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BJP demands rollback of property tax hike in UT

Chandigarh, April 3 -- Two days after the UT administration approved a three-fold hike in property tax on residential properties and doubled the tax on commercial properties, BJP-led city mayor Harpre... Read More


No 'deepmala' for drug peddlers: CM reiterates bulldozer justice

Ludhiana, April 3 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday issued a stern warning to drug peddlers, declaring that those who have destroyed the future of families by pushing their loved one... Read More


AAP 'desperate' to secure RS seat for Kejriwal from Punjab , says Cong's Ashu

Ludhiana, April 3 -- Punjab Congress working president and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu alleged that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is trying to manipulate the upcoming Ludhiana West bypolls even before... Read More


Woman constable held with 18gm heroin

Bathinda, April 3 -- A senior Punjab Police constable, Amandeep Kaur, was arrested on Wednesday with 18 gram heroin from Bathinda, officials said. Bathinda deputy superintendent of police (DSP City 1... Read More


PAU clears high-yielding PR132 parmal variety for field test

BATHINDA, April 3 -- After a decade of research and field trials, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed a high-yielding variety of parmal rice, PR132, audited as economically viable f... Read More


Will inaugurate upgraded schools every day for two months: Bains

Ludhiana, April 3 -- Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday that the state government will inaugurate upgraded schools eve... Read More


SIT records statements of Patiala cops facing charges of delaying FIR

Patiala, April 3 -- The special investigation team (SIT) tasked with probing Colonel Pushpinder Bath's assault case on Wednesday recorded the statements of Patiala police personnel who delayed the reg... Read More


HC gives 3-day protection from arrest to inspector

Chandigarh, April 3 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday gave three days interim protection from arrest to former station-house officer (SHO) inspector Ronnie Singh, one of the 12 accused... Read More


Waqf Bill violates Art 14 of Constitution, says Meet Hayer

Chandigarh, April 3 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Wednesday opposed the Waqf Bill in Parliament, claiming that the BJP-led central government introduced it to grab Waqf prope... Read More


Drug peddler's house razed in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, April 3 -- The Jalandhar municipal corporation (MC) and police razed an illegal structure built by infamous drug peddler Rajan alias Nazar on Wednesday. Assistant commissioner of police (AC... Read More