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AAP councillor Pinna is new Moga mayor

BATHINDA:, Jan. 20 -- Parveen Kumar Sharma Pinna was elected as Moga mayor on Monday after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor was elected uncontested by proving his majority with 30 votes in the 50-... Read More


Govt to bear entire cost of Sehat Bima Yojana: minister

Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh on Monday announced that the state government's Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana, which provides cashless medical treatment up to Rs.10 lakh,... Read More


will intensify stir if leaders not released, say farmers

Amritsar, Jan. 20 -- Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) and other groups staged protests across the state under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) against t... Read More


3 yrs on, no groundwork for promised nursing college in Barnala village

Barnala, Jan. 20 -- Three years after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced the conversion of a girls' school in Thikriwala into a nursing college, residents of the village are still waiting f... Read More


Death penalty quashed in Jhajjar rape-murder case, HC orders 're-trial'

Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- Four years after a Jhajjar man was awarded death sentence by a trial court in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has ... Read More


Karnal toll plaza likely to go barrier-free in a week

Karnal, Jan. 20 -- The Bastara toll plaza in Karnal is set to go barrier-free with the installation of the multi-lane free flow (MLFF) tolling system this month, bringing relief from traffic congestio... Read More


Hry's law & order, economic state alarming, says Hooda

Karnal, Jan. 20 -- Former chief minister and Opposition leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said that the state of economy as well as the law and order was "poor". Hitting out at the Nayab Saini-le... Read More


No anticipatory bail for ex-education official

Panchkula, Jan. 20 -- A court here has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Kuldeep Singh, 60, former deputy director of the Haryana education department, in connection with a scholarship sc... Read More


State-of-art cancer care centre in Hamirpur gets cabinet approval

Shimla, Jan. 20 -- The Himacha cabinet on Monday decided to establish a state-of-the-art cancer care centre at Dr Radhakrishnan Government Medical College, Hamirpur. This centre will focus on preventi... Read More


Farmers gherao HP secretariat

Shimla, Jan. 20 -- Farmers and orchardists from different parts of Himachal on Monday gherao the state secretariat and demanded immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's directions to frame a cl... Read More