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Cheema bats for GST reforms to benefit agrarian states like Punjab

Chandigarh, July 5 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday emphasised the need to bring structural changes in the goods and service tax (GST) regime and proposed policy recommendations for r... Read More


Faridkot DSP held for offering Rs.1 lakh bribe to SSP's staff

BATHINDA, July 5 -- Faridkot deputy superintendent of police (DSP), crime against women cell, Rajanpal, was arrested for offering a bribe of Rs.1 lakh to the reader of senior superintendent of police ... Read More


Man arrested for raping, murdering 10-year-old girl

Bathinda, July 5 -- A man was arrested and a hunt is underway for his accomplice for allegedly raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in Muktsar town on Friday. The child belonged to the Banjara comm... Read More


3 die after SUV collides with truck in Murthal

Rohtak, July 5 -- Three persons were killed and one injured after their SUV crashed into a divider and then collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Sonepat's Murthal on Thursday ... Read More


Hearing on Majithia's plea deferred for July 8

Chandigarh, July 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred hearing on the plea from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia against arrest and remand in a disproportiona... Read More


Engineers' panel to assess quality of work being done by NHAI: Sukhu

Shimla, July 5 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that an engineers' committee would be constituted in state to assess the quality of work being done by the contractor companies o... Read More


69 dead, 37 missing; red alert issued for July 6

Shimla, July 5 -- Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in Himachal Pradesh. Disaster caused by torrential rains have claimed 69 lives, 110 people are reported injured and 37 are still missing since June 20.... Read More


War of words erupt between CM and Jai Ram

Shimla, July 5 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday refuted Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur's claims of not responding to Jai Ram's calls on the flash floods and landslides that have... Read More


NIA raids house in Dharamshala in human-trafficking case, 1 held

Dharamshala, July 5 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a raid at a house in Dharamshala in the early hours of Friday and arrested a 32-year-old man for his alleged connection with a ... Read More


Srinagar records 35.3degC as heatwave continues

Srinagar, July 5 -- The heatwave continued in Kashmir valley on Friday with maximum temperature crossing 35degC in summer capital Srinagar, as weather office predicted monsoon rains from Sunday. The m... Read More