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House passes resolution urging Centre to halt rollout of E20 fuel

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Punjab assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution urging the Centre not to make ethanol-blended E20 petrol the sole fuel available in the country. The House demanded... Read More


ED raids PSIEC offices, ex-officials in industrial plot allotment probe

Jalandhar, Aug. 5 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched searches across 11 locations in Punjab, including the Punjab Small Industries & Export Corporation (PSIEC) headquarters, regarding a ... Read More


Cong MLA seeks probe into bridgeconstruction delay over Ravi River

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- Dinanagar MLA Aruna Chaudhary on Tuesday sought an inquiry into the prolonged delay in the construction of two bridges over Ravi River at Makaura Pattan and the Upper Bari Doab C... Read More


Punjab halts excess fee recovery from private schools

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Punjab government on Tuesday assured the high court that it would not implement decision of retrospective excess fee recovery from private schools in the state till the Septe... Read More


4 yrs after Panipat court awards death penalty, HC orders retrial

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- Four years after a trial court awarded death sentence to two persons for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in 2018, the Punjab and Haryana high court has remanded back th... Read More


Pregnant women, babies evacuated after hosp blaze

Jalandhar, Aug. 5 -- A tragedy was averted at the Jalandhar Civil Hospital early Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the gynaecology ward of the mother and child department. A coordinated rescue... Read More


Sanitation workers call off protest in Barnala

BARNALA, Aug. 5 -- Sanitation workers protesting outside the Barnala municipal corporation office over job regularisation and a salary hike called off their strike after reaching an agreement with the... Read More


Tarn Taran: 4 hurt in firing inside gurdwara

TARN TARAN, Aug. 5 -- At least four people were injured in a firing incident during a religious event on the premises of a gurdwara in Uboke village, near Patti town, officials said on Tuesday. The in... Read More


Punjab gets 879 new pollingstations after rationalisation

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has carried out rationalisation of polling stations across Punjab as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, increasing the tota... Read More


HC upholds Haryana's admission policy for in-service doctors

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- : The Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the September 2024 policy of the Haryana government for admissions to MD/ MS courses in the state from among the in-service doctors... Read More