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Crop damage claims can be registered on portal till Aug 31: Saini

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday announced that e-Kshtipurti portal will remain open till August 31 to facilitate the flood affected farmers of 188 villages ... Read More


Criteria tweak 'cuts' Assam forest by 99%

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- A retired forest official has flagged how Assam's restrictive technical criteria to define what is a forest led to 99% of acknowledged woodland - roughly 1,153 of 1,168 hectares ... Read More


In poll-bound Bihar, Nitish assures Muslims of support

India, Aug. 22 -- PATNA: In a minority outreach effort ahead of the assembly polls, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday assured the Muslim community that their grievances, if any, would be r... Read More


Singh re-elected BFI president

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Incumbent Ajay Singh was elected as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president for a third straight term after his panel registered a comfortable win on Thursday. Singh defea... Read More


Zimbabwean student dies, murder charges added against seven accused

BATHINDA, Aug. 22 -- The 22-year-old Zimbabwean student, Ziweya Leeroy, who was attacked by the Guru Kashi University's security guard Dilpreet Singh and others on August 13, died on Thursday during t... Read More


Cheema demands Rs.50,000 cr from Centre over GST losses

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Agreeing to the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cuts, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Thursday demanded that the Centre should release Rs.50,000 crore to Punj... Read More


Brothers killed UP girl, arrested: Karnal police

Karnal, Aug. 22 -- A day after an Uttar Pradesh girl was allegedly found murdered in Karnal's Indri area, police on Thursday said that they have arrested her brother Rehan and a cousin Farman for the ... Read More


Punjab govt unveils Rs.100-cr push for industrial ecosystem

Ludhiana, Aug. 22 -- Industry and commerce minister Sanjeev Arora on Thursday announced a major infrastructure and policy push to strengthen Punjab's industrial ecosystem, placing Ludhiana at the cent... Read More


Barnala temple Blaze toll mounts to 3

Barnala, Aug. 22 -- : The death toll from a fire at a temple in Dhanaula has risen to three as one more person died on Wednesday in Faridkot government hospital. The blaze, which occurred on August 5,... Read More


Khanna student ends life after falling victim to financial fraud

Ludhiana, Aug. 22 -- A 20-year-old youth from Khanna in Ludhiana ended his life in Surrey, Canada, after falling victim to a financial fraud. The victim, a resident of a village in Khanna, was found h... Read More