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Alarm as oil spill triggers fish deaths in Sukhna

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Several fish were found dead in Sukhna Lake on Thursday after an oil spill at the regulatory end, triggering environmental alarm. A team from the Chandigarh Pollution Control Co... Read More


Hardware shop owner shot dead in Tanda, friend hurt

Hoshiarpur, Jan. 16 -- A hardware shop owner was killed and his friend injured after unidentified assailants opened fire in Tanda's Miani village on Thursday evening. This is the second such incident ... Read More


Local court exempts MP Kangana from personal appearance

Bathinda, Jan. 16 -- A special court in Bathinda on Thursday gave Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mandi and actor Kangana Ranaut permanent exemption from personal appearance in a defamation case ... Read More


Anindita Mitra is Punjab's chief electoral officer

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday appointed 2007-batch IAS officer Anindita Mitra as the new chief electoral officer of Punjab. The ECI issued a notification re... Read More


HC raps SEC over delay in completion of probe

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday rapped the state election commission (SEC), Punjab, over the delay in completion of the investigation into an audio clip allegedly ... Read More


Unfortunate: Sanjeev Arora on MEA denying clearance to visit UK, Israel

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Punjab's industry & commerce and investment promotion minister Sanjeev Arora on Thursday said the Centre's decision to refuse clearance to a delegation, led by chief minister Bh... Read More


Haryana to recruit 64 dental surgeons soon: Arti Rao

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Haryana health minister Arti Singh Rao has said that recruitment of 64 dental surgeons will be carried out soon. The minister said that chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has acco... Read More


4 Moga men held with 40kg heroin in Amritsar

Amritsar, Jan. 16 -- As part of its ongoing war against drugs, Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar claimed to have busted a narcotic smuggling module with the recovery of 40kg heroin and arrest of four... Read More


ISI-backed narco module busted in Barnala, 3 arrested

Barnala, Jan. 16 -- Police busted an ISI-backed narco-terror module, allegedly smuggling heroin and weapons from Pakistan, with the arrest of three persons and recovery of 2 kg heroin and an Austria-m... Read More


HC puts Punjab GOVT on notice

Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday sought response from the Punjab government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking steps for early completion of investigatio... Read More