Vinod Tawde as election incharge for ... Read More


eu on india deal

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- India and the European Union (EU) are on the "cusp of a historic trade agreement" that will create a market of two billion people and account for nearly a fourth of global gross ... Read More


Sukhchain Gill is Punjab police intel chief

Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- The state government on Tuesday posted IG-rank officer Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill as the new chief of the Punjab Police intelligence wing. According to the orders, Gill, a 2003-bat... Read More


AAP pushing state towards financial emergency: SAD

Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government was pushing Punjab towards a financial emergency. "It is taking unsustainable debt, bankruptin... Read More


Three held with 7 kg heroin in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, Jan. 21 -- Police have arrested three accused and recovered over 7 kg of heroin in two separate cases in Ferozepur on Tuesday. Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ferozepur, Bhupinder Si... Read More


Fresh NSA detention order passed on new grounds, Punjab tells HC

Chandigarh, Jan. 21 -- The Punjab government has told the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) that the fresh detention order under the National Security Act (NSA) passed in April 2025 in Khadoor Sahib ... Read More


Gangster facing over 50 cases killed in Amritsar encounter

Amritsar, Jan. 21 -- A notorious gangster, Money Prince, alias Mania Soorma, was killed in an encounter in Amritsar, police said on Tuesday. Prince had escaped from police custody a week ago during tr... Read More