Chandigarh, March 20 Punjab Health Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Thursday announced the establishment of a new government medical college in Kapurthala. This is the second such institute announced this month following the Shaheed Udham Singh State Institute of Medical Sciences in Hoshiarpur, he said. The new facility, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji State Institute […]
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Hoshiarpur, March 20 A man was killed and 12 others were injured in a head-on collision between a Punjab Roadways bus and a commercial vehicle here on Thursday, police said. The accident took place on the Hoshiarpur-Chandigarh road near Baddhoan village bridge. The deceased has been identified as Khark Chand, a resident of Chak Phullu […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 Six people, including a juvenile, have been apprehended in connection with a cross-border arms smuggling module, Punjab Police said on Thursday. Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said the Amritsar commissionerate police arrested Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (27), Manish Kumar alias Jerry (24), Saroop Singh alias Roop (27), Chamkaur Singh (20) […]
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Damini Sharma & Manjari Verma The North News Chandigarh, March 19 The fourth edition of the Allengers Gully Cricket Tournament 2026 will begin in Chandigarh on 17 April, with organisers saying the event aims to promote grassroots cricket while supporting the government’s anti-drug campaign among young people. The tournament, organised by the UT Cricket Association […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Thursday lashed out at the ruling AAP besides the Congress, accusing them of trying to create an anti-BJP environment under a “planned agenda”. Jakhar added that the people of Punjab are now aware of the truth and recognise how the central government is working for farmers […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 19 Former IAS officer Kanwaljeet Singh Cheema joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday in the presence of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal here. Cheema, a 1993-batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer, had served as special principal secretary to former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on inter-cadre deputation […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 19 The Punjab government will seek a sum of Rs 1.44 lakh crore from Rajasthan for “unpaid” water usage since 1960, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Wednesday, referring to a 1920 tripartite agreement. Mann said Rajasthan gave royalty to Punjab for water till 1960, but stopped after that. The […]
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Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that his government has brought a turnaround in the irrigation sector in the past four years by enhancing canal water irrigation from 26.50 per cent to 78 per cent of farm land, spending Rs 6,700 crore on canal lining and strengthening related infrastructure and […]
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Gurugram, March 19 The Punjab and Haryana Bar Council election concluded peacefully in Gurugram, Faridabad and Nuh districts on Wednesday, said an official. Polling, done using paper ballots, took place from 9 am to 5 pm under tight police security. Mobile phones and cameras were strictly prohibited inside the polling stations, he said. Yashvindra Singh, […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 18 A Congress MP from Punjab on Wednesday demanded a special package of Rs 50,000 crore for the state’s farmers, who he said were in “distress”. Initiating the debate on demands for grants under the Ministry of Agriculture, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, who’s also the president of Punjab Congress, […]
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