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Stop govt teachers' non-educational duties: Bains

Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Taking note that teachers are being deployed even for routine clerical and administrative tasks, Punjab school education minister Harjot Singh Bains has written to the chief secr... Read More


FIR filed after altercation between two groups

Jalandhar, Oct. 5 -- A day after tension prevailed between two communities, the Jalandhar police commissionerate registered a case against unidentified persons for hurting religious sentiments and vol... Read More


Beard ban in US military violates Sikhs' religious freedom: NAPA

Jalandhar, Oct. 5 -- The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) has expressed concern and opposition to the Pentagon's directive rolling back religious accommodations for facial hair in the United ... Read More


RS bypoll: Industrialist Rajinder Gupta likely to be AAP nominee

Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Prominent industrialist Rajinder Gupta is likely to be the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) official candidate for the lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab in the upcoming bypoll, s... Read More


Ex-sarpanch's son shot dead in Barnala village

Barnala, Oct. 5 -- Son of a former sarpanch from Sehna village in Barnala Sukhwinder Singh Calcutta was shot dead on Saturday evening at the Sehna bus stand, said police. Known for being vocal on vari... Read More


Karanbir Burj is Congress pick for Tarn Taran bypoll

Amritsar, Oct. 5 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Karanbir Singh Burj for the upcoming Tarn Taran assembly byelection, according to an official statement releas... Read More


Abhay demands fresh SIT probe

Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) national president Abhay Singh Chautala on Saturday demanded that the Haryana government form a new special investigation team (SIT) to reopen the ... Read More


Wanted criminal held after encounter in Jalandhar

Jalandhar, Oct. 5 -- The Jalandhar rural police have arrested a wanted criminal following a brief encounter in Haripur Chomo village on Saturday evening. The accused has been identified as Manjit Sing... Read More


Ferozepur police bust drug racket with Pakistan link

Ferozepur, Oct. 5 -- : The police arrested three persons and seized 863 grams of ICE drug, along with four mobile phones and two unregistered motorcycles, during a naka operation on Saturday. SSP Bhup... Read More


24 students from Khadoor Sahib academy clear NDA written test

Amritsar, Oct. 5 -- Twenty-four students from Nishan-E-Sikhi, an academy run by Kar Sewa at Khadoor Sahib of Tarn Taran, have cleared the written examination of the National Defence Academy. A total o... Read More