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Aggressive anti-drug campaign made Jhota a polarising figure

BATHINDA, Oct. 15 -- Parvinder Singh, alias Jhota, the anti-drug activist from Mansa, who was gunned down in broad daylight, was no stranger to controversies. Known for conducting aggressive, self-sty... Read More


Small swarms, big dreams: Bee biz buzzes for Bathinda's rural women apiarists

BATHINDA, Oct. 5 -- Rejected bank loan sparked a Rs.4-crore beekeeping revolution for 300 rural women in the district A beekeeping initiative is enabling nearly 300 rural women in Bathinda district t... Read More


Punjab: Bathinda civil hospital gets one-stop diagnostic facility as new lab starts operations

BATHINDA, Sept. 26 -- Patients in Bathinda are already accessing a wide range of diagnostic services at the newly built Integrated Public Health Laboratory (IPHL) at Shaheed Bhai Mani Singh Civil Hosp... Read More


Bathinda: Influencer's murder trial deferred to Nov as witnesses skip hearing

BATHINDA, Sept. 23 -- A sessions court in Bathinda on Tuesday deferred the trial in the murder case of digital content creator Kanchan Kumari, alias Kanchan Bhabhi, to November after witnesses failed ... Read More


Punjab: ASI among 4 Bathinda cops indicted for custodial torture, electric shocks

BATHINDA, Sept. 21 -- A judicial inquiry into the cause of the unnatural death of 34-year-old tutor Narinderdeep Singh in May last year and to fix responsibility has indicted four members of the then ... Read More


Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Prosecution opposes Bishnoi's plea for production warrant

BATHINDA, Sept. 19 -- Prosecutors in the murder trial of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala, on Friday asked a Mansa court to dismiss a plea by deported gangster... Read More


Punjab intensifies vaccination amid lumpy skin disease threat

BATHINDA, Sept. 16 -- The Punjab animal husbandry department has intensified surveillance and launched aggressive vaccination drives across the state following the detection of 216 cases of lumpy skin... Read More


AAP 'propped up' Akali Dal Waris Punjab De to split Panth: Sukhbir

BATHINDA, Sept. 10 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has propped up Akali Dal Waris Punjab De to split Panthic vote and wea... Read More


Mann accuses Centre of muzzling Punjab's federal rights by elevating HC chief justice

BATHINDA, Sept. 7 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused the BJP-led central government of muzzling the state's federal and constitutional rights by elevating justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra a... Read More


2 years on, Bathinda's botanical garden plan remains on paper

BATHINDA, Aug. 31 -- More than two-and-a-half years after the Bathinda municipal corporation proposed a first-of-its-kind botanical garden in the state, the ambitious project has made little progress.... Read More