Punjab
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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…
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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…
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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’,…
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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…
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Punjab floods: 41 killed, over 1,600 people living in relief camps
Chandigarh: Forty-one people were killed and 1,616 are living in 173 relief camps following the floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said. Nineteen districts — Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur,…
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Punjab suffered losses of nearly Rs 1,000 crore due to floods: CM Mann
Nangal: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday that the state suffered estimated losses of nearly Rs 1,000 crore due to recent floods. A detailed report on the losses will be…
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Punjab: ‘Family-like’ house help hires hitmen to kill NRI employer
Ludhiana: Canadian NRI Baninderdeep Singh, 42, was killed on Monday by four masked assailants at the Thakur Colony area in Ludhiana, in a plan hatched by his trusted house help. The key…
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Self-styled godman Ram Rahim now gets parole of 30 days
Chandigarh: Less than five months after getting a 40-day parole, self-styled jailed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on Thursday granted regular parole of 30 days by…
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Farmers in flood-hit Punjab prop each other up with free seeds
Chandigarh: Their own crops damaged in floods, several farmers in Punjab are now propping up their fellows, giving them free seeds to sow in their fields. Farmer Baldev Singh, whose own paddy…
