Patiala, June 26 -- Punjab recorded its highest peak power demand of the season on Friday at 16,456 MW - driven by warm and humid temperatures, coupled with increasing agricultural demand owing to ong... Read More
Patiala, June 26 -- The Punjab excise and taxation inspector recruitment examination held on May 31 has landed in a controversy after the Punjab Subordinate Services Selection Board (PSSSB) released a... Read More
Patiala, June 24 -- Another power generation unit of Ropar thermal plant stopped functioning, taking the number of non-functional units owing to technical faults to six at three state-owned thermal pl... Read More
Patiala, June 21 -- With the southwest monsoon running behind schedule and Punjab recording below-normal rainfall through June so far, concerns are growing over increased dependence on groundwater dur... Read More
Patiala, June 20 -- Amid an already strained power supply owing to sweltering heat and paddy transplantation season, Punjab's power generation suffered a major setback on Friday as six thermal units a... Read More
Patiala, June 17 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has formally withdrawn from direct immunisation operations against vaccine-preventable diseases (diphtheria, polio, and measles) in Punjab. All ... Read More
Patiala, June 16 -- All five water samples collected from the Hepatitis A outbreak hotspot in Patiala's Dogra Mohalla failed the quality tests, with laboratory analysis confirming bacterial contaminat... Read More
Patiala, June 15 -- A nearly hour-long meeting between Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Sanaur, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, on Sunday set... Read More
Patiala, June 14 -- A team of the Patiala health department has claimed to have busted a sex determination racket with the arrest of accused Meena Rani and her accomplice Jarnail Singh. Rani, a former... Read More
Patiala, June 12 -- Patiala's Dogra Mohalla is in the grip of a Hepatitis A outbreak, with 16 residents testing positive for the virus. Laboratory investigations confirmed that the patients were suff... Read More