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Punjab not cooperating in resolving SYL canal dispute, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the Punjab government is “not cooperating” in resolving the decades-old Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal dispute between the state and Haryana. The apex…
- Sports
Arshdeep Singh is India’s pride, every Indian stands with him: BJP
New Delhi: Describing cricketer Arshdeep Singh as the “pride of India”, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said every citizen stands with the left-arm bowler. Chugh also welcomed the Information…
- India
Four masked men vandalise church in Punjab’s Tarn Taran
Amritsar: Four masked men allegedly vandalised a church in a village close to the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Takkarpura village of…
- India
Punjab CM tests his hand at volleyball again, showcases skills
Jalandhar: The Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in this Punjab city on Monday witnessed perfect start for the ‘Khedaan Watan Punjab Dian’ as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann himself participate in a volleyball match…
- India
Punjab gangster shot dead in Manila as bloody gang war spills over to foreign soil
New Delhi: Punjab gangster Mandeep Singh Dhariwal was shot dead in the Philippines capital, Manila, on Thursday in a fallout of the ongoing bloody rivalry between the dreaded Lawrence Bishnoi and Davinder…
- World
Imran being told to stop confrontation with military
Islamabad: There are some renewed efforts being made from within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and by the Punjab Chief Minister to stop party Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan from confronting…
- Featured News
From the archives: When Gandhi returned ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’, 2 war medals in 1920
New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi had returned the prestigious ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ medal and two war medals to the British as part of his support for the Khilafat movement in 1920, saying he could not…
- Offbeat
Largest human tiranga formed in Chandigarh, enters Guinness World Record
Chandigarh: Punjab’s capital city on Tuesday witnessed a new world record for having the largest human waving the National Flag of India in a cricket stadium in Sector 16. The Union Territory…
- India
Punjab set up group of ministers to monitor lumpy skin disease
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced to set up a group of ministers (GoM) for effective monitoring and control of lumpy skin disease among livestock on a day-to-day basis.…
- India
Hoist Sikh flags instead of tricolour: Punjab MP Simranjit Mann
Chandigarh: Simranjit Singh Mann, a proponent for a separate Sikh homeland and SAD (Amritsar) MP from Sangrur, has kicked up a row by asking people to hoist ‘kesari‘ or Sikh religious flags atop…
- India
Farmers block highway in Phagwara over sugarcane arrears
Phagwara: Farmers on Monday blocked traffic on a national highway near a sugar mill here to protest “inordinate” delays in clearance of arrears worth Rs 72 crore to cane growers by the mill…
- Politics
Punjab CM bats for MSP as legal guarantee
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday espoused the case of food growers by underlining the need for making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee and ensuring foolproof marketing…
- India
Punjab procures 66,666 doses of goat pox vaccine
Chandigarh: To protect livestock from contagious disease lumpy skin, the Punjab government has procured 66,666 doses of goat pox vaccine, which will be administered free of cost to the livestock to prevent…
- India
Lumpy skin disease: Over 400 cattle die, 20,000 infected in a month in Punjab
Chandigarh: Over 400 cattle have died due to lumpy skin disease in Punjab in a month and around 20,000, mostly cows, have been infected, a senior official said on Saturday. Barnala, Bathinda,…
- India
Rail, road traffic hit as farmers stage protests in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks and blocked roads at several places in Punjab and Haryana as part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s nationwide protest against the Centre “reneging on…
