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Patiala encounters: Victims' kin question police narrative, seek 'fair' probe

Patiala, April 13 -- Amid a sharp rise in police encounters across the state, families of those killed and injured have come forward to question the official narrative, alleging that the encounters we... Read More


Punjab launches drive to register gig workers for Ayushman scheme

Patiala, April 12 -- In a move aimed at extending social security benefits to gig workers, the Punjab labour department has launched a special campaign to register platform-based workers such as those... Read More


Punjab health dept withdraws 'sub-standard' antiseptic ointment

Patiala, April 9 -- The Punjab health department has issued an instant withdrawal of the Betadine ointment gel from all the government health centres across the state after it was found 'to be substan... Read More


Punjab's Sikhiya Kranti initiative: AAP MLA Chetan Singh Jouramajra loses cool over schoolkids 'roaming freely' during programme

Patiala, April 8 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and former minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra on Monday lost his cool when he deemed the programme at a government school in Samana, where he was a chief gu... Read More


Punjab: ANTF nabs sarpanch's husband with drugs in Patiala

Patiala, April 8 -- The anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) of Punjab Police, on Monday, claimed to have arrested the husband of the sarpanch of Patiala's Raipur Mandlan village with a large cache of dru... Read More


Punjab: After 131 days, Dallewal ends his hunger strike, says MSP fight on

Patiala, April 7 -- Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal on Sunday ended his hunger strike which he had started on November 26 last year to press for various demands, including a legal guarante... Read More


Patiala horror: Woman tied to electric pole, thrashed for nearly 4 hours

Patiala, April 7 -- A middle-aged woman was tied to an electric pole and thrashed for nearly four hours by members of a family in Patiala's Jansua village who alleged that her 18-year-old son had elop... Read More


NGT finds gaps in sewage management, asks Punjab for fresh action-taken report

Patiala, April 6 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) raised concerns over deficiencies in sewage and solid waste management across Punjab and directed the state government to file a fresh action-take... Read More


Now, civil surgeons, SMOs to send leave requests directly to principal secy

Patiala, April 6 -- Now, civil surgeons and senior medical officers (SMOs) will have to send their leave requests directly to the principal secretary instead of the director of the Punjab health depar... Read More


12 booked in Patiala for using fake SC certificates to avail benefits

Patiala, April 5 -- Patiala Police have booked 12 individuals, including two former women panchayat members and a serving government employee from Aalampur village for allegedly using forged Scheduled... Read More