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Canadian court turns down Punjab woman's asylum appeal

Toronto, Sept. 8 -- A Canadian federal court has dismissed an appeal by Punjab woman Kanwaljit Kaur, who sought to remain in Canada by claiming she would face persecution if returned to India due to h... Read More


5 boys held over 12-yr-old's sexual abuse, murder

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 8 -- Five boys studying at a madrasa in Odisha's Nayagarh district have been sent to a juvenile home for strangulating a fellow 12-year-old student to death after subjecting him to ... Read More


BJP: GST relief must be passed onto people

NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended a workshop for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs called Sansad Karyashala, where a resolution was passed on GST (goods and services... Read More


ishiba resigns as japan's pm after bruising election loss

Tokyo, Sept. 8 -- Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parlia... Read More


india, eu fta talks

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- India and the European Union (EU) will hold their next round of talks on a free trade deal in New Delhi this week, with the focus shifting to more substantial issues such as non-... Read More


After floods, threat of diseases looms large

Patiala, Sept. 8 -- Though the floodwater begins to recede across Punjab, the hardships for the flood-hit residents is far from over. The state health department has already sounded an alert over the ... Read More


Cabinet meeting today, CM Mann to join from hospital

Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who is currently recuperating at a private hospital in Mohali, has convened a meeting of the state cabinet on Monday to review the flood sit... Read More


Govt to allow farmers to sell sand deposited in fields: Sisodia

Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- The Punjab government will soon bring a policy allowing farmers in flood-affected areas to remove and sell the sand deposited on their fields by floodwaters, AAP's Punjab affair... Read More


All educational institutions to reopen today

Chandigarh, Sept. 8 -- All educational institutions, including schools, colleges, universities, polytechnic institutes and ITIs in Punjab, will reopen from September 8, though classes in government sc... Read More


Breach in embankment puts 10 Kapurthala villages at risk

Kapurthala, Sept. 8 -- The Beas River continued to wreak havoc in Kapurthala district after an 8-km-long advance embankment, built by farmers to protect nearly 5,000 acres of agricultural land, develo... Read More