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9K opioid treatment tablets stolen from Dhuri hospital: Week on, no arrests yet

Sangrur, April 26 -- It's been a week since 9,000 opioid treatment tablets were allegedly stolen from a sub-divisional hospital in Dhuri, but no arrests have been made so far. The incident occurred o... Read More


Storm claims three lives, affects power infra in Sangrur

Sangrur, April 19 -- A powerful storm that ravaged several areas of the Malwa region on Friday left a trail of significant destruction, with Sangrur district emerging as one of the worst hit. The stor... Read More


Punjab: 2 months on, no action in tree felling case in Sangrur village

Sangrur, April 19 -- Authorities have failed to take action two months after the illegal felling of around 60 trees on panchayati land in Balad Kalan village in Sangrur district. The incident, which o... Read More


Punjab to deploy security guards at all govt hospitals, says PCMSA

Sangrur, April 18 -- Punjab Civil Medical Services Association (PCMSA) on Thursday said that the state government has agreed in principle to deploy security guards at all the state-run hospitals. In ... Read More


Partap Bajwa engaging in fearmongering, demoralising police: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

Sangrur, April 15 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday hit out leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa, stating that he was engaging in fearmongering and trying to demoralise the st... Read More


18 trees axed illegally at Sangrur civil hospital, says activist; no violation: DC

Sangrur, April 9 -- With the authorities axing 18 trees for a project in the Sangrur civil hospital, a local activist has accused the administration of ignoring a stay order issued by the Punjab and H... Read More


Punjab sees 47% jump in dog-bite cases in just 2 years, RTI reveals

Sangrur, April 7 -- Punjab saw a 47% rise in dog-bite cases in two years - going from 15,519 in 2022 to 22,912 in 2024, an RTI filed by HT revealed. The number of dog-bite cases stood at 582 in 2021,... Read More


PGI Sangrur centre struggles with Ayushman Bharat implementation

Sangrur, April 5 -- The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) satellite centre in Sangrur is struggling to fully implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme stemming from a delay... Read More


'Delay' in Sangrur civic body chief election hindering devp: Congress in letter to CEC

Sangrur, April 3 -- As many as nine Congress councillors from Sangrur have written to the chief election commissioner (CEC) of Punjab, alleging Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the administration were 'delay... Read More


Punjab govt proposes converting closed Lehragaga institute into medical college

Sangrur, April 1 -- The Baba Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engineering and Technology at Lehragaga town in Sangrur, which has been closed for over three years, may soon be repurposed into a medical ... Read More