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Massive fire breaks out in eight-storey building at Dhakoli's Peermuchhla

Mohali, Feb. 28 -- A major fire broke out in an eight-storey commercial building in the Peermuchhla area of Dhakoli around 7:30 am on Friday. A short circuit triggered the fire which started on the fo... Read More


Man who bludgeoned father to death with bricks gets life term

Mohali, Feb. 28 -- A special court in Mohali convicted a man for murdering his father by repeatedly hitting him with bricks outside their house in Mundi Kharar and sentenced him to life imprisonment. ... Read More


Woman strangled to death, killer commits suicide

Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- A shocking revelation has emerged in the double death case reported from Butrela village in Sector-41, where two people were found dead inside their house on Thursday. The post-... Read More


Dubai woman explains why she feels safe amid Iran strikes: 'Missiles were intercepted before we looked up'

India, Feb. 28 -- Explosions were heard in parts of Dubai on Saturday after Iran launched a counterattack in response to a joint United States and Israel campaign targeting Iran earlier in the day. A... Read More


Woman sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment for paying advocate with faulty cheque

Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- A Zirakpur woman was sentenced to three-months of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for paying a city advocate with cheques that were dishonoured. Judicial Magistrate Mohit Singh Daba... Read More


Vipul Amrutlal Shah says there's a 'lobby' actively targetting The Kerala Story 2: 'The opposition is only from.'

India, Feb. 28 -- On Friday, after the Kerala High Court lifted the stay on the release of The Kerala Story 2, the film's producer, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, called the verdict a sign that their stand was ... Read More


Punjab: Court again exempts Sukhbir Singh Badal, directs him to appear on March 23

India, Feb. 28 -- Chandigarh Nearly eight years after a defamation complaint was first filed, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal is set to personally appear before a local court on March ... Read More


Guest column | Punjab's election-year budget: Populism vs fiscal prudence

India, Feb. 28 -- An election-year budget in Punjab is expected to lean toward populism, with the much-talked-about popular scheme of giving an allowance of Rs.1,000 to each eligible woman of Punjab i... Read More


Gurdaspur cops' killing: Police nab third accused as clamour for probe into encounter death grows

Amritsar, Feb. 28 -- The Punjab Police on Friday arrested the third accused for the February 22 murder of two policemen in Gurdaspur, even as calls for an independent probe into the alleged police enc... Read More


Haryana CM Saini at forefront of BJP's push to carve footprint in Punjab

Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- With the 2027 Punjab assembly elections less than a year away, the Bharatiya Janata Party has turned to Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini to establish an independent poli... Read More