Concerns raised over smuggled liquor causing loss to state exchequer
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Two years after allegations of corruption surfaced, the 200-meter stretch of Cinema Road in Nabha remains in disrepair. In 2022, the district administration had registered an FIR against a road contractor and indicted six Municipal Council (MC) employees for allegedly...
As part of ongoing checks on trains and passengers, the Railway Police recovered one kilogram of opium from a woman passenger at Rajpura Railway Station. A case has been registered on April 27, under relevant sections of the NDPS Act...
The fire at the garbage dump located on Patiala-Sanaur Road and resultant smoke has yet again snowballed into a political issue with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and councillor from Ward No 41 Anuj Khosla blaming the civic authorities for...
The seventh three-day Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law's National Sports and Entertainment Law Mediation Competition, 2025, organised by the Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, concluded today. The event featured 18 universities and over 40 professionals who acted as expert...
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A two-day national conference on the theme “Seventy-Five Years of the Supreme Court of India” commenced today at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala. The event saw participation from Judges of the Supreme Court (SC) and Punjab and...
The 55th session of the Punjab History Conference commenced today at Punjabi University. Themed “Religions in Punjab: Spread and Influence,” the conference is being organised by the Department of History and Punjab Historical Studies at the university. Cabinet Minister Dr...
The Agriculture Department organised a district-level farmer training camp and agricultural exhibition at Bahawalpur Bhawan, Rajpura, with the aim of equipping farmers with technical knowledge about Kharif crops. The event was inaugurated by Rajpura SDM Avikesh Gupta, and witnessed the...
Patiala witnessed a poignant display of solidarity and grief on Friday as college students and teachers organised a candle march to protest the recent terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The attack, which claimed the lives of...
Vinay Bublani, a 2008-batch IAS officer, today formally took charge as the Divisional Commissioner of Patiala Division. Prior to this assignment, he was serving as Secretary, School Education Department and Director General, School Education. Upon his arrival at the District...
Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh conducted a surprise inspection at an Aam Aadmi Clinic at Urban Estate in Patiala and the Civil Hospital, Rajpura. During his visit, the Health Minister interacted with patients to assess their well-being and gather feedback...
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested Jaspal Singh, a contractual clerk posted at the SDM office in Patiala, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000. An official spokesperson for the VB stated that the arrest followed...
In response to the expected rise in addicts seeking treatment following the ongoing anti-drug campaign, the Punjab Government has announced plans to double the bed capacity at its drug de-addiction centres—from 4,000 to 8,000. Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh made...
In a strong show of solidarity and condemnation, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and Patiala MLAs held a candlelight march to honour victims of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The march, led by MLAs Neena Mittal,...
Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh has called upon children to unite against drugs and come forward to make Punjab drug-free. He announced that such students will be honoured by the Punjab government at the district and...
Public Works and Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO today visited the Public Works Department (PWD) headquarters in Patiala today. During the visit, he convened a high-level review meeting with senior officials to assess the progress of development works being undertaken...
In a significant push to eradicate drug abuse in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party’s anti-drug initiative, Nasha Mukti Morcha, announced a human chain campaign aimed at mobilising public support against narcotics. The announcement was made at a press conference today...
Aman Sood Tribune News Service Patiala, April 21 As the successive governments continue to swallow the bitter subsidy pill, the concession for the power sector alone now accounts for 10 per cent of Punjab’s budget. In the coming fiscal, Punjab...
Police said they have adopted a zero-tolerance policy against drugs
Aimed to create awareness against drugs, the district police in collaboration with Municipal Council Mandi Gobindgarh organised a Marathon this morning. Punjab Minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond, SSP Subham Aggarwal were among the paritipants. The winners were honored with medals. ...
The National Theatre Arts Society (NTAS) in association with Col Karminder Singh, head of the Society for Welfare of the Handicapped, organised the seventh de-addiction Natak Mela of "Yudh Nashian Viruth" awareness theatre campaign at Dr Khushdeva Singh Kusht Ashram....
The police team arrested that accused in Model Town area following a tip- off
Gives officers time till Monday to comply with the Supreme Court order to either return the sold land of the family or give it financial compensation
The Literary Society of the Punjabi Department at Punjabi University organised a book launch event for the first poetry collection, 'Varihyan Pichhon', by the prominent short story writer, essayist and history researcher Dr Waryam Singh Sandhu. Following the launch, a...
Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh said government schools, once deprived of basic amenities for decades, are now equipped with modern infrastructure. He made these remarks while inaugurating development projects at four schools in the Patiala Rural...
Often in news for the wrong reasons, Rajindra Hospital, the premier health facility of the region, came under scrutiny yet again today after the biochemistry lab of the hospital got waterlogged today. Staff, patients and their relatives visiting the lab faced...
The power outage incident at the hospital’s maternity ward had drawn sharp political reactions, with Opposition party leaders targeting the ruling AAP regime
The development and restoration works are underway to bring back the lost glory of Royal City, said with Municipal Corporation Mayor Kundan Gogia, Senior Deputy Mayor Harinder Kohli, and Deputy Mayor Jagdeep Singh Jagga during the face-to-face program held at...
Several towns in the district are facing the problem
Bank holidays and glitches in the website were hampering the online registration process, said residents
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