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Five killed, 28 injured in blast atillegal cracker factory in Muktsar

Singhewala (Muktsar), May 31 -- Five migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were killed and 28 were injured when a blast ripped through an illegal firecracker manufacturing and packaging unit and brought ... Read More


Moga village launches cash incentives for drug-free households

Bathinda, May 30 -- Ransih Kalan village in Moga district has introduced a novel initiative by offering cash rewards to families who declare that none of their members consume intoxicants such as drug... Read More


Five killed, 27 injured in illegal cracker factory blast in Punjab's Muktsar

India, May 30 -- Five migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were killed and 27 were injured when a blast ripped through an illegal firecracker manufacturing and packaging unit and brought the two-storeye... Read More


After decline, cotton acreage in Punjab witnesses marginal uptick

BATHINDA, May 26 -- Punjab has achieved 78% of its cotton sowing target for the 2025-26 season, with a total of 1.06 lakh hectares of land sown with the cash crop. While this is a slight improvement o... Read More


50 donate hair for cancer patients

Bathinda, May 22 -- The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, organised a novel community drive for hair donation to support cancer patients on Wednesday. A total of 50 doctors, p... Read More


No evidence to prove college girl was raped, murdered, say police

Bathinda, May 21 -- Two months after the body of a 19-year-old college student was retrieved from a canal near her hometown (Maur) in Bathinda, investigators say there is no clinching evidence to prov... Read More


Driven by community, anti-drug initiative gathers momentum

FARIDKOT, May 19 -- The Faridkot police administration has introduced a series of groundbreaking measures aimed at curbing the rising menace of substance abuse in the district. The initiative, which i... Read More


Wild cats spotted in Muktsarvillage, forest dept sets up cages

BATHINDA, May 16 -- Panic gripped Muktsar after a pair of wildcats were spotted roaming near Sangu Dhaun village on Wednesday evening. The state forest department confirmed that no man-wildlife confli... Read More


Non-bailable warrant issued against Punjab cricket body chief again

BATHINDA, May 15 -- A sub-divisional court in Faridkot's Jaitu on Wednesday issued a fresh non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) president Amarjeet Mehta in a nine-year-o... Read More


1 killed, 9 hurt as unidentified aircraft crashes in Bathinda

BATHINDA, May 8 -- A civilian was killed and nine others were injured after an unidentified aircraft crashed and went up in flames in the Aklian Kalan village of Bathinda district in Punjab early on W... Read More