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Rs.268-cr med college to comeup in Hoshiarpur: CM Mann

Hoshiarpur/Patiala, April 8 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced a new medical college in Hoshiarpur to be completed in two years. Addressing a gathering after rolling out development ... Read More


Ex-DSP's son held for looting Rs.6 lakh from Jalandhar bank

Jalandhar, April 8 -- The Jalandhar commissionerate police have arrested one of the two men involved in the Rs.6-lakh robbery at Punjab National Bank branch on Mithapur Road on Monday. The suspect, Si... Read More


Punjab logs Rs.11,782cr excise revenue, exceeds target, says Cheema

Chandigarh, April 8 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday said that the state excise and taxation department collected Rs.11,782 crore as revenue in 2025-26, exceeding the revised target ... Read More


Punjab govt dissolves 111 urban bodies as terms expire

Chandigarh, April 8 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday dissolved nine municipal corporations and 102 municipal councils and nagar panchayats, removing all elected mayors and local representatives fro... Read More


Wheat on 1.25L acres damaged due to rain, hail: Minister Khudian

Chandigarh, April 8 -- Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Tuesday said wheat crop over more than 1.25 lakh acres had been damaged in seven districts of the state due to recent rainfa... Read More


'Con bride' dupes Sirsa man of Rs.1.8L

Rohtak, April 8 -- The Sirsa police have arrested a "con bride" and her two women accomplices for allegedly duping a government driver of Rs.1.8 lakh and goldjewellery. The gang reportedly charged the... Read More


Woman among 4 caught with 16-kg heroin

Jalandhar, April 8 -- The Kapurthala police have busted a cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of its four operatives, including a woman, and recovered 16.8 kg heroin from them, sai... Read More


Drug addict admitted to Govt hospital after mother's appeal dies

Kapurthala, April 8 -- A 32-year-old drug addict, who was hospitalised after his mother emotive appeal to save her critically ill son went viral on social media, succumbed during treatment on Tuesday.... Read More


Rape-murder: HC quashesdeath penalty, orders retrial

Chandigarh, April 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the death sentences awarded to two men, including the victim's cousin, in the 2019 rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Ludh... Read More


SAD breakaway faction, Amritpal'sparty eye poll pact

Chandigarh, April 8 -- The breakaway faction of Shiromani AkaliDal (SAD) led by former jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh is set to stitch an alliance with the jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpa... Read More