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jaishankar likely to travel to china for sco meeting

New Delhi, July 5 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar is expected to visit China in the third week of July to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting and for ... Read More


EC says 15mn homes given forms in Bihar

Patna/New Delhi, July 5 -- Nearly 87% of the 79.6 million voters in Bihar have been given semi-filled enumeration forms for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Electio... Read More


China to India: Don't meddlein Tibet matters

New Delhi, July 5 -- China on Friday urged India to act cautiously on issues related to Tibet to avoid an impact on the improvement of bilateral ties, a day after Union minister Kiren Rijiju said that... Read More


GOYAL ON TRADE DEAL

New Delhi, July 5 -- India will not hurry into signing a free trade agreement under pressure from any deadline, commerce minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, when asked whether a deal could be reache... Read More


Municipal council accountant held taking Rs.11k bribe

Barnala, July 5 -- The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Friday arrested Deepak Setia, an accountant with the municipal council, Dhanaula for allegedly accepting Rs.11,000 bribe. A VB official spokesper... Read More


2-day assembly session likely from July 10

Chandigarh, July 5 -- The Punjab government is likely to convene a two-day assembly session starting July 10. While there is no official word provided so far for calling the session, it is understood ... Read More


Former CRPF DSP kills son, injures ex-wife over property dispute

Amritsar, July 5 -- A retired deputy superintendent of police of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday opened fire at his family, killing his son and injuring his ex-wife and daughter-in-l... Read More


Humidity, paddy push Punjab's power demand to all-time high

Patiala, July 5 -- Despite normal daytime temperatures amid monsoon, Punjab's power demand soared to an all-time high on Friday, possibly fuelled by the prevailing high humidity and heavy tubewell usa... Read More


Cops unearth 2 int'l narco-arms, hawala modules, 9 arrested

AMRITSAR, July 5 -- In a major crackdown on smuggling networks, the Amritsar commissionerate police have busted two international narco-arms and narco-hawala syndicates, leading to the recovery of 1.1... Read More


Jalandhar leads country in Aspirational Blocks Programme

Jalandhar, July 5 -- Jalandhar district has bagged the first prize in the country (Zone II) under NITI Aayog's Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP), earning a development grant of Rs.1.5 crore to furth... Read More