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Computer teachers not to be deployed at enrolment camps

Sangrur, Feb. 7 -- Days after the Punjab department of health and family welfare issued directions to deploy computer teachers along with other staff for the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana enrolment camps, ... Read More


Farmers clash with police in Barnala, scores detained in Sangrur

India, Feb. 6 -- Tensions escalated in Punjab's Malwa belt on Friday as Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) members clashed with police at Tapa in Barnala district. The violence occurred when farmer... Read More


Women's panel orders probe into boycott of family

Sangrur, Feb. 5 -- Taking cognisance of a report published in Hindustan Times, the Punjab State Women's Commission on Wednesday directed a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) rank official to take i... Read More


Sangrur panchayat calls for family's boycott after 'same-village' wedding

Sangrur, Feb. 4 -- The panchayat and residents of Rogla village in Sangrur district passed a resolution to socially boycott a local family and demand their immediate relocation after their son married... Read More


Punjab women's commission orders probe into boycott of Sangrur family

India, Feb. 4 -- Taking cognisance of a report published in Hindustan Times, the Punjab State Women's Commission on Wednesday directed a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) rank official to take imm... Read More


Centre clears rRs.r54-cr Dhuri overbridge after months of AAP-BJP credit war

India, Jan. 28 -- The Union ministry of railways has formally approved the construction of a railway overbridge (ROB) at Dhuri, ending a political standoff between Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann ... Read More


Wedding at protected Sangrur 'baradari' triggers row

Sangrur, Jan. 28 -- The hosting of a 'wedding' function at the protected Banasar Bagh Baradari in Sangrur has triggered a row, with locals and experts seeking a thorough probe. The 19th century site i... Read More


Sacrilege in Barnala: Two booked after Gutka Sahib pages found scattered during Thikriwala event

India, Jan. 22 -- The Barnala police have registered a case against two individuals and several unidentified persons after pages of the Gutka Sahib (Sikh prayer book) were found scattered at Thikriwal... Read More


3 yrs on, no groundwork for promised nursing college in Barnala village

Barnala, Jan. 20 -- Three years after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced the conversion of a girls' school in Thikriwala into a nursing college, residents of the village are still waiting f... Read More


Sangrur tops country in urea overuse, reveals Centre's data

Sangrur, Jan. 17 -- As many as 14 districts of Punjab and nine of Haryana have figured in the list of top 100 urea-consuming districts across the country, with Sangrur topping the chart for the usage ... Read More