Patiala

A day after arresting two members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, the district police are now conducting raids to identify their sleeper cells in the region that were in constant touch with them. A local court sent the two accused,...

The state government is undertaking a series of major initiatives to strengthen the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), enhance passenger services and boost revenue, corporation chairman Harpal Juneja said here today. Following a meeting with Transport Department officials, Juneja said...

The BJP’s ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, aimed at creating awareness against drug abuse and promoting a drug-free state, received a warm welcome in the Sanaur constituency on Tuesday. Former Union Minister Preneet Kaur said the yatra had covered more than...

The Municipal Corporation has sealed two buildings over unauthorised construction and violation of building bylaws. Notices under Section 269(1) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, have been issued in this regard. The action comes in the wake of a...

A 29-year-old man arrested in a drugs case allegedly died by suicide in the Nabha city police station on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Lachhman Singh, a resident of Sant Nagar. He was arrested on September 27 along with...

Once operational, Mohali-Sirhind Greenfield Highway is expected to improve connectivity for residents travelling to Mohali and Chandigarh from Patiala, Sangrur and other districts of Punjab

A houseful audience was left spellbound as the play “Jis Lahore nai dekhya o Jamyai nai” was performed at the Harpal Tiwana Centre of Performing Arts on Sunday evening. The play had Padma Nirmal Rishi as the leading actor of...

The Congress party staged a protest in Patiala on Monday demanding action over alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In a memorandum addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, the Congress leaders urged...

A political controversy has erupted over alleged unauthorised commercial constructions on prime dera land near the Sabji Mandi in Patiala, with opposition leaders accusing the ruling party of patronising illegal structures and overlooking violations of Change of Land Use (CLU)...

The Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Monday laid the foundation stones for sanitation and pond renovation projects worth Rs 2.5 crore in Mandour and Rs 1 crore in Ghamrauda villages aimed at addressing the long-standing problem...

At the Government Middle School in Maien village in Patiala district, of the 98 children, 62 come from families that have migrated from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in search of work. Only 28 children are from local Punjabi families, while...

Former Union Minister, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday questioned the Health Minister Balbir Singh over the alleged use of his ministerial bungalow by Gayatri Bishnoi, a resident of Rajasthan, and sought an...

Set in the backdrop of Partition, the play revolves around the story of a Hindu woman who remains back in Lahore after the division of India

The accused allegedly took her to his house on the pretext of giving her something to eat

#WebSpecial: Nine years on, the accused and the investigating officer are both behind bars, their cases unfolding on very different tracks

Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer of Patiala Himanshu Aggarwal has honoured 56 Booth-Level Officers (BLOs) with appreciation certificates issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, for achieving 100 per cent mapping during the house-to-house enumeration campaign under the Special Intensive Revision...

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday appealed to the women of Punjab to start ‘thikri pehra’ in villages to send a clear message that they would not allow drugs to be sold...

Students hold protest and also allegedly damage police vehicle over unverified claims about two female students' suicide on campus

The residents of the Bhogla village located on the outskirts of Rajpura town in Patiala district alleged that more than two bighas of common land reserved by the villagers for the cremation of dead bodies and burial of the deceased...

The Municipal Corporation, Patiala, and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will submit separate updated progress reports on the solid waste processing facility at the city’s landfill site to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by October 7, this year. A...

Absconding cop arrested from Patiala house on Thursday morning

The district Food Safety Department has intensified its inspection and sampling drive ahead of the festive season to check adulteration and ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards. The District Health Officer, Dr Gurpreet Kaur, said the department has...

Dismissed officer had been wanted in drug-smuggling and extortion cases; arrest comes ahead of 2027 Punjab Assembly elections

The Chief Minister of Haryana Nayab Singh Saini has called upon industrialists of Punjab and Haryana to strengthen cooperation in skill development, technology and trade, saying joint efforts could turn the region into a major hub of manufacturing, innovation and...

A special programme to mark the International Day of Sign Languages was organised by the Centre for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities at Punjabi University on Wednesday. The event was presided over by Dean Academic Affairs Professor Jaswinder Singh...