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Cong protests against 'misuse' of central funds in Nakodar

Jalandhar, Jan. 20 -- Congress leaders and workers staged a protest at Nakodar alleging the state government of committing financial and administrative fraud in the name of rural development. Addressi... Read More


Murder bid accused, aide held after Doraha shootout

Ludhiana, Jan. 20 -- The Doraha police arrested an accused, who was wanted by the police in an attempted murder case, along with his aide following exchange of bullets on Monday morning. The accused a... Read More


High court grants bail to parents of main accused

Bathinda, Jan. 20 -- Three months after a Bathinda court framed charges against five persons, including parents of the main accused Mukul Mittal, for their roles in the alleged murder of a 19-year-old... Read More


Sonali Giri is new higher education secy

Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- The Punjab government on Monday transferred 2007-batch IAS officer Anindita Mitra as the Punjab chief electoral officer (CEO) , four days after the Election Commission of India ... Read More


Gurugram: Woman drugged and raped by her friend, one other

Gurugram, Jan. 20 -- Two men were booked on Monday after a 29-year-old woman -- girlfriend of one of the accused -- alleged that they spiked her food and raped her inside a spa centre in Sector 45. A ... Read More


AAP councillor Pinna is new Moga mayor

BATHINDA:, Jan. 20 -- Parveen Kumar Sharma Pinna was elected as Moga mayor on Monday after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor was elected uncontested by proving his majority with 30 votes in the 50-... Read More


Govt to bear entire cost of Sehat Bima Yojana: minister

Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh on Monday announced that the state government's Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana, which provides cashless medical treatment up to Rs.10 lakh,... Read More


will intensify stir if leaders not released, say farmers

Amritsar, Jan. 20 -- Farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) and other groups staged protests across the state under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) against t... Read More


3 yrs on, no groundwork for promised nursing college in Barnala village

Barnala, Jan. 20 -- Three years after Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann announced the conversion of a girls' school in Thikriwala into a nursing college, residents of the village are still waiting f... Read More


Death penalty quashed in Jhajjar rape-murder case, HC orders 're-trial'

Chandigarh, Jan. 20 -- Four years after a Jhajjar man was awarded death sentence by a trial court in connection with the rape and murder of a five-year-old, the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has ... Read More