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Drug allegations against Majithia false: Dera Beas chief after meeting SAD leader in jail

India, Feb. 2 -- Breaking his usual silence on the case, Radha Soami Satsang Beas head Gurinder Singh Dhillon on Monday termed the drug-related money laundering allegations against jailed Shiromani Ak... Read More


SAD leader Bikram Majithia granted bail in disproportionate assets case

India, Feb. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a disproportionate assets case. The Punjab leader had been locked up in Patiala's... Read More


650 pvt docs vying for 300 posts of specialists at Punjab govt hospitals

Patiala, Feb. 1 -- Around 650 private doctors have applied for the 300 advertised posts of medical specialists under the Punjab government's new scheme of empaneling their services at district hospita... Read More


Warmer Feb may hit Punjab wheat yield, warns IMD

Patiala, Feb. 1 -- Punjab is likely to record above-normal minimum and maximum temperatures in February, which could adversely affect standing wheat crops, particularly during the grain-filling stage,... Read More


AAP Sanour MLA Pathanmajraevicted from official residence

Patiala, Jan. 29 -- The Patiala district administration on Wednesday evicted rape-accused AAP MLA from Sanour Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra from his allotted government accommodation here amid heavy polic... Read More


Teething troubles hit health insurance scheme enrolment

Patiala, Jan. 28 -- The registration process under the newly launched health insurance scheme - Mukhya Mantri Sehat Yojana - has run into teething troubles across Punjab, with village-level entreprene... Read More


Railway staffer injured in Punjab blast, Khalistan group claims responsibility

India, Jan. 25 -- A railway staffer was injured and a freight engine and railway track were damaged in an explosion in a freight corridor near Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district on Friday ni... Read More


Punjab lags behind in providing TB nutrition support

Patiala, Jan. 24 -- Punjab has emerged as one of the worst-performing states in the country in terms of providing 'poshan baskets (food items)' to registered tuberculosis (TB) patients. Only 16% of th... Read More


Explosion rips through freight corridor in Punjab's Sirhind

India, Jan. 24 -- An explosion damaged a railway track and a freight engine near Sirhind at 9.50pm on Friday, just days before Republic Day, triggering concerns of a sabotage attempt. Deputy inspecto... Read More


Patiala schoolboy ends life, kin say was 'intimidated' by cops

Patiala, Jan. 22 -- An 18-year-old schoolboy died by "suicide" after Patiala police officials allegedly threatened and intimidated him over a complaint against him regarding a brawl with his school ju... Read More