We are looking into the suggestions given by the bureau and appropriate action will be taken, says Chief Secretary
We are looking into the suggestions given by the bureau and appropriate action will be taken, says Chief Secretary
Jatinder Singh, 23, had to swim in sea waters, forced to eat non-vegetarian food despite being a baptised Sikh and crammed into a suffocating chamber on a boat for days on his journey to the US that took almost six...
At least 24 Sikh deportees were made to remove their turbans by the US authorities before sending them back to India on a military plane, according to sources. They were part of a second batch of Indians that landed at...
The groundwater in several districts of Punjab and Haryana contains uranium, nitrates, arsenic, chloride and fluoride in concentrations exceeding the permissible limits, according to the Annual Ground Water Quality Report-2024 released by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). The groundwater...
Green tribunal orders filing of related affidavit within four weeks
Suffers heart attack on the way
As people headed to the residence of a US deportee at Tahli village in Hoshiarpur, a neighbour was busy bursting crackers as his son’s name was cleared for the coveted Green Card by that country. Despite the “handcuffed return” of...
Visuals emerging from a gurdwara in Jalandhar’s Talhan village once used to offer a fascinating sight. Those wanting to settle abroad had impeccable faith in the shrine and used to offer toy planes there, praying for wish fulfilment. Though the...
38 patients discharged | 363 individuals from 60 families under isolation
For 22-year-old Ankit, a resident of Kasan village in Kaithal, the dream of a better future in the US turned into a harrowing nightmare. Deported by the US government three days ago, he returned home not as a successful breadwinner...
Nearly 47 per cent of the 1,723 government high schools in the state do not have a headmaster. Close on the heels of a survey revealing that 44 per cent of the senior secondary schools in the state do not...
Given biscuits, bananas, wafers on flight
Gaganpreet Singh (24) of Digoh village in Fatehabad, Haryana, reunited with his family in the early hours of Thursday after being deported from the US. His parents welcomed him with tears, holding him tightly after his long and arduous journey...
Appeals youngsters not to take 'donkey route' to chase dream
The family of 24-year-old Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Digoh village in Fatehabad, is in deep distress after he was deported from the US today. His parents, along with his younger sister, have been in tears since hearing the news....
The decision of the US government to deport illegal migrants from India has not only dealt a massive financial blow to many families but has also shattered their dreams of a bright future. Daler Singh, who returned aboard the US...
Highest number reportedly from Kaithal
The Punjab Government has widened the ambit of its inquiry into the alleged illegal sale of village pathways to a private builder in New Chandigarh. More land deals under lens The Vigilance will investigate the alleged sale of pathways at...
Cabinet amends lands Act ahead of March 2 municipal poll
The Punjab Police have set up a cybercrime centre with the state-of-the-art facilities to track criminal activities and solve cases linked to online scams through an integrated system of policing. Under the project, the police have also installed over 300...
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had given a go-ahead to the inquiry last week
Why was Youth Akali leader Vicky Middukhera killed and who ordered his murder? These questions still await answers, even as a Mohali court last week convicted three shooters for the killing. “Justice has not been fully delivered to us. Yes,...
Were installed to check illegal practices
It’s been eight years since six persons, including three children, were killed in an explosion near a Congress election rally at Maur Mandi in Bathinda. However, justice continues to elude the families who lost their loved ones in the incident....
Pushed to the wall with the stopping of Rural Development Fund (RDF), the Punjab Mandi Board has started auctioning its unutilised properties to raise money. Around 12,000 properties, including fuel station sites, ATM sites and built-up shops, in mandis across...
A summary general court martial (SGCM) has cashiered a Major from service and sentenced him to three-year rigorous imprisonment on charges of inducing a soldier to procure a bank loan and diverting a part of the amount. The matter had...
In a surprising turn of events, two upcoming badminton players have been caught in the doping net. Men’s doubles player Krishna Prasad Garaga and women’s doubles athlete Swetaparna Panda are in the dock after their samples showed presence of banned...
Health Department intensifies steps as count drops to 900
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra took the world by surprise by announcing his wedding with tennis player and coach Himani Mor through a social media post yesterday. Nobody had the slightest inkling about his special day at a resort amid...
A truck driver from Rupnagar district has hit a jackpot of Rs 10 crore in the Punjab State Dear Lohri Makar Sankranti Bumper-2025, results of which were declared on Saturday. This is the biggest prize money offered by any lottery...