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Gang supplying mule accounts for cyber frauds busted, 3 arrested

Chandigarh, March 21 -- Punjab Police's State Cyber Crime Division has busted a gang involved in facilitating the opening and supply of current bank accounts, commonly known as mule accounts, to cyber... Read More


Rain spell triggers rare March chill across region

Patiala/Karnal, March 21 -- Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday, leading to a sharp drop in mercury. The maximum dropped by nearly 7-10 degrees Celsius, according to the MeT. Ambala, Pan... Read More


Farmers on edge as rain, winds flatten wheat crop

Patiala/Sangrur/Karnal, March 21 -- Persistent rain and gusty winds over the past 48 hours have flattened the wheat crop in several districts of Punjab and Haryana, leaving farmers concerned about the... Read More


Construction work to start soon: Cheema

Chandigarh, March 21 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday said that construction work for the Guru Ravidas Bani Adhyayan Centre near Dera Sachkhand Ballan in Jalandhar will commence short... Read More


Centre calls for crop loss assessment, timely relief

New Delhi, March 21 -- Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday reviewed the condition of winter-planted crops in the country as torrential rains and hailstorms battered fertile nort... Read More


4 docs of pvt hospital booked for negligence

AMRITSAR, March 21 -- Four doctors of city-based Fortis Escorts Hospital have been booked for negligence following the death of a 41-year-old actor and bodybuilder, Varinder Singh Ghuman, on October 9... Read More


Coop society staff can't claim retiral benefits: HC

Chandigarh, March 21 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that the Punjab State Co-operative Agricultural Service Societies Service Rules, 1997, mandating retiral benefits to its employees a... Read More


SAD won't allow water from Punjab to flow to Raj: Sukhbir

Jalandhar, March 21 -- Addressing a 'Punjab Bachao' rally in the Shahkot assembly constituency of Jalandhar on Friday, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal called chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann's dem... Read More


Rs.1,118-crore Takht Damdama Sahib rail link gets Centre's nod

Bathinda, March 21 -- Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Friday announced a Rs.1,118-crore project to connect Takht Damdama Sahib with the national railway network. Addressing... Read More


Hisar: Bus driver held in 40-kg silver theft case

Karnal, March 21 -- Hisar police on Friday arrested a private bus driver from Hisar bus stand for allegedly stealing 40 kg of silver carrying a market value of Rs.65 lakh from a merchant of Mathura. A... Read More