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PU approves Rs.902-cr budget as student projects take centre stage

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Panjab University (PU) board of finance has approved a budget of Rs.901.61 crore for the financial year 2026-27, marking a continued focus on campus development, academic enhanc... Read More


P'kula courts see 80% conviction rate under new criminal laws

Panchkula, Oct. 14 -- The new criminal laws that came into effect in July last year, replacing the Indian Penal Code and other statutes, are showing a marked improvement in the justice delivery system... Read More


POlice arrest 7th accused in Rs.1.75-cr p'kulacyber fraud

Panchkula, Oct. 14 -- Police have arrested the seventh accused in the Rs.1.75 crore cyber fraud case. The accused, Harry, a resident of Amritsar, was apprehended on Monday and sent to five days of pol... Read More


20 firecracker licences to be alloted in P'kula

Panchkula, Oct. 14 -- The Panchkula district administration will issue 20 licences for the sale of firecrackers this year through a drawsystem. Temporary stalls will be set up across the city, includi... Read More


Cabinet okays 5-year extension for mega projects hanging fire since 2016

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Punjab cabinet on Monday approved a five-year extension for the completion of mega projects that have been hanging fire for the past nine years, since 2016. There are at lea... Read More


Punjab eyes sale of PSPCL land to recharge its coffers

Ludhiana, Oct. 14 -- After being forced to withdraw its widely opposed Land Pooling Policy, under which it had proposed to acquire over 65,000 acres of land across Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) go... Read More


Hry to team up with Japan for industrial township

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Haryana's industries minister Rao Narbir Singh on Monday said the state government was planning to develop one Industrial Model Township (IMT) in collaboration with Japanese com... Read More


Punjab feels the sting, dengue cases soar to 1.6k in 3 months

Patiala, Oct. 14 -- Dengue cases are climbing rapidly in Punjab, with the tally this season reaching 1,671 as of Monday. As per the Punjab health department data, Patiala remains the worst-affected di... Read More


No relief to AAP MLA Lalpura, HC defers hearing for Oct 28

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday deferred hearing for October 28 on a plea from AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura challenging his conviction in a 12-year-old molestatio... Read More


Four tractors carrying paddy from Rajasthan seized, 6 booked

Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Police have booked the owner of two rice mills in Kotkapura's Hari Nau village and five others after detecting four tractor-trailers loaded with paddy from Rajasthan. Agricultur... Read More