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Punjab housing dept rolls out digital portal for building plan submission

Mohali, April 23 -- The department of housing and urban development, Punjab, has launched Online Building Plan Approval System (OBPAS). This new digital initiative is designed to simplify the approval... Read More


Weapon-smuggling network busted, 1 held with five pistols

AMRITSAR, April 23 -- The counter-intelligence (CI) wing, Amritsar, has busted an illegal weapon smuggling module having links extending to the United States with the arrest its operative from Ludhian... Read More


Unaided schools in Sangrur lag behind, Barnala draws a naught

Sangrur/Barnala, April 23 -- Despite the Punjab and Haryana high court's clear directive, private unaided schools in Sangrur and Barnala have shown low compliance with the RTE Act's provision for admi... Read More


Punjab govt, pvt schools come under fire for ignoring RTE Act

Chandigarh, April 23 -- The Punjab government and private unaided recognised schools drew flak from social activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Tuesday for their "lack of interest" i... Read More


34 Pinjore-bred vultures get new home in Maharashtra

Panchkula, April 23 -- In a significant boost to India's vulture conservation programme, 34 critically endangered vultures - 20 long-billed and 14 white-rumped - were successfully transferred from the... Read More


Health dept to monitor 62,000 pregnant women

Chandigarh, April 23 -- Nearly 500 villages in Haryana where the sex ratio at birth (SRB) is estimated below 700 female births per 1,000 male and the pregnant women across the state will be under heal... Read More


Hry's first Balika Panchayat formed in Fatehabad village

Chandigarh, April 23 -- In a significant initiative to empower young girls and support the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, Haryana's first "Balika Panchayat" was constituted in village Barseen of Fa... Read More


Hry scraps BPL flat allotments

Chandigarh, April 23 -- A government scheme for providing housing to the poor in Haryana turned out to be a money spinner for realtors. Following detection of large-scale manipulations in allotment of... Read More


Jhajjar's Aditya tops UPSC exam in state, secures AIR 9

Rohtak, April 23 -- Aditya Vikram Agarwal, a resident of Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar, has brought laurels to the state by securing AIR 9 in the UPSC 2024 examination the results of which were declared on T... Read More


Record wheat production likely this yr: Chouhan

Karnal, April 23 -- Union agriculture and farmers' welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday expressed high hopes that the country will witness record wheat production during the ongoing Rabi ... Read More