Punjab
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Shah Rukh Khan joins Punjab flood relief With Meer Foundation
Hyderabad: Punjab is facing its worst floods since 1988. Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir made the Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, and Ghaggar rivers overflow in late August. By the…
- News
PM Modi announces Rs 1,600 crore financial assistance for flood-ravaged Punjab
Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a Rs 1,600-crore assistance for flood-hit Punjab as he reviewed the situation and damage in the state battling its worst deluge since 1988. He…
- India
Toll in Punjab floods rises to 52, minister says crops on 1.91L hectares damaged
Chandigarh: The toll in the devastating floods in Punjab went up to 52 with one more death in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Punjab Revenue Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian…
- India
Army recues over 5K civilians in flood-hit J&K, Punjab
Chandigarh: Army’s Western Command has been conducting large-scale Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations round the clock for more than two weeks under ‘Operation Rahat’ across the flood-affected areas of Jammu and…
- India
Rahul Gandhi urges PM Modi to announce relief package for flood-hit states
New Delhi: In the wake of devastation due to floods, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately announce a special relief package for Punjab, Jammu and…
- India
PM Modi speaks to Punjab CM Mann to discuss flood situation in state
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately after returning to Delhi from China to enquire about the flood situation in the state and assured him…
- India
Govt forms central teams to asses flood damages in HP, J-K, Punjab and Uttarakhand
New Delhi: The government has constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir to assess the damage caused by heavy rainfall, floods, flash floods, cloudbursts and…
- India
Photos: Rain lashes several parts of flood-affected Punjab
Chandigarh: Rain lashed several places in Punjab, which is under the grip of floods caused by the swollen Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers and seasonal rivulets due to heavy rain in their…
- India
Punjab: More than 2,000 people rescued in flood-hit Ferozepur
Ferozepur: The flood situation in Ferozepur, a border district, remained serious on Wednesday as more than 2,000 people were rescued from affected villages in the past 48 hours, said officials. The district…
- World
Passenger train derails in Pakistan; 1 killed, several injured
Lahore: At least one passenger was killed and 33 others injured when several coaches of a train derailed in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Sunday. This is the third train derailment incident in…
- India
Colonel assault case: HC transfers probe to CBI
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation into the alleged assault of a colonel by Punjab Police personnel over a parking dispute to the Central Bureau of…
- India
114-yr-old marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in a hit-and-run in Punjab
Chandigarh: Veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died on Monday, July 14, after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while out for a walk in his native village in Punjab’s Jalandhar district. He…
- Pakistan
Earthquake of 5.3 magnitude strikes Pakistan
Islamabad: An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck central Pakistan on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) confirmed. The tremors were felt at approximately 3:54 am Indian Standard Time (IST), with…
- India
Army personnel, his associate arrested in Punjab for spying
Chandigarh: An army personnel posted in Jammu and his aide have been arrested for their alleged involvement in spying activities linked to Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a top Punjab Police…
- India
Punjab-based YouTuber in contact with influencer Jyoti Malhotra held
Chandigarh: A Punjab-based YouTuber alleged to be in close touch with influencer Jyoti Malhotra, in custody on charges of spying for Pakistan, has been arrested after police unearthed a “terror-backed espionage network”…
