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Alleging that their 22-year-old son was gunned down in a fake encounter at Nabha after being falsely implicated in a kidnapping case, a couple from Punjab has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, They have sought a time-bound CBI...

The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Panchkula, led by Aparna Bhardwaj, Chief Judicial Magistrate and Secretary, DLSA, conducted a legal awareness programme to educate industrial and construction workers about their rights and entitlements on International Labour Day. The initiative was...

Bed capacity increased to 100 | Skill centre set up at facility

Medals distribution ceremony wasn’t held in the wake of pandemic

The magnitude of the loss is yet to be ascertained

Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh today visited areas adjoining Badi Nadi and Chhoti Nadi here and directed officials to complete the cleaning of both water bodies before June. He also ordered immediate removal of encroachments along the...

DIG Patiala Range Mandeep Singh Sidhu, who was known as a tough cop, retired today after a 37-year distinguished career marked by dedication and strong leadership. A 2008-batch IPS officer, Sidhu was given a warm send-off. All four SSPs of...

Yadavindra Public School (YPS) celebrated the excellent achievements of its students in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) and Indian School Certificate (ISC) exams today. Its student Mallik Arjun Ahluwalia has emerged as the national topper in the ISC...

A 19-year-old student from Mansa district allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling fan at Mata Sahib Kaur Hostel of Punjabi University here on Wednesday. She was a third-year student of a five-year integrated course at the...

She was a third-year student in the five-year integrated course

Dhadrianwale, who is known for his “modern and rational” approach to Sikhism, leads Gurdwara Parmeshar Dwar, located on the Patiala-Sangrur highway, which spans 33 acres

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...

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...

Concerns raised over smuggled liquor causing loss to state exchequer

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...

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,...