Punjabis’ dream for a home in their favourite overseas destination, Canada, has been jolted with the 20 per cent cut by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in the number of Permanent Residents’ (PR) applications to be accepted in...
Jewish cuisine, community presence draw them to this tiny HP hamlet
Removal from ‘wanted list’ by Ottawa raises questions
Capital subsidies, stamp duty exemption, SGST rebate among incentives
Seven people, including a doctor, were killed in a major attack by militants in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday evening. The militants attacked a construction workers’ camp of a private infrastructure company, which was carrying out the work on...
Sitting on a charpoy and tirelessly waiting for the procurement of their produce for more than a week at Ropar mandi, Jaspal Singh of Manpur village, Balbir Singh Gill of Jhallian Kalan and Bhag Singh of Thauna share how some...
In Karnal, he ordered registration of an FIR for irregularities at the bus stand
GANDERBAL Employees of infra project attacked in Valley for first time
2,000 sign agreements with govt to mill paddy
When Lawrence Bishnoi’s parents, living in Abohar’s Dutranwali village in the backwaters of Punjab, sent him to Chandigarh for studies in 2007, they envisaged a promising future for the teenager, taking up law perhaps. Lawrence traded the halls of academia...
He was reportedly an assistant commandant in the CRPF before joining the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on deputation
Delhi’s first First Information Report (FIR) was recorded 163 years ago and involved a theft of household items valued at 45 annas, including women’s clothes, a hookah, three cooking pots (dekchi), one bowl (katora) and few other sundry items. The...
Young & educated, their focus will be on sanitation, edu & health infra
Total 3 lakh beneficiaries, Rs 1,650 cr monthly bill
Balwinder Kaur gets 271 votes, rival Rani polls 247 votes, NOTA gets 368 votes
A protégé of former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Saini, the OBC face of the saffron party, perfectly fitted into the Jat-non Jat narrative of the BJP
At Kothe Cheedian Wale village in the Gidderbaha Assembly segment, where an alleged auction was held for the post of sarpanch a few days ago, Jaspal Kaur, mother of Jagmail Singh, alias Amrik Singh, who had allegedly made the highest...
Nirmal Singh (49) from Sabowal village in Lohian got afflicted with polio in both his legs when he was just 3. He was born in the village and is now ‘Sarpanch Saab’. The village has 800 votes. With a very...
51 areas, having dimensions of 5x3 feet area, marked by MC
A sorry turn of fate for a youth whose mother named him after British educationist Henry Lawrence due to his fair colour
Will the Punjab convener of the Aam Aadmi Party be changed? This political debate rages in state’s power circles, as changes in the organisational structure of AAP’s state unit look inevitable. “Change is always better, though this is the prerogative...
The panchayat elections in Punjab are witnessing a noticeable change this time — the entry of a number of migrants in the poll arena. Their families having shifted to the state in search of employment several decades ago, this category...
Claims interaction took place in Singapore
No treatment available, affected animals lose their hoofs, are unable to walk
Ratan Naval Tata, one of India’s most respected industrialists and the chairman emeritus of Tata Sons who passed away on Wednesday night at the age of 86, leaves behind a towering legacy of leadership, philanthropy and visionary corporate governance. His...
UT Education Department conducts inter-school meet on uneven surface even as Sport Dept has better grounds with it
As many as 506 new nests of vultures having about 2,500 eggs have been spotted in various parts of Kangra, giving an impetus to efforts to enhance their dwindling population. Efforts had earlier been made in Kangra to provide natural...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has informed the government about sightings of Chinese spy balloons over Indian skies. One such balloon – hovering at an altitude of almost 55,000 ft — was shot down by an IAF jet on the...
Output down 80%, jobs cut as exports dwindle
Enraged over the alleged release of sewage into the Sutlej, residents of the villages situated along the Indo-Pak border in this district are up in arms due to severe health ailments being caused due to the polluted water. The water...