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Judge ‘harassed’ by advocate son gets relief

The Punjab and Haryana high court has come to the rescue of elderly parents being tortured by their own progeny in their own homes.

Haryana honour killing: 2 arrested

In a gruesome reminder of medieval brutalities still prevalent in the hinterland of Haryana, another lovelorn couple was brutally killed in the name of honour in Garnavati village of Rohatak district.

‘Politicians involved in drug trade’

Punjab’s former DGP (prisons) Shashi Kant has alleged that the politicians from major political parties, including Shriomani Akali Dal and Congress, in the state are hand in glove with the drug mafia.

Girl dresses as a boy to avoid rape

In a grim reminder of the plight of girls in our country, a seven-year-old girl from Punjab, whose 14-year-old elder sister was raped in 2012, has started dressing up like Sikh boy in order to feel sa

Vadra pocketed large premium on colony license: Khemka

Robert Vadra’s land deals in a village in Haryana have returned to haunt the Congress party and its chief with whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka alleging that Vadra “falsified documents” for 3.53 acres of land in Gurgaon and “pocketed” large premium on a commercial colony license.

Himachal SDM attacked for targeting sand mafia

In another act of brazenness by the sand mining mafia, subdivisional magistrate Yunus Khan of Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh was attacked as he was trying to check illegal quarrying.

Flood relief to Haryana farmers: `2, 3 & 4

Making mockery of flood relief, the Haryana government has issued cheques of `2, 3, 4 and so on to its farmers as a compensation against crops damaged due to heavy rains and waterlogging.

Akalis to contest for Assembly

Shiromani Akali Dal would field its candidates for the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections in Delhi and they would fight these elections in alliance with BJP, Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Bad

Badal rejects removing his photos on ambulances

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal has turned down the demand made by recently appointed Union minister Santosh Chaudhary to remove his photographs pasted on 108 emergency ambulances in the sta

Cong retains Mandi after CM wife’s landslide win

The Congress has won the Mandi parliamentary byelection in Himachal on Sunday after its candidate Pratibha Singh — wife of chief minister Virbadhra Singh — defeated BJP candidate Jai Ram Thakur by a m

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