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Infra, placements, OBC quota among promises

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- As most of the major parties have released their manifestos for the upcoming Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections, the common thread between various parti... Read More


Ideology takes back seat as unlikely ties emerge

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- At least three new alliances were announced on Friday in the run-up to the Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections, where ideology is not the unifying factor... Read More


One shooter held for Una youth's murder

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- The Punjab Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) on Friday arrested one of the two shooters involved in the sensational murder of Rakesh Kumar, alias Gaggi, in Himachal Pradesh's Una ... Read More


US tariffs sink Punjab's shrimp prices, farmers stare at heavy losses

Bathinda, Aug. 30 -- With the harvest season round the corner, shrimp farmers in Punjab, already struggling to make the crop economically viable, now find themselves in troubled waters after the US go... Read More


Pvt school teacher arrested under POCSO Act in Sangrur

Sangrur, Aug. 30 -- Police have arrested a teacher of a private school in Sangrur's Dirba for sexually harassing a 13-year-old female student and threatening to kill her. The matter came to fore after... Read More


HC stays trial against Amritpal's aide

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the trial court proceedings against MP and radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh's aide Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala in the February 2023 a... Read More


Cheema stresses need for fiscal safeguards for states

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday stated that the central government, under the current proposal to rationalise goods and services tax (GST) rates, should provide a... Read More


sarpanch under fire for 'illegal sand mining'

Sangrur, Aug. 30 -- A major controversy has erupted in Sangrur's Batriana village, where residents have accused the sarpanch and her husband of engaging in illegal sand mining under the guise of const... Read More


HC orders release of seized vehicle after accused's death

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the release of a car seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drugs seizure case, as the accused owner died during trial a... Read More


Now, Class 11 students to study entrepreneurship

Chandigarh, Aug. 30 -- Education minister Harjot Bains on Friday stated that Punjab had become the first state in India to introduce "Entrepreneurship" as a main subject for Class 11 students to foste... Read More