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US halts student visa interviews

Washington, May 28 -- US secretary of state Marco Rubio ordered embassies worldwide to stop scheduling new interviews for student-visa applicants as the Trump administration weighs stricter vetting of... Read More


date to file itrS EXTENDED TILL SEPT 15

New Delhi, May 28 -- The government on Tuesday extended the deadline for filing income tax returns (ITRs) by one-and-a-half months to September 15, arising from changes in the forms, brought about by ... Read More


AISSF chief shot dead by neighbour's son in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, May 28 -- Parminder Singh Dhingra, 40, president of the All India Sikh Student Federation (AISSF), was on Tuesday shot dead in Jalandhar in broad daylight following a heated argument with n... Read More


Dismissed woman constable sent to two-day VB remand

BATHINDA, May 28 -- A Bathinda district court on Tuesday sent the dismissed Punjab Police senior constable Amandeep Kaur, an accused of a drug trafficking case, to a two-day vigilance bureau remand. T... Read More


25-year-old Ferozepur man tests +ve for Covid

Ferozepur, May 28 -- Divinesh Kumar, 25, tested positive for COVID-19 in Ferozepur on Tuesday after a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) conducted at the local civil hospital came back positive. According to of... Read More


Farmers opting for water-guzzling varieties a big worry

Chandigarh, May 28 -- Punjab is set to commence paddy transplantation from June 1, despite warnings from agricultural experts about the ecological risks involved and ongoing issues related to banned c... Read More


Valtoha tenders apology before Akal Takht

AMRITSAR, May 28 -- Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Virsa Singh Valtoha on Tuesday tendered a written apology to the Akal Takht and urged the jathedar to reconsider the decree that asked the p... Read More


Warring for studying Canadian model of legalising marijuana

Bathinda, May 28 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday advocated for studying the Canadian model of marijuana legalisation as a possible approach to tackling the drug cr... Read More


Punjab falls short of revenue target by 10% in '24-25 fiscal

Chandigarh, May 28 -- The Punjab government fell short of its revenue target by about 10% in the 2024-25 financial year. The state government garnered Rs.93,236 crore from tax and non-tax revenues as ... Read More


Suspected BKI terrorist trying to retrieve explosive killed in blast

Amritsar, May 28 -- A suspected operative of the banned terror group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) was killed in a powerful explosion while attempting to retrieve a buried explosive near Naushehra... Read More