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'Duped' by 'godman', ludhiana man ends life

Ludhiana, Aug. 4 -- A Ludhiana resident allegedly set himself on fire inside a public washroom outside the city-1 police station in Khanna on Monday, moments after submitting a complaint, accusing a s... Read More


Slogan-shouting mars Cong's Bathinda event

Bathinda, Aug. 4 -- The factional feud in the Punjab Congress marred the party's key grassroots outreach event for the third straight day on Monday as supporters of Jalandhar MP and former chief minis... Read More


Punjab joblessness rate dips, but still above nat'l average: Centre in LS

Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- Punjab's youth unemployment rate has eased over the past three years, but the state continues to lag well behind the national average, with joblessness among educated youth also ... Read More


21 hurt as truck hits Haryana bus in Alwar

Alwar, Aug. 4 -- At least 21 passengers were injured, nine of them seriously, after a Haryana Roadways bus collided head-on with a truck on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Ramgarh town in Rajasthan's... Read More


Haryana freezes SC quota in group A, B promotions pending HC verdict

Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- The Haryana government on Monday said that implementation of reservation in promotions of Scheduled Caste (SC) employees to Group 'A' and Group 'B' posts has been suspended until... Read More


Man arrested after wife, two children found dead in Hisar

ROHTAK, Aug. 4 -- : A man has been arrested after the bodies of his wife and two minor children were recovered from a water body inside their house in Malapur village in Hisar district. According to t... Read More


Vigilance books 5 horticulture officials for 'embezzlement'

Karnal, Aug. 4 -- The State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR against five officials of the horticulture department for alleged irregularities and embezzlement of funds since ... Read More


Brij Bhushan cleared in sexual harassment case

NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 -- A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case lodged by six women wrestlers, bringing th... Read More


Bhiwani's women pack a punch at CWG, lead India's boxing gold rush

ROHTAK, Aug. 4 -- The dusty villages of Haryana's Bhiwani district, once known for their skewed sex ratio and celebrated as India's "mini Cuba" for producing champion boxers, have once again reaffirme... Read More


Vinesh says will appeal verdict

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who led a 36-day sit-in protest against alleged sexual harassment by former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, said t... Read More