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FCI sold rice for ethanol 40% below average cost

India, July 29 -- Amid a surge in sugar prices, the Centre on Tuesday imposed stock limits on sugar dealers - they cannot hold over 4,000 quintals of sugar or retain stocks for more than 30 days from ... Read More


Two held for hurling petrol bomb at Sangrur BJP office

SANGRUR, July 29 -- Police on Tuesday arrested two men with alleged cross-border links in connection with the petrol bomb attack on the district BJP office on the intervening night of July 25 and July... Read More


Congress urges Scheduled Castes panel to probe Barnala lathicharge

Chandigarh/Sangrur/Barnala, July 29 -- A delegation of Punjab Congress MPs on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), seeking its immediate intervention ... Read More


Ex-PWD engineer gets 5-yrjail in Rs.1.6-crore graft case

Mohali, July 29 -- A CBI court on Tuesday convicted former public works department (B&R) executive engineer Joginder Singh in a 15-year-old corruption case for using forged bills to secure the release... Read More


Punjab gets just Rs.4.2 crore over 2 yrs

CHANDIGARH, July 29 -- Despite the Centre's push to scale up India's domestic manufacturing powerhouse, Punjab has secured a mere Rs.4.28 crore over the last two fiscal years under the ministry of hea... Read More


DDR filed, FIR likely after probe: NCSK member

BARNALA, July 29 -- National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) vice-chairman Hardeep Singh on Tuesday visited Barnala and said police had filed a daily diary report (DDR) in connection with the ... Read More


No paper leak in Punjab, Oppn making false allegations: Mann

Chandigarh, July 29 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday claimed that there has been no paper leak under his government and accused the BJP of trying to defame Punjabis for its own political gai... Read More


Over 40% academic posts vacant in teacher training institutes

Chandigarh, July 29 -- More than 40% of academic posts are lying vacant in government-run teacher education institutions - the State Council of Education Research and Training (SCERT) and the District... Read More


Punjab to regularise contractual sanitation workers:, says Bains

Chandigarh, July 29 -- The Punjab government has decided to regularise the services of contractual sanitation workers who have completed five years of service, minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Tues... Read More


Minor sexual assault: SC stays arrest of SAD leader

Ludhiana, July 29 -- The Supreme Court has stayed the arrest of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Jaskaranjit Singh Deol, in-charge of the Mullanpur Dakha assembly constituency, in connection with a ca... Read More