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Start direct international flights to US, Canada from Punjab, says minister
New Delhi: Punjab NRIs Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Wednesday demanded to include both the Amritsar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Mohali for direct flights to Canada and the…
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Punjab village to get national award for sanitation work
Chandigarh: Peroshah village in Punjabs Gurdaspur district will be honoured with the national award — Swachh Sujal Shakti Samman 2023 — by the President of India and the Union Minister for Jal…
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7 gangsters booked after two Moosewala murder accused die in jail fight
Chandigarh: Seven prison inmates were booked Monday after two men held in connection with the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala were killed in a gang fight at Goindwal Sahib Central Jail in…
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Two Moosewala murder accused in killed in Punjab jail clash
Chandigarh: Two gangsters, involved in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, succumbed to injuries following in a major clash of gangsters in Goindwal jail in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district on Sunday,…
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Centre closely monitoring Punjab after Amritpal’s aide released from jail
New Delhi: The Centre is “closely monitoring” the situation in Punjab after supporters of preacher and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh stormed a police station to secure the release of an aide, officials…
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‘Radical’ connect of Dubai returned self-styled preacher Amritpal Singh
Chandigarh: Punjab-based self-styled gun-trotting Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who just came to the limelight after returning from Dubai for criminal and social connections, is the head of the religious organisation Waris Punjab…
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Supporters of Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal clash with police
Chandigarh: Carrying swords and arms, supporters of Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, chief of the Waris Punjab De group, on Thursday clashed with police and forcefully seized a police complex in Punjab’s Amritsar…
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Punjab Speaker calls meeting on ‘exorbitant rates of medicines’
Chandigarh: Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan on Sunday said a meeting to discuss the public interest issue of selling medicines at “exorbitant rates”, which is leading to “public loot”, will be held…
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Pakistan’s rights body finds spike in rights violations against Ahmadi community
Lahore: A fact-finding mission led by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reported an alarming uptick in the persecution of the minority Ahmadi community in the country’s Punjab province. The…
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Punjab CM all praise for Telangana’s water conservation model
Hyderabad: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday praised Telangana’s water conservation model and said that Punjab will soon replicate it. On a day-long visit to Telangana to study some irrigation projects…
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Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant posted as Assistant Commissioner in Punjab
Lahore: A doctor who is said to be Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant is now the assistant commissioner and administrator in Punjab province’s Hassanabdal city, the first in the town’s history,…
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We will make schools in Delhi, Punjab best in the world: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said education is “a priority” for the AAP-led dispensations and work will be done to make government schools in both Delhi and Punjab the “best…
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Juvenile arrested in Punjab for possessing 15 kg heroin
Chandigarh: In a major breakthrough against trans-border smuggling, Punjab Police have arrested a juvenile after recovering 15 kg heroin, and Rs 8.40 lakh drug money from his possession, Director General of Police…
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Punjab imposes 90 paise per litre cess on petrol, diesel
Chandigarh: The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave its approval for a marginal increase in the VAT rates levied on the sale of petrol and diesel in the state. The increase in the…
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Guru Ravidass gave message of humanity welfare: Punjab CM
Jalandhar: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday vowed to work to ameliorate the woes of weaker and underprivileged sections of society in consonance with the teachings of Guru Ravidass. Addressing a…
