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Cong gets Shimla civic poll shock

CPI(M) supporters celebrate the party’s victory in the municipal corporation elections in Shimla on Monday. 	— PTI

The oldest municipal corporation in the country, Shimla, on Monday gave a rude shock to the Congress party where it lost for the first time in almost three decades.

De-addiction to be part of Punjab school curriculum

Losing out its young generation to the menace of drugs, the Punjab government has decided to tackle the problem at the grassroots level by introducing the issue of drug de-addiction at schools.

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De-addiction to be part of Punjab school curriculum

Losing out its young generation to the menace of drugs, the Punjab government has decided to tackle the problem at the grassroots level by introducing the issue of drug de-addiction at the school leve

Central govts cause of debt, says Badal

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday blamed the successive Congress governments at the Centre for its staggering debt.

Badal: Centre must allow wheat export

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday asked the Centre to allow export of wheat from the state, it being the major producer of the crop, to bail out the beleaguered Punjabi farmers alr

Farmer generates power from poultry waste

In a rare initiative, a farmer of Haryana, Ramehar Singh of Silani village in Jhajjar district, has installed a 50-KW capacity poultry litter-based biogas power plant at his poultry farm using poultry

Punjab mantri gets jail for power misuse

The Punjab government suffered major embarrassment on Saturday when its agriculture minister, Tota Singh, was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison by a Mohali court on charges of misusing official machinery from 1997 to 2002, during his tenure as state education minister. He, however, was granted bail to enable him to approach a higher court to challenge the conviction.

Punjab Cong helpline for ‘vendetta cases’

Till now you may have heard of toll-free numbers offered by companies for customer care services.
In a first of its kind initiative, the Punjab Congress is coming up with a toll-free helpline number for its workers who, according to them, are facing “vendetta cases” by the ruling SAD-BJP government.

Grain storage crisis back to haunt Punjab, Haryana

With wheat procurement season gaining momentum, the problem of proper storage space has once again surfaced in the states of Punjab and Haryana. Both these states contribute more then 70 per cent to the nation’s foodgrain kitty.

Fatal train ride for frenchman

French national Franck Wilfred, who was pushed off a train near Karnal, succumbed to his injuries at PGI Chandigarh on Thursday morning.

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