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Procurement to end as arrivals hit 9-yr low

Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- The state food and civil supplies department has decided to wind up the paddy procurement operation this week amid negligible arrivals. This year, the arrivals and the subsequen... Read More


RSS activist's murder: No breakthrough yet, kin plan stir

Ferozepur, Nov. 18 -- Two days after the brazen killing of an RSS volunteer and shopkeeper, Naveen Arora, 32, police are yet to make a breakthrough in the case. Family members and local traders on Mon... Read More


Rights panel flags sanitation lapses due to illegal dairies

Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has pulled up the Bhiwani municipal council over sanitation lapses and unchecked encroachments by dairies in residential areas, creati... Read More


SAD legal panel to contest casesagainst party workers: Sukhbir

TARN TARAN, Nov. 18 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday met the families of workers and leaders arrested during the Tarn Taran bypoll and said the party has formed a l... Read More


Suspended DIG Bhullar seeks de-freezing of bank accounts

Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- Suspended DIG of Ropar range, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, has moved an application in court seeking de-freezing of his bank accounts in the wake of a looming financial crisis. Bhul... Read More


High court disposes PIL challenging '120 Bahadur' certification

Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the certification for public viewing of film "120 Bahadur", purportedly on... Read More


Man gets life term for killing medical store owner

Rohtak, Nov. 18 -- A local court in Fatehabad on Monday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for allegedly stabbing a 26-year-old man to death two years ago. Fatehabad district and sessions judge Deep... Read More


Top court rejects plea for drastic measures to curb air pollution

New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to impose sweeping pollution-control measures such as a year-round construction ban or blanket curbs on vehicular movement in Delhi-NCR, sayi... Read More


HP should get 'legitimate' 7.19% share on Chandigarh: Sukhu

Shimla, Nov. 18 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said that Himachal Pradesh should get "legitimate" 7.19% share on Chandigarh, both in land and assets as per mandate under the Punjab... Read More


Delhi 'okay' with exemptions granted to 11 coal-fired power plants in NCR

Chandigarh, Nov. 18 -- The BJP led Delhi government requested the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) to drop the issue of exemption granted to 11 thermal power plants within the National Capital Region (NCR... Read More