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Court sends 2 accused to judicial custody

Chandigarh, May 16 -- A special CBI court in Chandigarh on Friday remanded accused Raghav Goyal and Vikas Goyal in an alleged Rs.13 lakh bribery case linked to Punjab Vigilance Bureau officials to 14-... Read More


ED raids unearth fraud in New Chandigarh CLU approvals

CHANDIGARH, May 16 -- The recent Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on real estate developers and alleged liaison agents in Mohali and Kharar have intensified scrutiny into controversial change of lan... Read More


Halwara airport finally takes off as first Delhi flight lands in Ludhiana

Ludhiana, May 16 -- Ending a wait of nearly three decades, the first commercial flight from Delhi landed at the newly operational Halwara Civil Terminal near Ludhiana on Friday morning, marking the fo... Read More


CEO tells parties to appoint Block agents

Chandigarh, May 16 -- With the election commission initiating the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Punjab from June 15 to remove discrepancies from electoral rolls, chief electoral officer (CEO) An... Read More


Woman shot dead in Karnal

Karnal, May 16 -- A 47-year-old woman was shot dead in broad daylight outside her residence in Karnal's Sector 9 on Friday, police said. The victim, Dimple Arora, was working with the UHBVN office in ... Read More


43 gm heroin, phone recovered from jail

Ferozepur, May 16 -- Police have booked three inmates and a Punjab Ex-Servicemen Corporation (PESCO) employee for smuggling heroin and a mobile phone into the Ferozepur Central Jail. The accused inclu... Read More


Rakhra expelled from SAD (Punar Surjit), to join AAP

Jalandhar, May 16 -- Hours after being expelled by Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit), former minister Surjit Singh Rakhra confirmed that he will join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday. The decisi... Read More


CBI raids 7 locations in Rs.550-cr Haryana fund siphoning case

Chandigarh, May 16 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches at multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula in a case of misappropriation of Haryana government fun... Read More


2 IPS officers promoted to DGP rank in Haryana

Chandigarh, May 16 -- The Haryana government on Thursday promoted two 1994 batch IPS officers to the rank of director general of police (DGP). As per May 15 order issued by additional chief secretary,... Read More


Haryana's white gold loses lustre as cotton farmers shift to paddy

Rohtak, May 16 -- Repeated pest attacks, collapsing yields, rising cultivation costs, and recurring crop failures have pushed Haryana's cotton farming into crisis. Farmers across the state's tradition... Read More