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196 smugglers held, 2.4kg heroin seized

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 19 -- Punjab Police on Monday conducted a statewide cordon and search operation (CASO) at identified drug hotspots- the points of sale of drugs and psychotropic substances- across the... Read More


Video-conferencing facility available in jails across state, Punjab tells high court

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- The Punjab government on Monday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that a video-conferencing facility has been made available in jails across Punjab. This comes around a... Read More


'Dead' on paper, Rohtak worker denied salary

Rohtak, Aug. 19 -- Taking a suo motu cognizance of a news report alleging that a public health department (contractual) employee was denied salary in the post-Covid period as his Aadhaar record wrongl... Read More


Torrential rain leaves eight dead in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Aug. 19 -- Eight people have been killed due to incessant rains across Maharasthra, with two deaths reported in Mumbai, and six more across various districts of the state, with Nanded district... Read More


K'taka hc rules pocso provisions gender neutral

Bengaluru, Aug. 19 -- The Karnataka high court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by a 52-year-old woman seeking to quash a sexual assault complaint filed against her under the protection of Childre... Read More


Snow leopards thriving in J&K, study reveals yr-round presence

Srinagar, Aug. 19 -- Snow leopards or "grey ghosts of the mountains", one of the world's most elusive big cats and hard to track, are silently not only surviving but thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, acc... Read More


MOB VANDALISES u.p. toll plaza OVER ASSAULT ON ARMY JAWAN

Meerut, Aug. 19 -- Nearly two days after a 26-year-old army jawan was tied to a pole, kicked, punched and attacked with sticks by a group of toll plaza employees, angry village residents vandalised th... Read More


Crisis deepens in Ferozepur, Fazilka as water level in Sutlej continues to surge

Ferozepur/Fazilka, Aug. 19 -- At least 26 villages in Ferozepur and 20 villages in Fazilka district remain submerged due to rising water levels in the Sutlej, with continued heavy rainfall worsening t... Read More


Pong almost full, floodwaters swamp Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur

Jalandhar/Hoshiarpur, Aug. 19 -- Following heavy rainfall in the Himachal Pradesh catchment areas, water levels at the Pong Dam have risen sharply, reaching a record high of 1382.54 feet, just seven f... Read More


Punjab dams brimming, authorities on high alert

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- Amid heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, water levels in Punjab's major dams - Bhakra, Pong and Ranjit Sagar-have risen sharply. The sudden increase in inflows has raised alarm, wi... Read More