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Labourer gets life term for murdering co-worker

Mohali, May 8 -- A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a labourer for murdering his co-worker at an under-construction house in Sector 66-B following a drunken quarrel in May 2021 with brickb... Read More


Bihar: Nitish's son, 31 others take oath

Patna, May 8 -- The sons of three former chief ministers were part of the 32 ministers who took oath on Thursday at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna, completing the long-awaited cabinet expansion o... Read More


SC APPOINTS EX-CJI TO MEDIATE SUNJAY KAPUR ESTATE CASE

New Delhi, May 8 -- The Supreme Court has appointed former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud as mediator to facilitate a settlement in the high-stakes inheritance dispute within the family of late... Read More


cash-hit HP wants IAS, IFS cadre strength downsized

Shimla, May 8 -- Reeling under fiscal woes, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to streamline the administrative structure and reduce expenditure by downsizing cadre strength of IAS and IFS of... Read More


anti-sacrilege law a political conspiracy, sgpc says in u-turn

Amritsar, May 8 -- SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday said the recently enacted anti-sacrilege law was a "political conspiracy challenging Guru Granth and Guru Panth". His remarks came a... Read More


dead snake in mid-day meal?300 kids IN bihar school fall ill

SAHARSA, May 8 -- Around 300 children at a government middle school in Bihar's Saharsa fell ill allegedly after consuming contaminated mid-day meal, a senior official said on Thursday. Authorities hav... Read More


9 inmates flee from govt-run rehab centre

Sangrur, May 8 -- Nine inmates escaped from the Punjab government-run de-addiction centre at Ghabdan, 10km from Sangrur, on Wednesday, marking the third such mass escape at the facility in less than a... Read More


ASI convicted in Rs.25K bribery case, sentenced to 3-year jail

Mohali, May 8 -- A special court in Mohali has convicted Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Jagdish Lal, who was posted at Jaijon in Hoshiarpur district, in a 2019 corruption case and sentenc... Read More


Why my son is not being brought back Amritpal's mother asks CM

Amritsar, May 8 -- Balwinder Kaur, mother of jailed radical leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, confronted chief minister Bhagwant Mann during his "Shukrana Yatra" in Rayya in Amritsar on Thur... Read More


Punjab retains top spot in drug smuggling cases: NCRB report

Chandigarh, May 8 -- For the second straight year, Punjab has registered the highest number of drug smuggling cases in the country, according to the 2024 data released by the National Crime Records Bu... Read More