Punjab govt gives in to striking staff, approves 8% DA release
Chandigarh: Ending a three-week standoff with state employees, the Punjab government on Friday agreed to release two installments of dearness allowance (DA) of 4% each. The...
AAP to launch statewide Punjab outreach on September 20
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch a statewide door-to-door campaign on September 20 to reach every household in Punjab, showcasing the Bhagwant Mann government’s...
Punjab Police ASI returning from patrol duty shot dead in Amritsar
Amritsar: Harjit Singh, an assistant sub-inspector of Punjab Police, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Amritsar early on Friday. A resident of Tarn Taran...
Saini flags off Namo Marathon in Ambala, wishes PM on 76th birthday
Karnal To mark the beginning of the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, launched to celebrate the completion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25-year public service journey, Haryana chief...
Spice of Life | Words bridge cultures, bring our world closer
Weekends in Canada have a rhythm of their own. Families slow down, restaurants fill early, and breakfast becomes an occasion. During one such morning, my son...
Failure, delay in registering FIRs: Vij recommends suspension of two cops in Ambala Cantt
Haryana energy minister Anil Vij on Thursday reprimanded police officers for failing to take action in theft cases, recommending the suspension of two police post in-charges...
In the dumps: Punjab chokes on 41 lakh MT legacy waste
Punjab’s long-festering legacy waste crisis continues to cripple its urban local bodies (ULBs), with 41.11 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of old municipal garbage awaiting remediation. The...
Mohali: Man torches mother’s house after fleeing de-addiction centre
A 23-year-old man and his associate have been arrested for allegedly setting his mother’s house on fire after escaping from a de-addiction centre, in Kharar’s Batta...
‘Overstated acreage concerns’: Haryana orders field verification of 23 lakh acres of non-basmati paddy area
Even though Haryana farmers have begun harvesting in some areas, the state government has ordered field-level verification for nearly 23.98 lakh acres of non-basmati paddy registered...
Two killed in separate road mishaps in Mohali
A young employee on Thursday and an 18-year-old cricket player were killed in separate road mishaps in Mohali. In the first incident, Abhishek Rawat, a Patiala...