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Tighten taps, BBMB cautions partner statesas sluggish monsoon slows Bhakra inflow

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- In stark contrast from past few monsoons which saw surplus rain, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), amid a relatively weaker rainy season this year, has issued a word of c... Read More


Warring backs parole for Hawara

Ludhiana, Aug. 25 -- Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday favoured the demand for parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, who is serving a life sentence for the assassination of th... Read More


'Lapses' in patient care: Nangal SMO suspended

Rupnagar, Aug. 25 -- Punjab health department has suspended Dr Esha Verma, senior medical officer (SMO) at Nangal civil hospital, and transferred the hospital's pathologist, Dr Surinder Kaur, to Jalan... Read More


Eyes donation fortnight begins

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- The 41st National Eye Donation Fortnight will be observed in Punjab from August 25 to September 8 to help bridge the shortage of corneal tissue for transplantation. On the eve o... Read More


Govt lifts wheat export ban to support farmers

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- India on Monday removed restrictions on wheat exports, allowing traders to ship the grain and flour freely after months of quota-based exports, as comfortable government stocks e... Read More


Amid sanitation workers' strike, MCs deploy JCBs to clear garbage mounds

Karnal, Aug. 25 -- The municipal corporations on Monday have started removing accumulated garbage spread across streets of markets and residential areas, amid the ongoing strike by sanitation workers,... Read More


Deepender's regret means he accepted mistake: Kuldeep

Karnal, Aug. 25 -- A day after Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda regretted his remarks praising former party leader and convict in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, Sajjan Kumar, senior Congress leader and former ... Read More


Congress demands withdrawal of FIRs against party workers

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- Haryana Congress president, Rao Narender Singh on Monday demanded that the FIRs registered against Youth Congress and NSUI workers as well as the presidents of the Gurugram rura... Read More


Haryana govt removes agri deputy director from service

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- The Haryana government has ordered the removal from service of Sonepat deputy director, agriculture, Virender Dev Arya after finding him guilty of sexually harassing a woman emp... Read More


Haryana assembly sessionlikely to be three-day affair

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- The upcoming monsoon session of the Haryana assembly is likely to be a three day affair. According to a tentative programme issued by the assembly secretariat, the session which... Read More