As Finance Minister Harpal Cheema gets ready to present the fourth Budget of the Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday, he will be presenting a rather grim picture of the state’s debt position, with Punjab now being the second-most debt-ridden...
As Finance Minister Harpal Cheema gets ready to present the fourth Budget of the Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday, he will be presenting a rather grim picture of the state’s debt position, with Punjab now being the second-most debt-ridden...
In 2022, political clearance was also denied to minister Aman Arora when he had sought permission to travel to Germany and Belgium
The fourth edition of the world’s highest and Asia’s only Snow Marathon concluded at Sissu in the Lahaul Valley, situated at around 10,500 feet above sea level, near the North Portal of the Atal Tunnel in Lahaul and Spiti district...
Once known as the “Sports Capital of India”, Jalandhar is fast losing its tag. The city once boasted of top sports facilities like Asia’s first government sports college and Burlton Park, where international and Ranji Trophy cricket matches used to...
Within six months of the Act’s commencement, nursery owners have to obtain licences from competent authority
Rs 345.74 crore penalty recovered in five years
Finland retains its position as world’s happiest country for the 8th consecutive year
Millions of diabetic patients who rely on invasive methods involving needle pricks to check their blood sugar levels may soon experience relief from pain. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a painless technique to measure glucose...
The new legislation aims at repealing the Public Gambling Act, 1867, which the Law Commission of India, in its 249th report, had termed obsolete
Punjab Kings (PBKS) will be destructive, dynamic and determined from the very first game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this season, stated Ricky Ponting, former Australian skipper and the new coach of the Punjab franchise. “I have clearly told...
State agencies are now facing a challenge in storing wheat even in the open when the procurement season kicks in next month amid a drastic shortfall in wooden crates needed for the purpose, according to sources. This has come at...
Paper mix-ups at centres cause delay, cancellation
Plant-based Afghan drug cheaper, more potent
The much-awaited construction of the ambitious Shahpurkandi dam project has been completed and the filling of the reservoir is in the final stages, paving way for its operationalisation soon. The dam has been constructed after much delay. The work on...
It’s not surprising that Hindutva enthusiasts use an India-Pak match as a pretext to incite hatred
‘Corporate facilities at charitable rates — serve mankind, serve God’ is the tagline of a newly built multispeciality hospital at Taggar village on the Hoshiarpur-Tanda road. Onkar Singh Taggar, who left the village in 1972 to settle in Canada, has...
Experts concerned over ecological impact of schemes
Delhi cops uncover her secret life following a tip-off
Camping at Palwal to investigate case
The police investigation into the MBBS exam scam at Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, has revealed that the racketeers took Rs 1 crore from students of a private college in 2023 in lieu of helping them clear...
All experiments in school education by successive governments in Punjab over the past two decades have failed to generate any blueprint for a comprehensive model of improvement in more than 19,000 state government schools. Former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal...
Friends star Matthew Perry, who passed away last year, has left a deep scar on the hearts of his fans, friends and family members. A new Peacock documentary looks at his life before he died from an accidental overdose on...
Boxer Saweety accuses kabaddi star Hooda of domestic violence
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in collaboration with operatives in Bangladesh, is working to re-establish training camps of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) near the border areas, signalling an escalation in efforts to destabilise India’s Northeast region. Highly placed...
Schools no better, 47% functioning without headmaster, says LoP
Disappeared in Jan 2024, used in April exams: Probe
HEART OF PUNJAB: CM Mann’s government knows it has its work cut out
There’s no smoke without fire, similarly there’s no India-Pakistan cricket clash without illegal betting. Not only the cricket buffs, but punters are also eagerly waiting for the face-off between the two well-known rivals. With the two teams set to clash...
One day before the newest Delhi CM Rekha Gupta took six ministers to the Yamuna’s Vasudev ghat for Yamuna ‘aarti’ last Thursday, pledging to clean the river, soon after she took her oath at Ramlila Maidan, the Central Pollution Control...
Bans teachers’ transfer in mid-academic session