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Asst prof jobs: Channi govt ignored red flags raised by then GNDU VC

Chandigarh, July 22 -- The recruitment of 1,158 assistant professors in Punjab's government colleges, which were struck down by the Supreme Court recently, was carried out despite a clear warning from... Read More


Opposition misleading people on land pooling scheme, says CM

Sangrur/Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 22 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann urged the people not to be swayed by what he termed as misleading propaganda from the Opposition regarding the land pooling scheme,... Read More


Five-year-old girl crushed under wheels of school bus

Jalandhar, July 22 -- A five-year-old girl was crushed to death after she was run over by her school bus on the school premises in Jalandhar's Adampur on Monday morning, police said. Kirat Kaur, a stu... Read More


Check corruption in tehsils, DCs told

Chandigarh, July 22 -- In a communication sent to all the deputy commissioners, the revenue department, Punjab, on Monday asked them to take measures to check corruption in the tehsils. Additional chi... Read More


Landa Harike gang member held after encounter

TARN TARAN, July 22 -- The Tarn Taran police on Sunday night arrested an alleged gangster associated with the Landa Harike gang along with illegal weapons after an encounter at Bhullar village of the ... Read More


Govt schoolteacher booked for sexually abusing 3 girls

Rohtak, July 22 -- Two days after Rewari police booked a 52-year-old government teacher in connection with sexual abuse of a Class 8 and two Class 7 girl students on Monday recorded their statements w... Read More


MHA proposes withdrawal of Surjewala's security cover

Chandigarh, July 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has given four weeks' time to Congress leader, Randeep Singh Surjewala, to provide material regarding his threat perception to authorities. The... Read More


'Need more open, consensus-driven approach in House'

CHANDIGARH, July 22 -- Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections, industrialist-turned politician Naveen Jindal parted ways with the Congress and joined the BJP, a gamble that paid off. And after a decade-lon... Read More


Lawyer on way to court shot at in Amritsar, injured

Amritsar, July 22 -- A Jandiala Guru-based lawyer, Lakhwinder Singh, was critically injured after three unknown bike-borne men opened fire on him while he was on way to the district courts complex in ... Read More


30% tips converted into FIRs, over 4,872 held since March 1: Punjab DGP

Jalandhar, July 22 -- There has been 90% conviction rate in the NDPS Act cases since March 1 amid the ongoing Yudh Nashian Virudh (anti-drug war) campaign, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaur... Read More