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Former Pak PM Imran Khan’s judicial remand extended till Sep 13 in cipher case
Islamabad: A special court on Wednesday extended till September 13 the judicial remand of Imran Khan in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets, dashing hopes of the former…
- India
SC refuses to interfere with Punjab and Haryana HC order staying WFI polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections. A bench of Justices Abhay S…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan content with new facilities at Attock jail: Report
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been provided with a slew of new facilities at Attock District Jail and expressed his satisfaction over them to a top police officer during…
- India
BSF, Punjab police seize broken drone, 3.4 KG heroin in Ferozepur
Delh: A joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police foiled a heroin smuggling attempt using drone in Punjab’s Ferozepur district. Officials said that the forces recovered a broken…
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Pak authorities arrest 60 more people in connection with mob attack on churches
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have arrested 60 more people in connection with the unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches in Punjab province, taking the total number of suspects under detention to more than…
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Won’t support ‘forces of darkness’, says Pakistan’s caretaker PM Kakar
Islamabad: Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said the interim government would not support “the forces of darkness” in the society as he took strong exception to the unprecedented…
- India
Punjab: Army, NDRF teams rescue 300 people from flood-hit villages
Kapurthala: Army and NDRF teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from marooned villages in Punjab’s Kapurthala as relief and rescue work continued in some of the flood affected districts in the…
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Army, NDRF teams rescue 300 people from flood-hit villages in Kapurthala
Kapurthala: Army and NDRF teams on Thursday rescued nearly 300 people from marooned villages in Punjab’s Kapurthala district. Kapurthala Deputy Commissioner Karnail Singh said six teams of the National Disaster Response Force…
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Hundreds of villages in Punjab, Himachal inundated; evacuation underway
Chandigarh: Hundreds of villages in Punjab located along the swollen Satluj and Beas rivers were inundated on Wednesday with the opening of floodgates of the crucial Bhakra and Pong dams as the…
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Punjab govt to check BP, sugar, body mass index of people for early detection of diseases
Chandigarh: The Punjab government will launch a new initiative under which health teams will check blood pressure, sugar, body mass index and basal metabolic rate of 3 crore people for early detection…
- Pakistan
Pakistan intruder shot dead near international border in Punjab: BSF
Punjab: Border Security Force personnel shot dead an intruder from Pakistan and thereby foiled an infiltration bid along the Inda Pakistan border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran in the early hours of Friday…
- India
SGPC Chief hails ruling in favour of Sikhs by Australian court
Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Harjinder Singh Dhami on Saturday welcomed the ruling in favour of Sikhs by the Queensland High Court of Australia in a case related to ‘kirpan’,…
- India
As tomato prices soar, Punjab guv orders halting its consumption in Raj Bhavan
Chandigarh: Amid an alarming surge in tomato prices, Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit issued an order on Thursday temporarily halting its consumption in his household as “a gesture of solidarity with the citizens…
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Punjab CM Mann launches suction machine for Ludhiana’s sewerage network
Ludhiana: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday flagged off an equipment that, he said, will help resolve the city’s sewage problem. Bought for Rs 1.45 crore, the super suction-cum-jetting machine will…
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Drones from Punjab being sent to Pakistan to smuggle drugs into state: CM Mann
Mohali: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Sunday said registration of drones should be made compulsory to check smuggling of drugs and weapons from across the border, stressing that there were several incidents…
