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Air quality dips as 8 Punjab dists fuel 64% of farm fires

Jalandhar, Nov. 3 -- A day after recording the highest single-day spike of 442 farm fire incidents, Punjab reported 178 new cases of stubble burning on Sunday, taking the state's total to 2,262 incide... Read More


At 442, Punjab records highest single-day jump, surpasses 2,000 mark

Jalandhar, Nov. 2 -- A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed Punjab to adopt stringent measures against the farmers indulging in stubble burning, Punjab recorded the seas... Read More


at 442, punjab records highest single-day spike in farm fires

Jalandhar, Nov. 2 -- A day after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) directed Punjab government to adopt stringent measures against farmers involved in stubble burning, the state recorded... Read More


Fix responsibility over delay in FIR against SHO: Panel

Jalandhar, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab State Child Rights Protection Commission has issued stringent directions to the Jalandhar rural police to fix responsibility of those involved in delaying the FIR again... Read More


4 Doaba dists account for just 6% of total cases so far

Jalandhar, Oct. 31 -- With stubble burning cases seeing an uptick across the state over the past few days, four Doaba districts-Jalandhar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Kapurthala, and Hoshiarpur-have r... Read More


Punjab Police ex-AIG sent to 3-day custody

JALANDHAR, Oct. 30 -- The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has taken a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG) Rachhpal Singh into its custody for three days after he was arrested for fram... Read More


Punjab Police ex-AIG in 3-day custody after role in second false drug case surfaces

India, Oct. 29 -- The Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has taken a retired assistant inspector general of police (AIG) Rachhpal Singh into its custody for three days after he was arrested for framing ... Read More


POCSO sections added to FIR against former Phillaur SHO

Jalandhar, Oct. 25 -- The Jalandhar (rural) police have added sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to the first information report (FIR) against sub-inspector Bhusha... Read More


Punjab-origin trucker held for killing 3 inCalifornia crash

Jalandhar, Oct. 24 -- A 21-year-old Punjab-origin truck driver, Jashanpreet Singh, has been arrested in the US for causing a fiery crash that left three people dead and four injured on a highway in Ca... Read More


Mandi Gobindgarh most polluted in state as air quality worsens after Diwali

Jalandhar, Oct. 23 -- The extended Diwali celebrations and rising number of farm fires led to further decline in air quality in Punjab on Wednesday. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said the... Read More