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IMD issues orange alert, farmers worried

Patiala, April 12 -- Country's nodal weather agency, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has issued an orange alert for northwest states, including Punjab and Haryana, this weekend, leaving the... Read More


Power demand soars by 26% with rise in temp

Patiala, April 12 -- Following a sudden temperature rise, Punjab saw a 26% to 31% jump in power consumption in the first 10 days of April. With the Indian Meteorological Department (MeT) predicting a... Read More


IMD predicts rain, hailstorm on Baisakhi, farmers worried

India, April 12 -- Country's nodal weather agency, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), has issued an orange alert for northwest states, including Punjab and Haryana, this weekend, leaving the f... Read More


Power demand soars by 26% in Punjab with rise in temperature

India, April 12 -- Following a sudden temperature rise, Punjab saw a 26% to 31% jump in power consumption in the first 10 days of April. With the Indian Meteorological Department (MeT) predicting a h... Read More


Verbal autopsy: 'Food poisoning' caused Patiala girl's death

Patiala, April 6 -- A verbal autopsy of the 10-year-old girl, who died after consuming her birthday cake last month, has concluded food poisoning as the possible cause of the death. Even as the inves... Read More


Probe indicts 8 revenue officials for illegal selling of 'shamlat' land

Patiala, April 5 -- An inquiry report has indicted eight officials of the revenue department for illegally selling 13,320 square yards of common panchayat land in Rajpura town of Patiala district more... Read More


30 years on, probe indicts 8 revenue officials for illegal selling of 'shamlat' land

India, April 5 -- An inquiry report has indicted eight officials of the revenue department for illegally selling 13,320 square yards of common panchayat land in Rajpura town of Patiala district more t... Read More


90% govt job aspirants flunk Punjabi test

Patiala, April 3 -- Nearly 90% of the applicants who appeared for the Punjabi language eligibility test, mandatory for getting a government job in Punjab, flunked the examination conducted in March th... Read More


Former AAP MP Dr Gandhi joins Cong, likely to be Patiala nominee

India, April 2 -- Dr Dharamvira Gandhi, 72, a former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Patiala, joined the Congress in the presence of senior party leaders in New Delhi on Monday. His joining comes ahead... Read More


Three employees of bakery that supplied birthday cake nabbed

Patiala, April 1 -- Police on Sunday arrested three bakery employees while raids are still underway to nab the owner in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl. The child had died and family m... Read More