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Global insurers eye India market to tap 100% FDI

Mumbai, Aug. 3 -- Global insurers are stepping up their India plans as the country's decision to allow 100% foreign ownership opens the door to greater control over local businesses. Close on the heel... Read More


Outstanding farm loans over Rs.31 lakh crore

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Total outstanding agricultural loans of banks neared Rs.31.35 lakh crore as on December 31, 2025, including about Rs.24.62 lakh crore extended by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs)... Read More


Rs.5L for kin of four boys drowned in Haridwar

Chandigarh, Aug. 3 -- Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday announced Rs.5 lakh as financial assistance for each of the four families whose minor sons lost their lives aft... Read More


Advocate who opened fire at landlady sent to judicial custody

Chandigarh, Aug. 3 -- A local court on Sunday sent the advocate, who opened fire at his landlady, leaving her injured in Sector 42 on Saturday evening, to judicial custody. Meanwhile, investigators sa... Read More


Bihar youth nabbed with four pistols

Panchkula, Aug. 3 -- The Panchkula crime branch arrested a Bihar youth and seized four country-made pistols, officials said on Sunday. Deputy commissioner of police (crime and traffic) Amrinder Singh ... Read More


Ex-serviceman fires at shopkeeper, arrested

Mohali, Aug. 3 -- An ex-serviceman allegedly opened fire on the husband of a former sarpanch, critically injuring him following an argument in Syalba village in Kharar on Saturday night. He has been a... Read More


accused who provided arms to shooters arrested: police

Panchkula, Aug. 3 -- The Panchkula crime branch has arrested a fourth person in connection with the Swiss Lounge firing case in Sector 5. Shakil Ansari, accused of supplying weapons to the shooters in... Read More


Speed devils run amok in Mohali, 75,000 challans in five months

Mohali, Aug. 3 -- Despite issuing over 2.78 lakh traffic challans in the first five months of this year and reporting an average of nearly five road accidents every week, Mohali continues to grapple w... Read More


Under fire for sanitation employees' deployment, civic body seeks report

Chandigarh, Aug. 3 -- Concerns over the deployment and distribution of safai karamcharis in the city's northern sectors were raised during the Municipal Corporation House meeting on Friday, with counc... Read More


Golf association elects executive committee

Chandigarh, Aug. 3 -- The Chandigarh Golf Association elected a 14-member executive committee during its annual general body meeting in Sector 6 on Sunday. The elections were conducted under the super... Read More