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100 top posts lying vacant in PGI: RTI

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- A Right to Information (RTI) query has brought to light a severe shortage of senior staff at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, w... Read More


PU makes changes to one-way roads

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Ever since Panjab University (PU) had introduced a one way traffic system on two roads inside the campus in May, the varsity has now made changes to the system based on feedback... Read More


HC raps judicial officers over 'casual orders' in a drugs seizure case

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has rapped judicial officers of district court, Sirsa for passing orders in a drugs seizure case in "a casual and cavalier manner". ".from the ... Read More


Pigeon caught with chit sparks furore in Jammu

JAMMU, Aug. 22 -- Security has been stepped up in Jammu after a pigeon carrying a note threatening an attack on the city's railway station was caught near the India-Pakistan border, officials aware of... Read More


Crop damage claims can be registered on portal till Aug 31: Saini

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday announced that e-Kshtipurti portal will remain open till August 31 to facilitate the flood affected farmers of 188 villages ... Read More


Criteria tweak 'cuts' Assam forest by 99%

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- A retired forest official has flagged how Assam's restrictive technical criteria to define what is a forest led to 99% of acknowledged woodland - roughly 1,153 of 1,168 hectares ... Read More


In poll-bound Bihar, Nitish assures Muslims of support

India, Aug. 22 -- PATNA: In a minority outreach effort ahead of the assembly polls, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday assured the Muslim community that their grievances, if any, would be r... Read More


Singh re-elected BFI president

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Incumbent Ajay Singh was elected as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president for a third straight term after his panel registered a comfortable win on Thursday. Singh defea... Read More


Zimbabwean student dies, murder charges added against seven accused

BATHINDA, Aug. 22 -- The 22-year-old Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, who was attacked by the Guru Kashi University's security guard Dilpreet Singh and others on August 13, died on Thursday during t... Read More


Cheema demands Rs.50,000 cr from Centre over GST losses

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Agreeing to the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday demanded that the Centre should release Rs.50,000 crore to Punj... Read More