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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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