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Monsoon revival fails to quench rain deficit

Patiala, Aug. 1 -- Despite monsoon activity picking up in the last week of July after a 10-day lull, Punjab's rainfall deficit remained largely unchanged, with the first two months of the southwest mo... Read More


Bike-truck crash leaves couple, 6-yr-old son dead in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur, Aug. 1 -- A couple and their son were killed, while their daughter was injured, after a tipper truck hit their motorcycle on the Hoshiarpur-Phagwara road past Thursday midnight, police sai... Read More


Ambala railway division sends first rice cargo to J&K's Pampore

Karnal, Aug. 1 -- The Ambala railway division of Northern Railways loaded a wagon of food grains (rice) for a private party from Ambala Cantt goods shed for Pampore in J&K -a first for this route, off... Read More


Hry-based syndicate behind cheating racket, says Bains

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- Punjab Police have busted an interstate cheating racket allegedly operating from Haryana's Bhiwani and arrested 38 people, including 13 handlers and 25 candidates, in connection ... Read More


Extant security scenario compels Kartarpur Corridor to remain shut

CHANDIGARH, Aug. 1 -- The Centre on Friday said the Kartarpur Corridor will remain shut due to the prevailing security situation, despite receiving repeated representations from Sikh organisations see... Read More


SAD seeks probe into lathicharge, 'paper leaks'

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- The SAD on Friday appealed to governor Gulab Chand Kataria to order a judicial probe into the Barnala lathicharge incident and a CBI probe into the alleged paper leaks in Punjab.... Read More


anti-gangster drive: 594 arrested

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- Punjab Police on Friday conducted 594 raids across the state as part of its ongoing anti-gangster campaign, arresting 365 individuals, including two proclaimed offenders. Since t... Read More


4.8k Indians deported from US since 2025; 1,273 this year: MEA

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The US has deported more than 4,800 Indian nationals since 2025, including 1,273 people who were sent back between January and July this year, the external affairs ministry said o... Read More


Bhiwani's Seema Kaliramna brings glory with CWG discus throw bronze

Rohtak, Aug. 1 -- Bringing pride to Haryana, the nation, and Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU), Bhiwani, Ph.D. scholar Seema Kaliramna of the department of physical education has won a bronze meda... Read More


Farm fires not sole cause of Delhi-NCR winter smog

ROHTAK, Aug. 1 -- Contrary to the widespread perception that stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana is the principal cause of annual smog in the Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), a scientific st... Read More