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Chandigarh, April 7 Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday, with daytime temperatures registering a significant drop in many places, including Amritsar, which recorded a maximum of 21.7 degrees Celsius.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, received light showers during...

Chandigarh, April 7 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia raised concerns on Tuesday about what he described as a growing debt crisis in Punjab, alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party government has further burdened the state’s finances by taking an additional...

New Delhi, April 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur on his birth anniversary on Tuesday and said that the ninth Sikh Guru stood firm in defence of truth, dignity, and faith even in the face of grave adversity.Modi said Guru Tegh Bahadur's life was a shining...

Chandigarh, April 7 Two months after she was expelled from the Punjab Congress, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu has announced the launch of a new political party – the Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Party.Kaur, wife of former cricketer and ex-Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, made this...

Islamabad, April 6 Pakistan's government on Monday decided to close down markets and shopping malls early to save energy in the wake of fuel supply disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting to discuss the energy situation, a statement by the...

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 Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday appealed to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for urgent assistance to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms.In a statement, Warring said that a large...

Patiala, April 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday launched 250 new buses of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) here, calling it a major step towards strengthening public transport.He said that more than 300 additional buses will be added to the PRTC fleet in the coming...

Mumbai, April 6 The Bombay High Court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against fashion designer Riyaz Ganji of the famous brand 'Libas' in a contempt petition filed over alleged non-disclosure of assets and unpaid dues, stating that he deserves "no sympathy or mercy" for his conduct.A...

Chandigarh, April 6 Day temperatures in Haryana and Punjab were below normal on Monday, according to the weather department.Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 31.9 degrees Celsius, according to the Met office here.In Haryana, Ambala recorded a...

Islamabad, April 6 Recent reports indicate that Pakistan has 84,421 registered HIV/AIDS patients, with the Punjab province recording the highest number of cases, followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the Islamabad Capital Territory. Healthcare authorities in Pakistan must...

Kapurthala, April 6 An elderly couple from Sultanpur Lodhi spoke to the media, claiming that they have lost four of their sons to drugs, while their fifth and last surviving son is also bedridden due to a severe liver infection. Through the media, they made a fervent appeal to Chief Minister...

Udaipur, April 6 – The governing body meeting of the North Zone Cultural Centre, chaired by Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, was held here on Monday. The meeting was planned to hold festivals in Chandigarh and Punjab, and a festival in Rajasthan.Representatives and nominated members from...

Chandigarh, April 6 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday that his government has ordered a crop loss assessment to evaluate the damage caused by inclement weather, asserting that affected farmers will be compensated.Mann was speaking to reporters while presenting a four-year...

New Delhi, April 6 TDI Infratech, a real estate firm, announced on Monday that it has partnered with DC Group to develop a 150-acre township in Ludhiana with an investment of ₹750 crore.The township will include luxury group housing, residential plotted developments, and low-rise independent...

Hoshiarpur, April 6 The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has installed an early warning system (EWS) along the Beas River in Punjab to ensure that people living along the riverbanks receive timely alerts in case of the release of excess water from the Pong dam, officials said on Monday.The...

Lahore, April 6 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) have called for an immediate judicial inquiry into the killing of over 1,000 people in "staged encounters" by a special police force formed by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz...

New Delhi, April 6 – Raghav Chadha, a member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Rajya Sabha, shared some photos on social media on Monday featuring himself reading "The 48 Laws of Power" by American author Robert Greene, remarking that the timing of receiving the book was "hard to ignore", in...

New Delhi, April 6 TDI Infratech, a real estate firm, announced on Monday that it will invest ₹750 crore to develop a 150-acre township in Ludhiana as part of its expansion plan.The company stated that the township will include luxury group housing, residential plotted developments, and...

Hamirpur (HP), April 6 A team from Hamirpur Sadar Police raided a hotel on the Shimla-Mataur National Highway in Hamirpur district, busting a sex racket and rescuing three women from Punjab, officials said.The police had been receiving reports of suspicious activities at the hotel for a long...