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38-year-old Grocery shop owner shot dead in Makhu

Ferozepur, June 2 -- Unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants shot dead a 38-year-old grocery shop owner in broad daylight in Ferozepur's Makhu town on Monday. The deceased, Gurcharan Singh, alias Kal... Read More


31 Independents join SAD

Chandigarh, June 2 -- As many as 31 Independents, who were elected as councillors in the recently held Punjab civic polls, joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday, bumping up the party's repres... Read More


HPCL to expand ops in Punjab: Govt

Chandigarh, June 2 -- The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) would expand its operations in Punjab with an increase in its investments in refinery, biofuel and biogas sectors, the state go... Read More


Notice to PSPCL over billing 'errors' draws no response

Chandigarh, June 2 -- The Punjab Transparency and Accountability Commission (PTAC) has issued a show-cause notice to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) over alleged systemic failures in it... Read More


Kotkapura firing: Hearing against Sukhbir adjourned until July 18

Chandigarh, June 2 -- A Chandigarh court on Friday adjourned proceedings in the 2015 Kotkapura police firing case involving Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and others until Jul... Read More


Punjab clears Rs.695 crore for cooperative sugarcane farmers

Chandigarh, June 2 -- The Punjab government has cleared all outstanding dues for sugarcane farmers across the state's nine cooperative sugar mills for the 2025-26 crushing season. According to an offi... Read More


J&K's anti-drug drive leads to over 1k arrests in 51 days

Srinagar, June 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir has drawn a firm line against drugs. Launched by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on April 11, the Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan has, in just 51 days, become t... Read More


Centre can take back leased land: Khattar

New Delhi, June 2 -- The Union government can reclaim leased land before or after the expiry of lease agreements whenever public interest requires it, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar ... Read More


KK Pant gets additional charge as Himachal chief secretary

Shimla, June 2 -- The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday entrusted senior IAS officer Kamlesh Kumar Pant with the additional charge of chief secretary with immediate effect. Pant, a 1993-batch offi... Read More


7k RTI cases await disposal in Haryana

Rohtak, June 2 -- Twenty years after the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in Haryana, the state information commission has been burdened with piling backlog. Figures obtained throu... Read More