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'60 psychologists to be recruited for state jails'

Chandigarh, July 29 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced that 60 psychologists and counsellors would be recruited for jails across the state to bolster mental healthcare in the ... Read More


Farmers give cold shoulder to land-pooling plan

Chandigarh, July 29 -- The Punjab land pooling scheme, a flagship initiative of the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government that seeks to give "planned urban development" a big push, has so... Read More


Toll rises to 8, search on to trace missing 2

Ludhiana, July 29 -- Eightpilgrims, including three children, were killed and two people are still missing after an overloaded mini-truck carrying 29 people fell into the swollen Sirhind Canal in Ludh... Read More


Fluctuation in oxygen pressure led to three deaths at civil hospital

Jalandhar, July 29 -- Fluctuation in oxygen pressure in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the civil hospital in Jalandhar led to the death of three patients on Sunday night, government authorities said... Read More


CKD office-bearer booked for sexual assault on minor

Amritsar, July 29 -- Chief Khalsa Diwan's (CKD) additional honourary secretary Harinderpal Singh Sethi has been booked allegedly for sexually harassing and assaulting a minor girl who is his close rel... Read More


35-yr-old survivor struggles to come to terms with tragedy

Ludhiana, July 29 -- The tragedy has cast a heavy shadow over the Manakwal village in Malerkotla, as the kin of the deceased and survivors try to come to terms with life after the mishap. Among the su... Read More


Faridkot murder: 4 of Bambiha gang held

Bathinda, July 29 -- The Faridkot police arrested four persons linked to the Bambiha gang operated by a fugitive criminal, Lucky Patial, in connection with the murder of Yadwinder Singh on July 22. In... Read More


Crackdown on Punjab retailers to check misuse of subsidised urea

SANGRUR, July 29 -- : The Punjab agriculture department is conducting checks at 2,324 urea retailers across all 23 districts of the state. The checks came after direct orders from the Union ministry o... Read More


Bains: Punjab to roll out drug prevention curriculum in govt schools

Chandigarh, July 29 -- The Punjab government will roll out a drug prevention curriculum for students of Classes IX to XII in all government schools from August 1 as part of the 3rd phase of the ongoin... Read More


30-yr-old man dies of drug overdose

Hoshiarpur, July 29 -- A man in his early 30s allegedly died of drug overdose in the city on Monday. His body was found outside the medicine market near the bus stand. The family of the deceased revea... Read More