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Students celebrating youth fest win land in a soup

Thursday 15 October '09

Celebrations turned sour for three first years students of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University here last night after the guards on duty “caught” them partying late at night at a relatively isolated area on the university campus.
Staff transfers bring LIT office to halt

Wednesday 14 October '09

Work at Ludhiana Improvement Trust came to halt today morning after five clerks working with the sales department were transferred out.
Agri varsity defends Bt trials, says guidelines followed

Wednesday 14 October '09

The removal of a board indicating trials of Bt corn at the Punjab Agricultural University campus had earned criticism from various quarters. The University, however, has a different take on the issue.
Protest across the state

Wednesday 14 October '09

Thousands of officials and employees of the agriculture department held protest rallies outside district offices across the state.
Wife of Sikh militant on death row appeals to govt for his clemency

Monday 12 October '09

Forty two-year-old Navneet Kaur, wife of convicted Khalistani militant Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, has had enough of the red tape.
This off-beat music director is scouting for talent

Monday 12 October '09

He gave the cine goers “Emotional Atyachar” and 18 other simply great and different sound tracks.
Exemption in land use charges may see industry gobble up villages

Saturday 10 October '09

“Pind mere nuun khya gya kudiye tera shehar nee...” When poet Shameel wrote these lines some two decades ago, little he would have thought that the villages of Punjab would one day be devoured by industrialisation.
Lyricist Inderjit Hassanpuri passes away

Friday 9 October '09

Well-known lyricist Inderjeet Singh Hassanpuri passed away at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital on Thursday.
Theft accused thrashed, ends life

Wednesday 7 October '09

The case may sound strange but is true. Jaswant Singh, a resident of Tiahara village and a farmer by profession has been booked for abetment to suicide of a person who as per the police was caught red handed while trying to steal from Singh’s house.
Paddy piles up as procurement comes to a crawl

Tuesday 6 October '09

Even when the arrival of paddy is almost 70 per cent less than last year till now, the stock is accumulating in the mandis as procurement has come to a crawl and the paddy that has been bought is yet to be lifted.
Two murder accused land in police net

Tuesday 6 October '09

In a major success, the city police have solved three crime cases including two murders following the arrest of two accused, Amritpal Singh and Jasvir Singh.
Computer shop burgled for third time in six months

Tuesday 6 October '09

It may sound incredulous but it is true. Burglars have stuck the same shop for the third time in the last six months and decamped with laptops.
Lakhowal miffed over produce payment norm

Thursday 1 October '09

Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, chairman, Punjab Mandi Board, and president, Bhartiya Kissan Union (Lakhowal), is not a happy man these days.
Sisters commit suicide

Thursday 1 October '09

Two sisters Renu, 17, and Meena, 16, committed suicide on Tuesday evening. Both sisters along with their younger brother Sanju and father Vinod Kumar were living in a Sadarpura village near here.
Harbhajan Mann to perform at Winter Olympiad

Thursday 1 October '09

Singer-turned-actor Harbhajan Mann has been invited by the Canadian Government to perform at the Cultural Olympiad to be held in 2010...
Woman’s murder sends shockwaves

Wednesday 30 September '09

In an incident that has sent shock waves in the neighbourhood, 35-year old woman was found murdered in the official accommodation of a Punjab Agricultural University teacher on Tuesday.
Opponents of genetically modified food vent their ire on V-C, burn his effigy

Tuesday 29 September '09

In an attempt to showcase the spirit of Dussehra, of victory of the good over the evil...
Power staff sweat it out as angry villagers cut power supply to PSEB office

Tuesday 29 September '09

For the officials of Punjab State Electricity Board manning the office at this village, it was a harrowing day after the villagers gheroed and locked the office for the entire day forcing the officials to sit inside the office.
Acid attack leaves city couple seriously injured

Friday 25 September '09

In an incident which ocurred last night, some unknown miscreants threw acid on a married couple in a densely populated locality of Haibowal when the duo was returning to home on a bike late last evening.
CCI stays away from mandis, says will step in when prices come down

Friday 25 September '09

Though 40,000 bales of cotton have reached mandis across the state, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) is yet to start procurement.
PAU students get yet another president

Thursday 24 September '09

Keeping in line with its tradition, Punjab Agricultural University students got yet another president today morning without knowing what actually happened to the previous one.
Poll issue to buzz in PAUTA meet today

Wednesday 23 September '09

The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association general body meeting which is to be held tomorrow is likely to resound once again with the issue of elections.
Food items sold at PAU pose health hazard

Tuesday 22 September '09

Soya food bars were set up at Punjab Agricultural University by the previous Vice- Chancellor Dr Kirpal Singh Aulkah with an aim to provide healthy food items for the students.
Food items sold at PAU pose health hazard

Tuesday 22 September '09

Soya food bars were set up at Punjab Agricultural University by the previous Vice- Chancellor Dr Kirpal Singh Aulkah with an aim to provide healthy food items for the students.
11 years on, murdered NRI’s family waits for justice

Tuesday 22 September '09

The wait for justice for murdered British citizen Surjit Athwal’s family is far from over. Athwal was lured to Punjab in 1998 and killed...
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