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Amritsar hooch tragedy toll 27 as four more die

Amritsar, May 16 -- The death toll in the hooch tragedy that struck several villages in the Majitha sub-division of Amritsar district rose to 27 on Thursday, as four more people who had consumed spuri... Read More


Cong removes 8 Bathinda councillors for anti-party acts

Bathinda, May 16 -- The Punjab Congress has expelled eight councillors of the Bathinda municipal corporation for supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) resolution of removing senior Congressman Ashok Ku... Read More


DSP held for facilitating drug smuggling inside Sangrur jail

Sangrur, May 16 -- A deputy superintendent of police (DSP), posted in Sangrur jail, a Class 4 employee identified as Parshant are among the 19 arrested for allegedly facilitating the smuggling of drug... Read More


Flight ops partially resume at Amritsar airport

AMRITSAR, May 16 -- Operation of both international and domestic flights partially resumed at Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Thursday, a a week after suspension. The airport... Read More


Murder accused held after encounter with police in SBS Nagar

Nawanshahr, May 16 -- A 27-year-old man, wanted in connection with the murder of a CPI (M) activist, was injured during a police cross-firing in Behram, SBS Nagar district, on Thursday. The injured ha... Read More


Punjab to give subsidy for setting up paddy straw-based boilers

Chandigarh, May 16 -- The Punjab government on Thursday stated that the Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022 has been amended to introduce a capital subsidy scheme for the installation of p... Read More


sex racket busted, 17 held, say police

Rohtak, May 16 -- In a joint raid, the Bhiwani police and the chief minister's flying squad on Thursday arrested 17 people, including nine women, for alleged flesh trade. The raid was conducted at thr... Read More


Women's panel summons Ashoka varsity prof on May 23

Karnal, May 16 -- Haryana State Commission for Women chairperson Renu Bhatia on Thursday visited the campus of Ashoka University in connection with the recent comments made by an associate professor o... Read More


5 killed as bus catches fire near Lucknow

Lucknow, May 16 -- Five people, including two children, died after a Delhi-bound private sleeper bus with 80 passengers on board went up in flames on Thursday near Kisan Path, a major roadway on the o... Read More


More showers likely in city this week

Mumbai, May 16 -- Though the Mumbai regional meteorological centre had issued a yellow alert for the city on Thursday indicating the possibility of light to moderate showers, the weather alternated be... Read More