Mounting debts, low paddy price drive farmer to suicide

Friday 20 November '09

Manjit Kaur’s home, built by the edge of a small field in Chattehra village in Samana block is a typical rural abode.

Back in action, Rathore targets turnaround

Tuesday 10 November '09

In March 2008, India’s Athens Olympics medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore left in the middle of the double-trap final at...

Govt sits on seniority list, Irrigation dept engineers plan mass leave in protest

Tuesday 13 October '09

After the state Government failed to revise the seniority list in the Irrigation Department Punjab, the Engineers’ Association has threatened to go on a mass leave.

3 more trucks in IRB net, state tightens rope around tax evaders

Friday 25 September '09

A number of industrialists are under scanner following the recent raids by the IRB Battalion officials in Samana. Three trucks carrying iron pipes were taken under possession by the IRB officials late Wednesday night for evading tax.

Dissent brews in Patiala MC, councillors want mayor to go

Thursday 24 September '09

A Five-member delegation of Patiala municipal councillors, supported by 26 members of the ruling SAD-BJP, today vowed to oust Mayor Ajit Pal Singh Kohli from the post.

Olympic dreams keep these aspiring boxers going

Saturday 19 September '09

It was a habit she picked up when she first visited the hall of one of the prestigious sports institutes of the country.

Police on alert after explosives recovered

Tuesday 8 September '09

Following the recent recovery of RDX, smack and heroin from nearby areas of Patiala, the police have been put on high alert to avoid any untoward incident.

Court remands 3 in judicial custody in prostitution case

Tuesday 1 September '09

A patiala court on Monday remanded the three accused arrested for prostitution on Sunday, in judicial custody till September 12.

Now learn Punjabi at the click of a mouse

Friday 21 August '09

A Unique innovation will now make it possible for Hindi scholars in any part of the world to study the Punjabi language better.

The glorious garden

Monday 17 August '09

Poets have penned odes on it, writers have spun stories around it while historians have filled page after page on its grand legacy.

Tax row: Civic body stays YPS auction

Wednesday 12 August '09

Yadavindra Public School in Patiala got a reprieve on Tuesday after the municipal corporation stayed the proposed auction of the school for recovery of tax.

YPS-MC standoff takes on political hue

Tuesday 11 August '09

The standoff between Yadavindra Public School and the Patiala Municipal Corporation has started to gain political overtones.

Will study financial feasibility first: Govt

Wednesday 5 August '09

The end of pollution in Ludhiana’s Buddha Nullah is not near. The Punjab government feels that it is not possible to immediately implement the recommendations of the National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) due to financial and logistic problems.

For lonely Punjab prisoners, govt plans a family break in jail

Wednesday 29 July '09

The Punjab government feels that inmates of prisons are human beings too — with all the human needs....

Punjab govt brainwave: Rs 1 crore for a school to train monkeys

Friday 24 July '09

Several years ago, the celluloid Dunston checked into a luxury hotel; his mates in Patiala could now end up being put through finishing school.

Mayor’s PA booked for abetting suicide

Tuesday 14 July '09

Prabhjot Singh Joti, the personal assistant to Patiala Mayor Ajit Pal Singh Kohli, and two of his family members have been booked in a case after a young woman committed suicide here on Sunday.

Inquiry begins in NIS officer attack case

Friday 10 July '09

Two days after an attack on the former medical officer of the National Institute of Sports (NIS), Sajib Kumar Nandi, the city police have commissioned an inquiry into the case. When contacted, the city’s superintendent of police...

Man brings imposter for son’s admission, arrested

Friday 10 July '09

Following a complaint lodged by the Senior District Magistrate, Patiala, the city police on Thursday arrested two persons for alleged impersonation.

No classrooms, students of a govt school in Sirhind take lessons under a tree

Tuesday 26 May '09

For the nearly 150 students of Government Elementary School Brahman Majra in Sirhind, life at school is strikingly similar to the traditional gurukul.

Fewer migrant labourers sow seeds of panic among Punjab farmers

Friday 22 May '09

Improving conditions in Bihar could hold sway over large swathes of fields in Punjab where farmers depend heavily on migrant labourers for sowing paddy.

Keen contest in Fatehgarh Sahib

Saturday 2 May '09

The newly-created Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha (reserve) constituency promises a cracker of a contest, what with stalwarts pitted against each other and infighting and dissidence almost a norm.

Gang preparing fake voter I-cards busted, two held

Friday 1 May '09

The Patiala police today arrested two persons for preparing fake voter I-cards and recovered some such cards from their possession.

Pak to monitor pilgrims’ progress

Friday 17 April '09

Following the suspicious conduct of four Sikhs in Pakistan during their recent visit, the government there has issued clear-cut instructions to its intelligence wing and the police to monitor the movement of pilgrims in future.

No poppy husk, no harvest

Tuesday 7 April '09

In Punjab, the amount of poppy husk is directly proportional to the output of farm labourers employed for harvesting wheat.

Lal Singh in race for PPCC working president’s post

Friday 27 March '09

After the declaration of Mohinder Singh Kaypee’s name as the Congress nominee from Jalandhar, the high command is planning to appoint working president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.