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Punjab-based peddler held with 100 gm heroin in Nowgam

Srinagar, July 31 -- Kashmir Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) has arrested a Punjab-based drug peddler and recovered 100 gm of heroin from him at Lasjan, Nowgam, said officials on Thursday. Officials ... Read More


Jathedar rejects govt's offer,sets up expert panel for talks

Amritsar, July 31 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj on Thursday rejected the Punjab government's response to objections regarding the newly enacted anti-sacrilege law, and said a... Read More


3L habit-forming pills seized, couple arrested

Bathinda, July 31 -- The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA)-2 team of the Bathinda police arrested a couple after recovering a cache of 3.10 lakh capsules of habit-forming pregabalin capsules from them.... Read More


Sanitation workers' bandh call hits normal life

Jalandhar/Barnala/Bathinda/Amritsar, July 31 -- Normal life was disrupted at most places in Punjab on Thursday with markets and commercial establishments remaining shut following a state-level bandh c... Read More


Centre's cashless scheme for crash victims fails to take off in Punjab

CHANDIGARH, July 31 -- Punjab has emerged among the poorest performers in implementing the Centre's PM-RAHAT (Road Accident Victims' Hospitalisation and Assured Treatment) Scheme for crash victims on ... Read More


'Haryana logs over 3k new breast cancer cases annually'

ROHTAK, July 31 -- Haryana records an estimated 3,000 to 3,500 new breast cancer cases every year, but a high number of women only seek hospital care during stage 3 or stage 4, significantly diminishi... Read More


Haryana FDA intensifies checks on spurious drugs

Chandigarh, July 31 -- Haryana's Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has recorded 16 arrests in cases related to counterfeit or spurious drugs following intensified enforcement under the Drugs and Cos... Read More


UHBVN to hold consumer grievance forum in P'kula

Chandigarh, July 31 -- : The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) will hold sittings of the Panchkula Zonal Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum on August 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm a... Read More


Ailing female elephant rescued from forced labour in Barnala, 4 booked

Chandigarh, July 31 -- The Punjab forest department has rescued a captive female elephant in Barnala following allegations that it was being used for religious processions and begging despite sufferin... Read More


Punjab gharial rescued after straying into Rajasthan canal

Chandigarh, July 31 -- An adult gharial from Punjab that strayed into Rajasthan's Indira Gandhi Canal has been rescued after nearly five months of coordinated monitoring and will now be rehabilitated ... Read More