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Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab BJP has assigned senior leaders to visit villages affected by rain and hailstorms to gather feedback from farmers regarding crop damage.The recent weather conditions in various parts of the state have resulted in an estimated crop damage affecting over 1.25 lakh...

Chandigarh, April 9 – The Punjab government should immediately provide compensation of ₹50,000 per acre to farmers for losses caused by unseasonal rains, hailstorms, and strong winds in Punjab, said Ashwani Sharma, the working President of the BJP.In a statement here, Sharma said, “According...

Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to promptly send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops from recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.With significant losses and the...

Chandigarh, April 8 Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by recent heavy rainfall and hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union Agriculture Minister...

Chandigarh, April 8 – Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian urged the Central government on Wednesday to send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other Rabi crops by unseasonal heavy rainfall accompanied by hailstorms in the state.In a letter to Union...

Ferozepur (Punjab), April 6 The district court complexes in Ferozepur and Mohali received bomb threats via email on Monday, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.In Ferozepur, the threat message, received at the court's official email ID in the morning, warned that an explosive...

Chandigarh, April 6 Police in Chandigarh conducted a thorough check at multiple schools and government buildings on Monday after receiving bomb threat emails, officials said, adding that nothing suspicious was found.Three private schools were among the first to receive the bomb threat emails...

Chandigarh, March 31 Rain and hailstorms lashed several places in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday, raising concerns among wheat growers who were anticipating damage to their crops, which were ready for harvest.In Haryana, Hisar received 7.8 mm of rainfall, while Rohtak, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram...

Chandigarh, March 30 The daytime temperatures in Haryana and Punjab remained close to normal on Monday, a day after parts of the two states experienced rainfall.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees Celsius, according to the local...

Shimla, March 23 Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta paid floral tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on the occasion of Shaheed Diwas and bowed in reverence to their supreme sacrifice for the nation.He said that their values of patriotism, social justice, and unity are...

Chandigarh, March 18 The Punjab Police claimed on Wednesday to have averted a major terror threat following the arrest of two men and the recovery of two hand grenades in Bathinda.The arrested individuals have been identified as Buta Singh alias Gurpreet Singh alias Gopu, a resident of...

Chandigarh, March 18 – In a major breakthrough, the Counter Intelligence (CI) unit in Bathinda, Punjab, has averted a major terror threat by arresting two suspects and recovering two hand grenades from their possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, here on Wednesday.The...

Chandigarh, March 12 – In a major breakthrough against cross-border organized crime, the Punjab Police, in collaboration with central agencies, have arrested Bhuvnesh Chopra, alias Ashish, after he was deported from a Central Asian country to face charges in numerous heinous crimes, said...

Chandigarh, March 12 A fugitive gangster wanted in triple murder and narcotics trafficking cases was deported and subsequently arrested on Thursday, which Punjab's Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav described as a major breakthrough against cross-border organized crime.The Punjab Police...

Chandigarh, March 12 A fugitive wanted in a triple murder and narcotics trafficking case was deported and subsequently arrested, the Punjab Police said on Thursday.To track and restrict his international movements, a Red Notice and Look-Out Circular were issued."In a major breakthrough...

Ferozepur, March 4 A violent clash between two groups resulted in the deaths of two people here on Wednesday evening, police said.The incident occurred after a minor scuffle between children during Holi.When members of both sides attempted to reach a compromise after the children's fight, an...

Ferozepur, February 27 A 13-year-old girl died in what is suspected to be a jaundice outbreak in Hazara Singh Wala village along the India-Pakistan border in the Mamdot block here, while another 22 children have tested positive, officials said on Friday.The outbreak, suspected to have been...

Shimla, February 27 Police here on Friday said they have arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate drug trafficking network involved in the trade of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) in the district, police said.The accused – identified as Hardeep Singh, a resident of Punjab's Ferozepur – was...

Chandigarh, February 25 – The Punjab Police announced on Wednesday that they had broken up a cross-border drug and weapons smuggling network with the arrest of one individual.Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said that the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Fazilka, recovered 2.102 kg...

Ferozepur, February 24 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Tuesday that the party's government would declare gangsters and drug lords as terrorists and take strict action against them if voted to power in Punjab.Addressing a rally in the Ferozepur Rural constituency as...