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Court directs Kangana to appear in defamation case on January 15

Bathinda, Jan. 7 -- A special court in Bathinda has directed BJP MP from Mandi and actor Kangana Ranaut to appear in person on January 15 at the next hearing of a defamation case filed against her. In... Read More


Month on, cops yet to receive plaint against former Moga mayor

Bathinda, Dec. 29 -- A month after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) removed its senior leader Baljit Singh Chani as Moga mayor and expelled him from the party citing "concrete evidence of his links with drug... Read More


2.5 yrs on, Bathinda MC awaits land-transfer nod for new complex

Bathinda, Dec. 27 -- The Bathinda municipal corporation's proposal to build a new integrated complex housing all its wings under one roof remains in limbo, as the Punjab government is yet to approve t... Read More


Delayed winter slows migratory birds' influx at Harike, other wetlands

BATHINDA, Dec. 25 -- The delayed start of the winter season has led to a slow arrival of migratory birds at Harike wetland and other spots across Punjab for the second consecutive year, experts and st... Read More


Court gives Mehron 30 days to join probe

Bathinda, Dec. 23 -- A Bathinda district court on Monday served a 30-day notice to Sikh hardliner Amritpal Singh Mehron, understood to be hiding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and his associate Ra... Read More


Farmers bet big on chillies to spice up profits

BATHINDA, Dec. 18 -- A group of 20 enterprising farmers from Ferozepur district has formed a first-of-its-kind farmer-producer company (FPC) in the state to boost cultivation of chilli and enhance agr... Read More


Kin in shock, suspect mistaken identity killings

Bathinda, Dec. 15 -- A pall of gloom descended on two villages in the Budhlada sub-division of Mansa district after news emerged that two youths, Gurdeep Singh of Barre village and Ranvir Singh of Udd... Read More


Sukhbir to fight '27 assembly elections from Gidderbaha

Bathinda, Dec. 9 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday announced that he will contest the 2027 Punjab assembly elections from the Gidderbaha constituency, hinting at shi... Read More


Two years on, Bathinda Rs.100-cr ISBTproject stuck over political deadlock

Bathinda, Dec. 8 -- Two years after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government announced Rs.100 crore for a new inter-state bus terminus (ISBT) in Bathinda city, the project has failed to make any progress ... Read More


Murder convict rapes, kills 9-yr-old girl in Muktsar; held after encounter

Bathinda, Dec. 7 -- A 45-year-old Muktsar man who served 16 years in jail for raping and murdering a minor has been arrested in a fresh case of similar brutality, this time involving a nine-year-old g... Read More