In Gidderbaha & Dera Baba Nanak, local Akali leaders ask supporters to back AAP candidates
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The fate of all 14 candidates for the Gidderbaha bypoll was sealed in the EVMs today. The Assembly segment witnessed swift voting with all three key candidates — Amrita Warring of the Congress, Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon of AAP, Manpreet...
As voting for the bypolls to four Assembly seats was held on Wednesday, the Chabbewal (reserved) constituency witnessed the lowest turnout at 53 per cent. The seat had seen 71.19 per cent voting in the 2022 Assembly elections. Almost all...
Barring a faceoff between AAP and Congress workers at Dera Pathana village, peaceful voting was held for the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly bypoll today Elaborate security arrangements had been made by the police in all 241 polling stations. Nearly 2,500...
His judgments spoke as eloquently as the man himself
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With 54 per cent voting percentage recorded till 5 pm, the Barnala bypoll ended peacefully today. Yesterday, a person was arrested by the Barnala police with around Rs 7 lakh and a weapon. Barnala Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Satvir...
He reportedly died in the lockup by hanging himself using thin nylon rope with lockup bar
Judicial officers should not act as an extended arm of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Punjab and Haryana High Court asserted while admonishing a special court for acting in a routine and perfunctory manner in a PMLA case. Quashing the...
‘Since the number of persons intending to go abroad is very large in Punjab, the incidence of cheating and criminal conspiracy of duping persons of their hard-earned money is becoming common’
Chabbewal, a reserved seat, recorded the lowest voter turnout at 56.34 per cent, mainly because farmers in this constituency were busy in sowing potato and peas.
Amid a crisis prevailing within the Shiromani Akali Dal, the party’s acting president Balwinder Singh Bhunder, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami today held a closed-door meeting with Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet...
With the region experiencing deficient post-monsoon rain and snow cover in catchment areas of major dams, the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has sounded a note of caution over water availability. “We have asked our member states to exercise caution...
Former CM Charanjit Singh Channi failed to appear before the Punjab State Women Commission on Wednesday for his alleged derogatory remarks against women. Channi, while campaigning for Congress candidate Amrita Warring in Gidderbaha, had allegedly likened the ruling AAP “with...
Punjab State Women Commission Chairperson Raj Lali Gill visited Sangrur District Jail today. She assessed the arrangements for women prisoners and listened to their problems. Gill directed the police officials to involve non-government organizations (NGOs) and implement different social reforms...
The vaccination drive, which is held each Wednesday and Saturday at the Abohar Civil Hospital, went haywire due to shortage of the auxiliary nurse midwifery (ANM) workers, who are the first point of contact between the residents and health services....
Accused used digital signature of transferred official
Recognising the Cooperation Department as the backbone of economic development, Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema today said his ministry was providing full support to the department. Cheema made these remarks while addressing the state-level function...
The police have arrested four persons in possession of poppy husk and opium. Sriganganagar Superintendent of Police Gaurav Yadav said four persons were arrested, who possessed 190 kg of poppy husk and 650 gm of opium. Three suspects managed to...
Asks cops to stay in touch with Revenue Dept officials
With an aim to ramp up healthcare capacity by imparting skill training to the youth, Punjab Skill Development Mission (PSDM) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) to train at least 200...
Says rules created an untenable sub-class within a homogeneous group of pensioners
Work to be completed by Nov 26
The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested three drug peddlers and seized six drones, 2.5 kg heroin and Rs 1.8 lakh from their possession near the Amritsar border. The force has seized 14 drones near the Indo-Pak border in the...
Punjab witnessed 179 farm fires on Wednesday with Ferozepur and Sangrur topping the list with 26 incidents each, taking the total tally this season to 10,104. According to the data compiled by the Punjab State Pollution Control Board, other districts...
Faridkot-based AAP leaders are facing public ire over the concrete lining of the Indira Gandhi and Sirhind Feeder canals, which run parallel in the district. The relining is set to commence in the coming days. In March 2023, the Water...
Nearly 63 per cent voters turned up to cast their ballot in the byelections to the four Assembly constituencies of Gidderbaha, Barnala, Chabbewal and Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab today. Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said the highest voter turnout...
Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar, defeated Jarkhar Academy, Ludhiana, 5-0 in the opening match of the Dashmesh Hawks All-India Hockey Festival. LPU player Jaspreet Singh scored the first goal of the match through a field goal in the 18th minute....
Several environmentalists in Abohar have raised their voices against pollution caused by Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. They said water pollution was a matter of concern and the government needed to take it seriously, at a meeting today. They told authorities...
Exams to begin from February 15
Petitioners had challenged the validity of a provision inserted into Rule 8-B of the Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen Rules, 1982, via an amendment introduced through a notification dated April 10, 2012
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