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Dharamvira Gandhi to join Cong today, likely to contest from Patiala

Patiala, April 1 -- Former member of Parliament (MP) from Patiala and cardiologist Dr Dharamvira Gandhi is set to join the Indian National Congress (INC) on Monday at New Delhi. Gandhi, who had won t... Read More


B'day girl dies of 'food poisoning' after eating cake, FIR registered

Patiala, March 31 -- Patiala police registered an FIR and conducted raids to arrest an eatery owner after a 10-year-old girl died of suspected food poisoning after consuming a birthday cake. On the c... Read More


Govt depts bleed PSPCL, owe Rs.4,637 crore in power arrears

Patiala, March 31 -- Electricity bill arrears of consumers in Punjab have shot up by nearly Rs.400 crore in a year. From Rs.4,240 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, the pending power bills of Punjab State P... Read More


Govt depts bleed PSPCL, owe rRs.r4,637 crore in power arrears

India, March 31 -- Electricity bill arrears of consumers in Punjab have shot up by nearly Rs.400 crore in a year. From Rs.4,240 crore in the 2022-23 fiscal, the pending power bills of Punjab State Pow... Read More


Create separate police 'wing' to track bootleggers, recommends report

Sangrur, March 30 -- The preliminary report in connection with the Sangrur hooch tragedy that claimed 20 lives has suggested the formation of a separate wing in Punjab police to track and curb the boo... Read More


Sangrur hooch tragedy shows liquor mafia thrives in Punjab

Sangrur, March 28 -- The recent death of 20 people, all of them daily wage labourers, in an illicit liquor tragedy in Sangrur, chief minister Bhagwant Mann's home district, has again exposed the easy ... Read More


Sangrur hooch tragedy: 2 more held, Mann assures all help to victims' kin

Sangrur, March 25 -- Two more people were arrested in connection with the Sangrur hooch tragedy that has claimed 20 lives to date, the Punjab police said on Sunday. With this a total of 10 people hav... Read More


Death toll mounts to 20, EC seeks report from CS, DGP

Sangrur, March 24 -- The death toll due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Punjab's Sangrur district climbed to 20 with four more people succumbing, officials said on Saturday, even as... Read More


Aman Arora blames victims for tragedy, faces backlash

Patiala, March 24 -- Punjab cabinet minister Aman Arora, who is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Sunam, on Saturday said that the state government was not responsible for the Sangrur hooch tragedy t... Read More


Sole breadwinners snatched, families battle grief & angst

Sunam (Sangrur), March 24 -- A truck driver, a cook at a small-time hotel and a bricklayer, were among the 20 persons who lost their lives to the hooch tragedy in Sangrur. They had spent around Rs.150... Read More