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Can death row convicts choose execution method:SC asks centre

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to consider whether a condemned prisoner could be given the option of choosing between hanging and lethal injection, obs... Read More


3 members of arms smuggling gang held with 10 pistols

AMRITSAR, Oct. 16 -- The Amritsar Commissionerate Police has busted a cross-border organised arms and narcotics smuggling module with links to Pakistan with the arrest of its three operatives and reco... Read More


CM invites bizmen to invest in Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann met top industrialists in Bengaluru on Wednesday, pitching Punjab as a leading global investment destination and inviting them to participate in the upco... Read More


HC stays razing of houses in Patiala 'sans notice under NDPS Act'

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed a demolition drive targeting houses and shops in Patiala that was allegedly carried out without prior notice under the Narcotic Drug... Read More


soon, mandis to get Solar power

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The Punjab Mandi Board launched a project worth Rs.24.42 crore to install solar power plants in mandis across Patiala, Ludhiana, Ferozepur, and Jalandhar districts. Board chairm... Read More


Wheat sowing at peril as floods, rains delay paddy harvesting

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- The recent floods - the worst in four decades - and the subsequent October rains have disrupted Punjab's agricultural cycle this year, with experts warning that the setback coul... Read More


EcoSikh's mission to revive state bird 'baaj' set to take wings

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- EcoSikh, a US-based global non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday unveiled a plan for the revival of northern goshawk bird (baaj) - a raptor associated with Guru Gobind Singh... Read More


Punjab Police arrest Chaturvedi after 28-hr standoff with UT cops

Chandigarh, Oct. 16 -- After nearly a 28-hour standoff, the Punjab Police on Wednesday evening arrested Navneet Chaturvedi, the prime accused in the alleged Rajya Sabha bypoll forgery case involving 1... Read More


Phillaur ex-SHO booked for sexuallyharassing mother of minor rape victim

Jalandhar, Oct. 16 -- The Jalandhar rural police have booked sub-inspector Bhushan Kumar, former Phillaur station house officer (SHO), for alleged inappropriate behaviour and making sexual advances to... Read More


Flood-hit families get relief

Kapurthala, Oct. 16 -- Cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday formally started the distribution of compensation to flood-affected families, starting from Kishan Singh Wala village in Sulta... Read More