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Punjab-origin trucker caught with 197kg cocaine at US-Canada border

Toronto, Aug. 9 -- A Punjab-origin trucker has been arrested by law enforcement while allegedly attempting to smuggle in cocaine worth nearly CA$ 25 million. The arrest was announced on Thursday by t... Read More


'Denial of treatment to Ayushman beneficiaries will invite action'

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Haryana State Health Authority (SHA) Friday said that pre-authorisation claims amounting to Rs.2.5 crore were received from empanelled private hospitals across all districts ... Read More


8-year-old killed after school van overturns

Rohtak, Aug. 9 -- An eight-year-old student of a private school was killed and another was injured when the school van overturned turtle after a tyre burst in Jhajjar on Friday, said police. The decea... Read More


HC stays Hry orders blocking consumer panel head decisions

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed two Haryana government orders that blocked the decisions of president of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC)'s o... Read More


HSGMC rejects Hry cabinet's approval to amendments

Karnal, Aug. 9 -- Days after the Haryana cabinet approved amendments to the Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Act, the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) has strongly opposed the cha... Read More


Y'nagar man gets life term for murder

Karnal, Aug. 9 -- A Yamunanagar court on Friday sentenced a local man to life imprisonment and also fined him for Rs.25,000 for the murder of a local woman. The man identified as Jasbir alias Jassi, a... Read More


Punjab CM appoints heads, member for boards, trusts

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday appointed chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and members of various boards, corporations and improvement trusts in the state. Mann announced t... Read More


Will push for inclusion of Gosain community in central OBC list: Saini

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- Haryana government will write to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) Commission, recommending the inclusion of Gosain community in the Central OBC list, chief minister Nayab Singh S... Read More


Giani Harpreet opts out, Satwant set to head breakaway SAD faction

AMRITSAR, Aug. 9 -- Senior SGPC employee Bibi Satwant Kaur is set to be the new chief of the breakaway Akali Dal faction as former Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Friday said he is ... Read More


BBMB row: HC posts hearing on Punjab's plea for Aug 21

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred hearing on a plea by the Punjab government seeking quashing of Bhakra Beas Management Board's 'illegal' move to allocate addi... Read More