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Check corruption in tehsils, DCs told

Chandigarh, July 22 -- In a communication sent to all the deputy commissioners, the revenue department, Punjab, on Monday asked them to take measures to check corruption in the tehsils. Additional chi... Read More


Landa Harike gang member held after encounter

TARN TARAN, July 22 -- The Tarn Taran police on Sunday night arrested an alleged gangster associated with the Landa Harike gang along with illegal weapons after an encounter at Bhullar village of the ... Read More


Govt schoolteacher booked for sexually abusing 3 girls

Rohtak, July 22 -- Two days after Rewari police booked a 52-year-old government teacher in connection with sexual abuse of a Class 8 and two Class 7 girl students on Monday recorded their statements w... Read More


MHA proposes withdrawal of Surjewala's security cover

Chandigarh, July 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has given four weeks' time to Congress leader, Randeep Singh Surjewala, to provide material regarding his threat perception to authorities. The... Read More


'Need more open, consensus-driven approach in House'

CHANDIGARH, July 22 -- Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections, industrialist-turned politician Naveen Jindal parted ways with the Congress and joined the BJP, a gamble that paid off. And after a decade-lon... Read More


Lawyer on way to court shot at in Amritsar, injured

Amritsar, July 22 -- A Jandiala Guru-based lawyer, Lakhwinder Singh, was critically injured after three unknown bike-borne men opened fire on him while he was on way to the district courts complex in ... Read More


30% tips converted into FIRs, over 4,872 held since March 1: Punjab DGP

Jalandhar, July 22 -- There has been 90% conviction rate in the NDPS Act cases since March 1 amid the ongoing Yudh Nashian Virudh (anti-drug war) campaign, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaur... Read More


Demand special relief package for state: Sukhu to MPs

Shimla, July 22 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday urged the Himachal members of Parliament (MPs) to request special package for the disaster-hit state in the Parliament's monsoon sess... Read More


Newlyweds killed as landslide sweeps away houses in Chamba

Dharamshala, July 22 -- A newlywed couple was killed when a boulder hit their house in Chamba district early on Monday, while normal life was thrown out of gear in Himachal Pradesh as heavy rainfall l... Read More


TN pilgrim dead, nine injured as landslide hits Vaishno Devi track

Jammu, July 22 -- A landslide struck the old track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, leaving one pilgrim dead and nine others injured, officials said. The de... Read More