Punjab
18 devotees killed in Punjab accident
At least 18 devotees, including six women and five children, were killed early on Monday in a head-on collision between a jeep and a truck near Punjab's Moga town, police said. Eleven victims belonged
Punjab agriculture minister gets one year jail
In yet another embarrassment for the Punjab government, a court in Mohali town on Saturday held Agriculture Minister Tota Singh guilty of misusing official machinery and sentenced him to a year's impr
Punjab abolishes octroi on petrol, diesel
The Punjab government on Monday announced its decision to abolish octroi on petrol and diesel in the state. This will lower prices of the fuel by up to Rs.2.
A state government spokesman said that th
Jalandhar collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours
The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early on Thursday with a trapped worker being
Worker rescued 55 hours after Jalandhar factory collapse
A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory here on Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said. Many more people could
Industrialist held after factory collapse leaves six dead
Prominent industrialist Sheetal Vij has been arrested after a factory building owned by him collapsed, leaving at least six workers dead and many trapped under the debris, police said on Tuesday as re
Many feared trapped under debris in factory building collapse in Punjab
At least 250 people were feared trapped under the debris of a blanket factory building that collapsed in Focal Point area near here, police said.
The incident happened in the early hours of Monday.
VIP treatment to Jagir Kaur in jail, probe ordered
Amid reports that VIP facilities, including an LCD TV, were being provided to Bibi Jagir Kaur, lodged in Theh Kanjla Jail in Kapurthala in connection with the abduction case of her daughter, a top Punjab Prisons official on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into it.
Rajoana's mercy petition to be examined on merit: Chidambaram
The Home Ministry will examine on merit the mercy petition of Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, and it will be submitted to th
Convicted Jagir Kaur remains a VIP in prison
Hardly a few hours after her conviction and arrest on Friday evening, former Punjab Cabinet Minister Jagir Kaur continued to wield political influence even as a prisoner of law.
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