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Chandigarh, February 25 – The Vice-Chancellor of CT University in Jagraon, Punjab, has been removed from his position following allegations of misconduct and threats against Kashmiri Muslim students who had requested special meal arrangements during Ramadan.Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner...

Ludhiana, February 24 CT University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Nitin Tandon was removed on Tuesday, following allegations of misbehaving with a group of Kashmiri students, Chancellor Charanjit Singh Channi said.The private university has also initiated an internal probe into the matter while the...

Ludhiana, February 24 CT University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Nitin Tandon was removed on Tuesday, following allegations of misbehaving with a group of Kashmiri students, Chancellor Charanjit Singh Channi said.The private university has also initiated an internal probe into the matter while the...

Chandigarh, February 23 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said that Tata Steel will begin operations at its new manufacturing plant in Ludhiana from March, providing a major boost to industrial growth in the state.Mann said the project demonstrates the increasing confidence of the...

Lucknow, February 23 Five people were killed and at least 14 were injured when a double-decker bus overturned near the toll on the Purvanchal Expressway here on Monday evening after the driver lost control of the vehicle, police said.According to officials, 80-85 passengers were on board the...

Lucknow, February 23 Five people were killed and at least 14 were injured when a double-decker bus overturned near the toll on the Purvanchal Expressway here on Monday evening after the driver lost control of the vehicle, police said.According to officials, 80-85 passengers were on board the...

Chandigarh, February 21 In an act of bravery, a non-resident Indian (NRI) woman thwarted an alleged robbery attempt – wielding a sword as she challenged two persons on motorcycles who were following her car in Ludhiana, Punjab.A video circulating on social media shows the woman standing in the...

New Delhi, February 20 A group of India Youth Congress (IYC) workers staged a brief protest at the AI Impact Summit exhibition hall and raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before being taken away by security personnel.A senior police officer said that around 10 people were...

Ludhiana, February 19 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann described sports as the "most effective weapon" against the drug menace and announced that the state government will increase the sports budget in the upcoming fiscal year.Addressing a gathering at the Kila Raipur Rural Olympics, Mann...

Ludhiana, February 19 – At the historic Kila Raipur Rural Olympics, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Thursday that the sports budget would be increased in the upcoming state budget, emphasizing a determined effort to channelize the energy of the youth into constructive...

Ludhiana, February 19 A 63-year-old man was killed on Thursday after a fire broke out at his house here, police said.Charanjit Sharma, the deceased, was alone at the house located in Mohalla Bandia near Dal Bazaar at the time of the incident. His wife, a school teacher, was out on duty. The...

Ludhiana, February 17 A day after an unidentified man on a motorcycle allegedly threw acid at a 40-year-old woman labourer in Ludhiana, Punjab, leaving her injured, police said on Tuesday that her "live-in" partner has been arrested.Police said the arrested individual, who is aspiring to be a...

Ludhiana, February 17 The construction of a four-lane railway over bridge in Doraha will significantly improve connectivity between Punjab's capital and the Malwa region, Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Tuesday.He was speaking after laying the foundation stone...

Ludhiana, February 17 – The construction of the four-lane railway over bridge in Doraha, in Punjab's Ludhiana district, will be a landmark infrastructure project, significantly strengthening connectivity between the Malwa region, said Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on...

New Delhi, February 17 The Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday that it has attached ₹1.76 crore of funds deposited in a mule bank account as part of its money laundering investigation linked to the digital arrest of prominent Ludhiana-based industrialist S P Oswal.The funds were held in...

Jammu, February 17 Two Pakistani nationals, who escaped from a juvenile home in a border village here, were arrested within 24 hours of the incident, officials said on Tuesday.However, the local gangster who also escaped with them remained at large, and efforts are underway to apprehend him...

Ludhiana, February 17 An unidentified man on a motorcycle allegedly threw acid on a 40-year-old woman working as a labourer in Ludhiana, Punjab, leaving her injured, police said on Tuesday.The acid attack was reported in Dugri Colony, Ludhiana. The victim is from Uttar Pradesh and is the...

Ludhiana, February 16 The Punjab Police on Monday busted a gang allegedly involved in child trafficking and the sale of a newborn female child, arresting five women, police said.Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Sameer Verma said that police arrested five women, including the mother, a...

Ferozepur, February 13 A 37-year-old farmer allegedly shot his wife and four-year-old son with his licensed pistol before attempting to take his own life in Bajidpur village here on Friday.All three were in critical condition and were referred to the DMC hospital in Ludhiana, police said...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), February 13 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged protests across Punjab on Friday outside the district Congress committee offices, in response to alleged remarks made by Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa against state minister Harbhajan Singh.Led by party leaders...