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Prez medal for ADGP Farooqui, Ludhiana cop

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Additional director general of police (ADGP) MF Farooqui and inspector Suresh Kumar of the counter-intelligence wing, Ludhiana, have been conferred with the President's medal fo... Read More


Cabinet denotifies land-pooling policy

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Three days after the urban development department announced it was withdrawing the land-pooling policy, the Punjab cabinet on Thursday formally denotified the controversial poli... Read More


Punjab issues SOP for EWS admissions in private schools

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Amid complaints of admissions being denied in the absence of clear guidelines, the Punjab government on Thursday finally issued the standard operating procedure for admitting ch... Read More


Jhundan-led panel to prepare breakaway group's vision doc

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Two days after former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was unanimously elected as the president of the breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the par... Read More


Two BKI operatives arrested in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, Aug. 15 -- Punjab Police foiled a Pakistan-backed conspiracy following an intelligence-based operation, exposing a terrorist module linked to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in Ferozepur ... Read More


Way forward after U-turn on land-pooling policy

India, Aug. 15 -- The Punjab government took a quick and rational decision by withdrawing the land-pooling policy amid challenges since its announcement on May 14, 2025. The challenges included lack o... Read More


Smuggler detained under PIT-NDPS Act

Kapurthala, Aug. 15 -- The Kapurthala police have taken a notorious drug smuggler into one-year preventive detention under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substanc... Read More


Won't cremate body till killers held: Kin

Rohtak, Aug. 15 -- A day after 19-year-old Manisha, a private play school teacher, was found dead with her throat slit in the fields of Singhani village, her family and villagers on Thursday refused t... Read More


Man jumps from 2nd floor after court awards 7-year jail term, hospitalised

BATHINDA, Aug. 15 -- A 23-year-old man jumped from the second floor of Mansa court after he was convicted by a fast-track special court on Thursday afternoon. The additional sessions judge, Mandeep Ka... Read More


IGP, P'kula police chief get Prez medal for distinguished service

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Two Haryana Indian Police Services (IPS) officers and 11 state police personnel were selected for President's medal for distinguished service and medal for meritorious service r... Read More