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Crackers being sold

The lower-level administration employees have failed to implement the orders of the Deputy Commissioner of prohibiting the sale of crackers in congest

PSEB fines minister’s son-in-law

Punjab State Electricity Board has served a notice and imposed a fine of Rs 38,000 on the son-in-law of Punjab Cabinet Minister Chaudhary Swarna Ram,

Foreigners play traditional Punjabi instruments to mark Guru Gaddi Diwas

It was a heart-warming sight indeed in Sultanpur Lodhi, at a function organised on the banks of Kali Bein yesterday.

Information sought under RTI not given even after six months

Under the Right to Information Act (RTI), information must be provided to the applicant within 30 to 40 days. But there are many cases where even afte
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Panels for rural education dissolved at MLA’s behest

In a clear violation of rules, Rural Education Development Committees (REDC), also called Pendu Sikhya Vikas Committees (PSVC), are being dissolved in

No state mass media officer for over a year

The post of state mass media and education officer has been lying vacant for the past one and a half year...

Woman alleges she was stripped, paraded by sarpanch

A 30-something woman of Atta village, near Goraya, whose husband lives in Dubai alleged that some of her kin and the sarpanch...

Special schemes take toll on teaching in schools

The state government’s various schemes launched to improve primary education in Punjab has lead to a situation where teachers are finding it hard to t

Only VIP sangat gets darshan here

Only a select few had the privilege of attending Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's Sangat Darshan in Kapurthala and Jalandhar.

Dalits allege social boycott...

Allegations over social boycott of Dalits and an eventual patch-up kept the village tense all through the day.

‘Child marriage’: cops unaware of law

A case of alleged child marriage has come to light here after the step-mother of a boy, Kuldeep Singh, who she claims is still a juvenile, was married

6,000 seats vacant in PTU colleges

Punjab Technical University (PTU) has failed to fill nearly 6,000 seats of engineering courses. Sources said PTU would face a loss of over Rs 150 cror

Kohar, aide acquitted

Punjab Revenue Minister Ajit Singh Kohar and his personal assistant Jarnail Singh were acquitted by a local court in the case of corruption and dispro

State’s first: Protesters booked for damaging hospital property

State’s first case under the Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property Act, 2008...

10-yr-old son of landlord kidnapped

The ten-year old son of a landlord in Partapra village near Jalandhar was kidnapped today morning from near his house. Sources say a ransom of Rs 30 l

Jalandhar MC’s men, machines being used for BJP’s rally on September 28

Senior leaders of the BJP are leaving no stone unturned to make Vijay Sankalap rally on September 28 successful. So enthusiastic are the workers of t

No teachers for remedial classes in Jalandhar district

First they avoided the English test and now the remedial coaching classes. It seems the government schoolteachers are not interested in improving the

Rahul praises Manmohan for nuclear deal

Putting to rest all speculation, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi today clarified that for him, Dr Manmohan Singh was the next Prime Ministerial ca

Mid-day meal scheme faces teething troubles in Nawanshahr

Complaints regarding the packed midday meal, launched by Punjab Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur on September 16 in Nawanshahr district, have been p

On a mission against chemical farming

The Punjab Organic Farming Association was formed recently by 60 like-minded people, including farmers, professors, doctors and engineers.

One sentenced to death for killing wife, two kids

A man was here today sentenced to death by the court of District and Sessions Judge Gurdev Singh for killing his wife and two children on September 2

Villagers start work on cleaning Sutlej river bed

Fed up of official apathy, residents of about six villages in Gidderpindi area, where floods played havoc recently, today started work on cleaning of

Paddy arrives in mandis

The early-maturing variety of paddy has started pouring in the mandis. Phillaur grain market today received 27 tonnes of paddy, while Jalandhar got al

Vocational courses not updated in 20 yrs

Vocational courses were started in various Punjab schools two decades ago to help students earn a living after they leave the institution.

Al fresco classrooms on embankment

Flood waters have receded, but the woes of schoolchildren of Doaba haven’t.
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