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SC rules out blanket cracker ban: 'It will hurt sentiments'

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday permitted the use of "green" firecracker chains, refused to impose a total ban on firecrackers saying that this would hurt public sentiments, and ga... Read More


Cabinet hikes Rabi crop MSPs; oilseeds, pulses are top gainers

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Centre on Wednesday raised the minimum support prices (MSPs) for all six Rabi crops for the 2027-28 marketing season, giving the biggest price boosts to oilseeds and pulses. T... Read More


SIT summons Majithia, Bhola on Oct 5 in 2021 drug case

Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- A Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT), probing a 2021 drug case, has summoned senior Akali leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia and dismissed cop Jagdish B... Read More


Shah meets families affected by drug menace, targets AAP govt

Jalandhar, Oct. 1 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met families affected by drug addiction in Punjab and heard their accounts of loss and suffering before addressing a gathering in Kot Ka... Read More


Akal Takht summons 2 SGPC members for meeting Mann

AMRITSAR, Oct. 1 -- : Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj has summoned SGPC members Mithu Singh Kahneke and Jaswant Singh Purain for meeting chief minister Bhagwant Mann regarding th... Read More


3 drug, arms smuggling networks busted, 5 held

AMRITSAR, Oct. 1 -- Punjab Police busted three drug trafficking and illegal arms supply networks in Amritsar, arresting five individuals and recovering over 3kg of heroin, officials said on Wednesday.... Read More


HC seeks status report from police on LPU violence

Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday sought a detailed status report from the Punjab Police on the violence that erupted at Lovely Professional University (LPU), Phagwa... Read More


No rape incident occurred at LPU, says Mittal

Jalandhar, Oct. 1 -- As normalcy returned to Lovely Professional University (LPU), Ashok Mittal, Rajya Sabha member and chancellor of the university, claimed that the entire incident had been executed... Read More


Start drug-free drive from Gujarat, not Punjab: AAP to home minister

Chandigarh, Oct. 1 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday asked Union home minister Amit Shah to stop using Punjab as a political target and answer questions about drug networks and investigations ... Read More


SGPC seeks CBI probe into rape case against Chawla

AMRITSAR, Oct. 1 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Wednesday demanded that the Punjab government hand over the probe in the rape case registered agai... Read More