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Mohali panel raps ESIC, orders benefit to widows

Mohali, Feb. 2 -- The district consumer disputes redressal commission, Mohali, held the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), including its regional director, Chandigarh, and branch manager, ... Read More


Week on, storm debris in Mohali still not cleared

Mohali, Feb. 2 -- Over a week after strong winds and rain lashed the tricity, broken branches and uprooted trees continue to lie along the roadside stretches of Airport Road, drawing concern from dail... Read More


7 passengers hurt as pvt bus hits tree amid fog in Sangrur

Sangrur, Feb. 2 -- As many as seven passengers, including a pregnant woman, were injured after a private bus veered off the road and collided with a tree amid dense fog near GGS Public School in Sangr... Read More


Punjab ignored in Budget yet again: Mann

Chandigarh, Feb. 2 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said the Union Budget 2026 had once again failed to meet the expectations of Punjab. He said the budget offered no MSP guarantee for farmers, ... Read More


Warring hits back at Navjot Kaur

Chandigarh, Feb. 2 -- Hitting back at Navjot Kaur Sidhu after she quit the party while accusing him of selling the party for personal gains, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on S... Read More


Nothing for farmers: Experts

Chandigarh, Feb. 2 -- Agricultural experts and farmer organisations have said Punjab once again found no mention in the Union budget, with key demands such as a legal guarantee for MSP, crop diversifi... Read More


81-yr-old NRI woman strangled to death

Ludhiana, Feb. 2 -- An 81-year-old NRI woman was strangled to death at her residence in the New Abadi area of Khanna, police said on Sunday. The victim, identified as Jagpal Kaur, was found lying in t... Read More


At Rs.43,290 cr, J&K's allocation up 4.72%

Srinagar, Feb. 2 -- The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been allocated a budget of Rs.43,290.29 crore proposed in the Union budget 2026-27, an increase of Rs.1,950.07 crore (4.72%) as compare... Read More


Punjab gets Rs.19,623cr for local bodies, disaster management

Chandigarh, Feb. 2 -- The Sixteenth Finance Commission (SFC), which did not propose any revenue deficit grants for states, has recommended grants worth Rs.19,623 crore for rural and urban local bodies... Read More


Spl eco trails to come up in J&K, HP, U'khand

Dharamshala, Feb. 2 -- The Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union budget 2026-27, announced that ecologically sustainable mountain trails would be developed in Himachal ... Read More