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Judicial probe ordered, 10 inmates booked

Sangrur, April 21 -- Serious security lapses have come to the fore that reportedly led to the murder of two jail inmates in the Sangrur district jail by fellow inmates on Friday night. Knives, iron ro... Read More


20 days into new session, school students still await workbooks

Patiala, April 21 -- Though the new session started on April 1, government schools in the state are yet to receive workbooks under the Mission Samarth. Students enrolled under the mission are being t... Read More


Protesting farmers gear up to combat summer heat

Patiala, April 21 -- Looking to beat the soaring temperatures, the farmers protesting at Shambhu on the National Highway since February 13 have started setting up water coolers, ceiling fans, green ne... Read More


139 trains affected as farmers refuse to budge from tracks

Shambhu, April 19 -- Rail traffic remained affected in the Ambala railway division as hundreds of protesting farmers of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and SKM (non-political) continued their sit-in on the... Read More


Labour dept stops registration of workers

Patiala, April 18 -- The Punjab labour department has stopped fresh registration of construction workers till the model code of conduct is in force in the state. The department, in its April 16 order... Read More


High-stakes battle on cards as two docs, realtor take on turncoat royal

Patiala, April 17 -- Sitting MP Preneet Kaur's switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party changed the poll dynamics in the royal city, making it a high stakes battle for the Congress, Aam Adami Party and Sh... Read More


Education dept sends back 'incomplete' panel report

Patiala, April 16 -- The department of higher education on Monday sent back the three-member committee report on the Nabha college gang rape case, finding it "incomplete". The department has asked th... Read More


Cops announce Rs.1 lakh for info on assailants

Rupnagar, April 15 -- Punjab police on Sunday announced a reward of Rs.1 lakh for providing information on assailants a day after Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Vikas Prabhakar, 35, who was headin... Read More


Security beefed up after student's gangrape

Patiala, April 14 -- Acting after the horrific gangrape of a student, Government Ripudaman College has changed the agency providing on-campus security. A first-year student was gangraped by three out... Read More


3rd accused in teen's gang rape at Nabha college held

Patiala, April 13 -- The police on Friday arrested the third accused for allegedly gang-raping an 18-year-old student on a government college premises in Nabha. An FIR in the incident was registered ... Read More