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The committee also approved revisions of up to 24 per cent in the estimates of several ongoing road projects due to a rise in bitumen prices and delays in obtaining no-objection certificates (NOCs) from the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Suggest shifting the facility to an uninhabited location with lower population density to minimise its impact on local residents

The facility, established under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA-2) scheme with funding support and technical collaboration from the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Hub

The BJP on Sunday demanded an independent and time-bound inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Patiala city, questioning the accountability of the civic body’s leadership over the alleged multi-crore scam....

The Municipal Corporation (MC) has directed the agency engaged in legacy waste remediation at Patiala’s main dumping site to expedite the work, making it clear that further delays in clearing the waste would not be tolerated. The Additional Commissioner of...

Punjab Pollution Control Board, MC organise cleanliness drive

Call it the impact of global warming or changing weather patterns, power demand for the month of June is at an all-time high, according to data prepared by the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL). The power demand in June...

The Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC) has intensified its animal birth control (ABC) programme with a renewed focus on sterilisation of stray dogs. It also launched an emergency helpline for dog-bite complaints. Additional Commissioner Simarpreet Kaur, while inspecting the MC’s animal...

A Municipal Corporation (MC) employee accused of siphoning off funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) was on Friday sent to two-day police custody by a local court. The Civil Lines police had registered an FIR against Amandeep Singh,...

Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh here on Friday launched a defence recruitment awareness drive for the youth. The minister unveiled special flex boards containing information on physical standards, educational qualifications, selection procedures and preparation strategies for recruitment...

Representatives of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Sath outfit confronted each other and came to blows during the CET-UG counselling process outside the Law Auditorium in Panjab University today. The police intervened to defuse the situation. The ABVP...

A major fraud involving the alleged misappropriation of funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has come to light in the Municipal Corporation (MC), Patiala, with the police arresting a clerk accused of siphoning off grants meant for beneficiaries...

Students of Government Civil Lines Smart School interacted with Patiala Deputy Commissioner Dr Himanshu Aggarwal during a visit to his office under the District Administration’s Chetna Project, seeking guidance on career choices and motivation to succeed in life. Addressing Class...

A three-week-long protest by outsourced meter readers outside the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) office ended on Wednesday evening after the district administration and the powercom management gave a written assurance to consider their pending demands. The protest, which...

Bhupendra Kaur (62) and Harjit Singh (60) were residents of Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab, while Santosh Singh (65) was a resident of Ludhiana 

The agitation intensified after talks between the union and the management failed on Wednesday

'District-level task forces constituted, all activities being monitored in real time'

Government says flood-prevention measures are in place as residents along the Ghaggar remain watchful

Punjabi University will soon launch an online Punjabi language course for children of Indian diaspora in the US, Canada, UK and other countries. The course will help them learn the language and stay connected with their cultural roots. The announcement...

Engineers, technical and administrative employees to be adjusted under corporation; panel set up to oversee transition

The Pensioner Doctors Association, Punjab (PDAP), has condemned the suspension of pensions to several retired doctors and 17,000 other pensioners of the Health Department alleging that the Punjab Government and pension-disbursing banks halted payments without prior notice or following the...

The police have pressed private divers into service to trace the two youths who went missing on Sunday evening while swimming in the Bhakra canal. The two went missing after they jumped into the canal in Patiala during a dare,...

In an embarrassing turn of events for the Punjab Government, the foundation stone of a proposed sports stadium at Fateh Majri village in Patiala district, laid by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on June 26, was removed by the district...

An alleged demand for a Rs 10,000 bribe to present a challan in court landed an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) net. The VB apprehended ASI (local rank) Kamaljit Singh, posted at the Women Police Station,...

The Punjab government on Tuesday claimed to have imposed no power cuts during the peak paddy season while ensuring an eight-hour power supply to farmers in the state. This year’s highest power demand of 17,328 MW was met on Tuesday...