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Ludhiana: PSTSE and NMMS test: District sees high turnout in state talent exams

Ludhiana, Jan. 5 -- A strong turnout was recorded in the Punjab State Talent Search Examination (PSTSE) and the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMS) exams held across the district on Sun... Read More


Congress releases separate manifesto for reviving BEST bus services

India, Jan. 5 -- The Mumbai Congress on Sunday released a manifesto called 'Mission Save BEST', centred around reviving the once-lauded public transport system. The party has accused the BJP-led state... Read More


Ahead of March deadline, forces closing in on Bastar's last Maoist pockets

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- There are fewer than 10-12 Maoist pockets in Sukma and Bijapur districts of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, where security forces are at work to set up camps and gain control of the... Read More


State clears 4,860 sports teacher posts for ZP schools

India, Jan. 5 -- The Maharashtra School Education Department on Friday approved 4,860 posts of sports teachers for primary schools run by Zilla Parishads across the state, in a move aimed at strengthe... Read More


Yoga teacher, youth arrested in two POCSO cases in city

India, Jan. 5 -- Two individuals, a 36-year-old yoga instructor and an 18-year-old man, were arrested on Friday in two sepapate POCSO cases in Kalachowki and Goregaon. While the first case was of a te... Read More


Delhi air quality dips again, to stay in 'very poor' till mid week

India, Jan. 5 -- The Capital's brief reprieve from polluted air ended on Sunday, as air quality slid back to the "very poor" category, just two days after strong surface winds had led to a sharp impro... Read More


Amritsar shocker: AAP sarpanch shot dead by two men posing as guests at wedding

Amritsar, Jan. 5 -- An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a village sarpanch was allegedly shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants during a wedding in Amritsar, police said. According to police,... Read More


AAP more corrupt than Congress: Saini in Patiala

Patiala, Jan. 5 -- Hitting out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday alleged that the AAP was "more corrupt than the Congress" and had c... Read More


Faridabad: 35-yr-old software engineer dies by suicide after losing job

India, Jan. 5 -- A 35-year-old man died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving train near Old Railway Station in Faridabad's New Town early on Saturday morning, police said. Preliminary investigat... Read More


Nearly 20k pregnant women visiting Aam Aadmi clinics every month: Punjab health minister

Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- Within just four months of launching a specialised, protocol-driven pregnancy care model, the state has recorded a massive surge in service utilisation, with nearly 20,000 pregna... Read More