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Smart City ex-CFO sent to judicial custody

Chandigarh, April 8 -- A local court has sent Nalini Malik, former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Smart City Company Limited (CSCL), to judicial custody in connection with the Rs.116 crore Chandigar... Read More


Illegal felling of over 1,000 'khair' trees: Forest guard denied bail

Panchkula, April 8 -- A local court has dismissed the bail application of a 40-year-old forest guard, Raghwinder Singh posted in Panchkula, in connection with the illegal felling of around 500 Khair t... Read More


RERA directs builder to pay Rs.9l interest

Mohali, April 8 -- The Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has ordered Rs.9 lakh as interest on delayed possession to V.N. Sharma Builders Private Limited and directed the promoter to issue... Read More


Manipur: 2 killed in CAPF firing during protest over kids' deaths

IMPHAL, April 8 -- Two people were killed and 29 others injured on Tuesday after security forces allegedly fired at a mob that had stormed a CRPF camp in Manipur's Bishnupur to protest the deaths of a... Read More


Punjab logs Rs.11,782cr excise revenue, exceeds target, says Cheema

Chandigarh, April 8 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said that the state excise and taxation department collected Rs.11,782 crore as revenue in 2025-26, exceeding the revised target ... Read More


Punjab govt dissolves 111 urban bodies as terms expire

Chandigarh, April 8 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday dissolved nine municipal corporations and 102 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, removing all elected mayors and local representatives fro... Read More


Woman among 4 caught with 16-kg heroin

Jalandhar, April 8 -- The Kapurthala police have busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of its four operatives, including a woman, and recovered 16.8 kg heroin from them, sai... Read More


Drug addict admitted to Govt hospital after mother's appeal dies

Kapurthala, April 8 -- A 32-year-old drug addict, who was hospitalised after his mother emotive appeal to save her critically ill son went viral on social media, succumbed during treatment on Tuesday.... Read More


Rape-murder: HC quashesdeath penalty, orders retrial

Chandigarh, April 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the death sentences awarded to two men, including the victim's cousin, in the 2019 rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Ludh... Read More


6 booked for attacking police team at Amritsar village

Amritsar, April 8 -- As many as six people, including two women, were booked for attacking a police party visiting Bhindi Saidan village on Tuesday. As per information, the police team was in the vill... Read More