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soon, mandis to get Solar power

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab Mandi Board launched a project worth Rs.24.42 crore to install solar power plants in mandis across Patiala, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, and Jalandhar districts. Board chairm... Read More


Wheat sowing at peril as floods, rains delay paddy harvesting

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The recent floods - the worst in four decades - and the subsequent October rains have disrupted Punjab's agricultural cycle this year, with experts warning that the setback coul... Read More


EcoSikh's mission to revive state bird 'baaj' set to take wings

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- EcoSikh, a US-based global non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday unveiled a plan for the revival of northern goshawk bird (baaj) - a raptor associated with Guru Gobind Singh... Read More


Punjab Police arrest Chaturvedi after 28-hr standoff with UT cops

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- After nearly a 28-hour standoff, the Punjab Police on Wednesday evening arrested Navneet Chaturvedi, the prime accused in the alleged Rajya Sabha bypoll forgery case involving 1... Read More


Phillaur ex-SHO booked for sexuallyharassing mother of minor rape victim

Jalandhar, Oct. 16 -- The Jalandhar rural police have booked sub-inspector Bhushan Kumar, former Phillaur station house officer (SHO), for alleged inappropriate behaviour and making sexual advances to... Read More


Flood-hit families get relief

Kapurthala, Oct. 16 -- Cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday formally started the distribution of compensation to flood-affected families, starting from Kishan Singh Wala village in Sulta... Read More


Court frames contempt charges against Punjab rural devp director

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday ordered framing of charges under the Contempt of Court Act against director, rural development and panchayat, Punjab, Uma Shankar ... Read More


Two cops held for taking bribe from drug peddler

Amritsar, Oct. 16 -- Two police officials from the Amritsar (Rural) police were arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe from a drug peddler in exchange for his release. According to senior superinten... Read More


Four arrested for attacking police team in Yamunanagar

Karnal, Oct. 16 -- A day after a police party was allegedly attacked during a raid to arrest a wanted illegal wood supplier, Yamunanagar police on Wednesday arrested four people, including a woman, in... Read More


Nine days after death, IPS officer cremated following post-mortem

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The mortal remains of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar was cremated here on Wednesday, following his autopsy at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. The proced... Read More