New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- In the late 1970s and 1980s, flats built by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) symbolised a new promise for middle-class Indians: the first wave of affordable, planned housing... Read More
Kapurthala, Aug. 28 -- With the water level in Pong Dam hovering three feet above its danger mark, the flood situation in the low-lying mand areas of Kapurthala and Hoshiarpur district is likely to wo... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 28 -- A sudden five-foot rise in the water level at the Pong Dam reservoir within 24 hours-from 1,388 feet on Tuesday to 1,393 feet on Wednesday-has raised serious concerns among auth... Read More
Amritsar/Kapurthala/Chandigarh, Aug. 28 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday deputed the state government's helicopter to evacuate people and send relief material to the stranded families in t... Read More
Ferozepur, Aug. 28 -- More than 2,000 people were rescued from flood-affected villages in Ferozepur as the rising Sutlej threatened to inundate more areas on Wednesday. In Ferozepur district, 62 villa... Read More
Amritsar, Aug. 28 -- The Indian Air Force airlifted 60 irrigation officials, who were deployed to open the gates of the Madhopur barrage in Pathankot district on Wednesday, officials said, adding that... Read More
AMRITSAR, Aug. 28 -- As many as 381 students and around 70 teachers, along with their family members, were rescued from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Daburi in Gurdaspur district after the swollen Ravi ... Read More
Amritsar, Aug. 28 -- More than 100 people, mostly staff members, were stranded after the historic Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev,in Pakistan's Nar... Read More
Sultanpur Lodhi, Aug. 28 -- With over 35,000 acres of agricultural land submerged amid the grim flood situation, farmers in Kapurthala's Sultanpur Lodhi have said that their last hope has been dashed ... Read More
Chandigarh, Aug. 28 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has warned against implication of people in drugs cases as it came to light that between March and July, nearly 20,000 FIRs were registere... Read More