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Ahmedabad set to host 2030 CWG

Mumbai, Oct. 16 -- Ahmedabad will likely host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2030, as the competition's executive board on Wednesday recommended the Gujarat city for the centenary edition of the even... Read More


3 members of arms smuggling gang held with 10 pistols

AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and reco... Read More


CM invites bizmen to invest in Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann met top industrialists in Bengaluru on Wednesday, pitching Punjab as a leading global investment destination and inviting them to participate in the upco... Read More


HC stays razing of houses in Patiala 'sans notice under NDPS Act'

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed a demolition drive targeting houses and shops in Patiala that was allegedly carried out without prior notice under the Narcotic Drug... Read More


soon, mandis to get Solar power

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab Mandi Board launched a project worth Rs.24.42 crore to install solar power plants in mandis across Patiala, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, and Jalandhar districts. Board chairm... Read More


EcoSikh's mission to revive state bird 'baaj' set to take wings

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- EcoSikh, a US-based global non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday unveiled a plan for the revival of northern goshawk bird (baaj) - a raptor associated with Guru Gobind Singh... Read More


Punjab Police arrest Chaturvedi after 28-hr standoff with UT cops

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- After nearly a 28-hour standoff, the Punjab Police on Wednesday evening arrested Navneet Chaturvedi, the prime accused in the alleged Rajya Sabha bypoll forgery case involving 1... Read More


Two cops held for taking bribe from drug peddler

Amritsar, Oct. 16 -- Two police officials from the Amritsar (Rural) police were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a drug peddler in exchange for his release. According to senior superinten... Read More


Four arrested for attacking police team in Yamunanagar

Karnal, Oct. 16 -- A day after a police party was allegedly attacked during a raid to arrest a wanted illegal wood supplier, Yamunanagar police on Wednesday arrested four people, including a woman, in... Read More


Education not a priority under AAP govt, says Pargat Singh

Jalandhar, Oct. 16 -- Jalandhar cantonment MLA Pargat Singh slammed the state after the Punjab and Haryana high court's censure over the poor condition of government schools in the state, calling it "... Read More