The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the conviction of 17 persons in drug-related cases across the country within just 15 days, a senior official said on Tuesday. “In a fortnight, we have obtained convictions in six cases involving 17...
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the conviction of 17 persons in drug-related cases across the country within just 15 days, a senior official said on Tuesday. “In a fortnight, we have obtained convictions in six cases involving 17...
In 2007, the then Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had laid the foundation stone of a multipurpose stadium at Katasani village near Shimla. However, 18 years later, the ambitious project is still incomplete even after an expenditure of around Rs 25...
The Rajasthan Government has ordered the closure of six roads being constructed illegally by the mining mafia in the Aravallis to connect Haryana. State Chief Minister Bhajan Lal has ordered an inquiry and initiated a crackdown after reports emerged of...
School enrolments plummet from 9.71 lakh in 2002 to 4.29 lakh last year
The state government has admitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that 6,054 FIRs have been pending investigation for over three years, highlighting a massive failure in law enforcement. The disclosure comes just a month after the high court...
41 gunfights since Jan 1 against 64 in all of 2024
Agriculture experts have raised serious concerns over the Punjab Government’s decision to advance the paddy transplantation date to June 1, warning that it could lead to rapid depletion of groundwater. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s announcement has sparked apprehension among farm...
File plea in UT court on basis of his daughter’s will
HC deadline to hand over property to HP Govt ends
₹21,206 cr worth of commercial land lying unused in state
Second such incident months after syringe scare at boxing event
The tragic death of 22-year-old Aditya Thakur, who was fatally stabbed during a concert on the Panjab University’s South Campus in Chandigarh on March 28, is a grim reminder of the growing violence in educational institutions. This incident, occurring just...
Physical copies (saroops) of the Guru Granth Sahib were flown from New Delhi to Hong Kong in an Air India flight with the entire business class booked for it, drawing applause from netizens after a video clip showing priests fanning...
The Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha today passed three Bills proposing a 24 per cent increase in the salaries and allowances of the Chief Minister, Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and legislators while linking the revision to price index. The hike, implemented...
29,437 cases were reported in 2023; 30,475 in 2024
Face shortage of 6,848 classrooms, 22.6% PGT teachers
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The Punjab Government is all set to ban the sale of energy drinks to the youth below 18 years of age. These drinks will also be banned at places frequented by children, including school canteens and shops located in the...
The Department of Health and Family Welfare and that of the Medical Education and Research in Punjab had over half of the posts vacant from 2016 to 2022, revealed a Comptroller and Auditor General of India report tabled in the...
The Centre on Monday notified a 24 per cent hike in the salaries of Members of Parliament with effect from April 1, 2023, taking their monthly salaries from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.24 lakh. The hike represents a 148...
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...