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NIA conducts searches in 3 border districts

Amritsar, Aug. 6 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 19 locations across Punjab in connection with the terror grenade attack on a temple in Amritsar in March th... Read More


PCS prelims on October 26: PPSC

Patiala, Aug. 6 -- The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) on Tuesday announced that it would conduct the preliminary examination of the Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examinatio... Read More


'Don't interfere in other Takhts' affairs'

Amritsar, Aug. 6 -- In the wake of the recent standoff between the clergy of Akal Takht and Takht Patna Sahib, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) general house on Tuesday passed a unan... Read More


Farmer Rallies against land pooling policy on Aug 11, 20

Jalandhar, Aug. 6 -- The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) on Tuesday said it had decided to hold a "kisan maha rally" against state government's land pooling scheme in Jalandhar's Kukkad vil... Read More


Kanungo arrested for taking bribe

Jalandhar, Aug. 6 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Monday arrested a kanungo, Jatinder Singh, posted in Shahkot, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.2,000. An official spokesperson for the VB ... Read More


Hry releases Ayushman Bharat payments

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- After Haryana chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) threatened to halt services under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) from August 7 due ... Read More


Ram Rahim granted 40-day parole

Karnal, Aug. 6 -- Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is convicted of rape and murder, walked out of Rohtak's Sunaria jail on Tuesday after he was granted a 40-day parole. Ram Rahim le... Read More


HC seeks status of pending criminal cases against MPs & MLAs

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday asked district judges to provide status of criminal cases pending involving MPs and MLAs in the two states and Chandigarh. A special ... Read More


Hooda demands Rs.50K per acre compensation for flood-hit farmers

Karnal, Aug. 6 -- Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday demanded that the state government provide compensation of Rs.50,000 per acre to farmers whose fields have been submerg... Read More


15 injured in Barnala temple kitchen blaze

Barnala, Aug. 6 -- At least 15 people were injured, six of them seriously, in a fire that broke out at a temple in Dhanaula on Tuesday evening, police said. The blaze was triggered by a diesel-fueled ... Read More