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Punjab eyes sale of PSPCL land to recharge its coffers

Ludhiana, Oct. 14 -- After being forced to withdraw its widely opposed Land Pooling Policy, under which it had proposed to acquire over 65,000 acres of land across Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) go... Read More


No relief to AAP MLA Lalpura, HC defers hearing for Oct 28

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday deferred hearing for October 28 on a plea from AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura challenging his conviction in a 12-year-old molestatio... Read More


Police send fresh reminder to officer's family for post-mortem

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The stalemate over the post-mortem of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar entered its seventh day on Monday, with the Chandigarh Police sending a fresh reminder to the officer's f... Read More


BSP holds protests across Hry

Rohtak, Oct. 14 -- Members of several Scheduled Caste (SC) organisations and workers of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday staged protests across the state demanding strict action against the acc... Read More


Modi's visit to mark one year of BJP govt's 3rd term cancelled

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Amid growing clamour for punitive action against Haryana director general of police (DGP), Shatrujeet Kapur, and IPS officer Narendra Bijarniya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has... Read More


NC, BJP candidates file paper for RS polls

Srinagar, Oct. 14 -- Four candidates of ruling National Conference and three of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party filed nomination papers for the four Jammu and Kashmir Rajya Sabha seats on Monday. Fr... Read More


Agri dept struggles with staff shortage, 30% posts vacant

Sangrur, Oct. 14 -- Amid the Supreme Court's stringent directives against stubble burning and the Punjab government's push for crop diversification, Punjab agriculture department is facing severe staf... Read More


Priyanka accuses Centreof ignoring disaster-hit HP

Shimla, Oct. 14 -- Congress leader Sonia Gandhi unveiled a statue of six-time chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh, at Daulat Singh Park on the historic Ridge Ground in Shimla on Monday... Read More


SC orders CBI probe into Karur stampede

Bengaluru, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the stampede in Tamil Nadu's Karur on September 27, when 41 people died during a ral... Read More


Courts can order voice samples from witnesses too: SC

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday held that a court can direct not only an accused but even a witness to furnish a voice sample if it is required for the purpose of criminal investigat... Read More