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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…
