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Private specialists' empanelment fee capped at Rs.2.5 lakh

Patiala, Sept. 9 -- The Punjab health department has capped the monthly empanelment fee payable to private specialists at Rs.2.5 lakh per specialist, following concerns over hefty bills submitted by e... Read More


Punjab enforces 'no work, no pay' as staffers hold pen-down strike

Chandigarh/Amritsar/Bathinda/Jalandhar, Sept. 9 -- In a crackdown on striking state employees demanding pending dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears, the Punjab government on Tuesd... Read More


Suntec City plot holders move HC against full CLU cancellation

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- A group of plot holders of the Suntec City project has approached the Punjab and Haryana high court, seeking to be impleaded as parties in the case and urging it to uphold the p... Read More


3 killed, 23 hurt as canter hits pickup

ROHTAK, Sept. 9 -- Three pilgrims, including two women were killed and 23 others sustained injuries after a canter rammed into a pickup carrying devotees on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway ... Read More


Lucrative SAP but sugarcane acreage declining in Haryana

ROHTAK, Sept. 9 -- Haryana's lucrative Rs.415-per-quintal state advised price, just one rupee behind neighbouring Punjab, has done little to stem a decline in sugarcane acreage in the last five years,... Read More


After govt action, workers to intensify stir

ROHTAK, Sept. 9 -- The Haryana government's action against striking sanitation workers, including suspensions, terminations, FIRs and deployment of agency workers, has failed to break the prolonged ag... Read More


Haryana minister sets Sept 15 deadline to clear Van Mitra dues

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- Haryana forest minister Rao Narbir Singh on Tuesday issued directions to release pending maintenance dues of "van mitras" by September 15. The pending dues pertain to financial ... Read More


Women representatives architects of change: Saini

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 9 -- The women representatives are not merely witnesses to change, but the architects of change, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Tuesday underscoring the importance of activ... Read More


HC acquits man sentenced to death for 12-yr-old's rape-murder

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has acquitted a Goraya man awarded death penalty by a special court in 2024 for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. According to the pol... Read More


Minorities panel chief seeks report from DGP

Patiala, Sept. 9 -- National Commission for Minorities (NCM) chairman Harjit Singh Grewal on Tuesday visited Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, and met Sikh youth Mohanjeet Singh, who was allegedl... Read More