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Former Dhuri MLA Dalvir Goldy quits Congress

Sangrur, May 1 -- Former Dhuri MLA Dalvir Singh Khangura alias Goldy quit the Congress on Tuesday, days after expressing "disappointment" over being denied the party ticket from Sangrur LS seat. In hi... Read More


Khangura hints at jumping ship

Sangrur, April 30 -- Former Dhuri MLA and Congress leader Dalvir Singh Khangura posted a cryptic message on social media accounts before going incommunicado, fuelling speculations that he was about to... Read More


4 arrested, power minister orders departmental probe

Rupnagar, April 30 -- Power minister Harbhajan Singh ETO on Monday ordered a departmental probe into the alleged attempt to tamper the coal samples, which had failed testing, at Guru Gobind Singh Supe... Read More


Month into new session, govt school students await textbooks

Patiala, April 28 -- Nearly a month into the new academic session, which began on April 1, government school students across the state still await the arrival of their textbooks. According to governm... Read More


Farm fires back, 102 reported in fortnight

Patiala, April 28 -- Punjab recorded 22 farm fires on Saturday taking the total count to 102 cases during this wheat harvest season. This is the highest single-day jump in farm fire incidents, as per ... Read More


Week on, jail supdt, 3 others suspended

Sangrur, April 27 -- A week after two inmates were killed in a clash in Sangrur district jail, four officials, including the superintendent, have been suspended based on an interim report of the probe... Read More


High levels of artificial sweetener found in Patiala bakery cake samples

Patiala, April 23 -- Patiala health officials on Monday flagged the high level of artificial sweetener, saccharine, in two of the four cake samples collected from a Patiala bakery, after lab tests. A... Read More


Judicial probe ordered, 10 inmates booked

Sangrur, April 21 -- Serious security lapses have come to the fore that reportedly led to the murder of two jail inmates in the Sangrur district jail by fellow inmates on Friday night. Knives, iron ro... Read More


20 days into new session, school students still await workbooks

Patiala, April 21 -- Though the new session started on April 1, government schools in the state are yet to receive workbooks under the Mission Samarth. Students enrolled under the mission are being t... Read More


Protesting farmers gear up to combat summer heat

Patiala, April 21 -- Looking to beat the soaring temperatures, the farmers protesting at Shambhu on the National Highway since February 13 have started setting up water coolers, ceiling fans, green ne... Read More