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Industry hit by 8-10-hour power cuts as 2 private thermal units remain shut

Patiala, Sept. 13 -- Industrial consumers in Punjab are bearing the brunt of a sudden power crisis, with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) imposing 8 to 10-hour cuts in major industri... Read More


Senior SAD leader Varinder Singh Bajwa passes away

Hoshiarpur, Sept. 13 -- SAD's senior vice-president and former Rajya Sabha member Varinder Singh Bajwa passed away on Saturday. He was 82. He began his political career as an active member of the SAD ... Read More


Punjab blames Centre for power shortage

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- Punjab on Saturday sought to shift the focus of the ongoing power shortage towards the Centre, with power minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond claiming that the state was receiving 1... Read More


Youth injured in police firing while trying to escape custody in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Sept. 13 -- A youth, who was arrested in an illegal arms case, was injured in police firing after he tried to escape from custody in Jalandhar on Saturday. Commissioner of police Satinder S... Read More


Two vehicles of 'drug peddler' frozen

Karnal, Sept. 13 -- Fatehabad police have frozen two Mahindra Scorpio vehicles, collectively valued at around Rs.30 lakh, belonging to a Ratia-based alleged drug trafficker as part of a financial inve... Read More


Gangster extradited from Moldova: Cops

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- In a major breakthrough against the gangster-terror nexus in the state, Punjab Police on Saturday secured the extradition of fugitive gangster Amritpal Singh, alias Amrit Dalam... Read More


Cop stabbed in Ambala, mobile, wallet snatched

Karnal, Sept. 13 -- Four masked men on two bikes allegedly stabbed a police constable and snatched his mobile phone and wallet in the Baldev Nagar area of Ambala on Saturday. The injured cop was admit... Read More


AFT grants family pension to 2nd wife despite void marriage

Chandigarh, Sept. 13 -- In an unusual family pension case, the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Chandigarh, directed the authorities to grant ordinary family pension to Satnam Kaur, the second wife of a f... Read More


Sukhbir promises development of Kandi belt if SAD forms govt

Jalandhar, Sept. 13 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Saturday said a Kandi development ministry will be established to develop the state's sub-mountainous region on holistic lin... Read More


ACB probes inflated rates in Sohna project

Gurugram, Sept. 13 -- The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked 11 people, including a former chief engineer, a sub-divisional officer (SDO), two former secretaries of So... Read More