The North News Chandigarh, February 26 The Punjab government has disbursed Rs 395 crore as subsidy for the purchase of Crop Residue Management (CRM) machinery during 2025-26 to curb stubble burning in the state, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian said on Wednesday. He said the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 26 Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader N K Sharma on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, alleging that the Aam Aadmi Party government has failed to improve school education in Punjab. Sharma, who is also the president of the SAD Trade Wing, said the chief minister should specify what his […]
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Chandigarh, February 26 A delegation of the Punjab Congress met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here on Wednesday, seeking an inquiry into the demolition of a portion of the property of party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. The delegation comprised Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, Khaira and MLA Aruna […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 26 Punjab Police on Wednesday said it conducted 546 raids across the state and arrested 148 people on the 36th day of its anti-gangster campaign. The drive “Gangstran Te Vaar” was launched on January 20 this year on the direction of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. The police said two […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Police arrested one and killed in an encounter another of the three people allegedly involved in the murder of two policemen in Gurdaspur, an officer said on Wednesday. The three carried out the killings at the behest of their Pakistan-based handlers backed by spy agency ISI, the officer said. […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Punjab Chief Minister has said the state police force is “not just Punjab’s police but the nation’s police”, as he pledged ₹1,100 crore for modernisation and highlighted a crackdown on drugs and cross-border threats allegedly backed by Pakistan. Addressing a passing-out parade at the Punjab Armed Police complex in […]
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The North News Hoshiarpur, February 25 An undertrial died on Wednesday while being shifted from the central jail here to a government hospital, triggering a protest by his family members and acquaintances who held a sit-in and blocked traffic for nearly two hours, police said.Munish Bhatti, a resident of Balmik Mohalla, was lodged in the […]
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The North News Hoshiarpur, February 25 Two migrant labourers were killed after they were hit by a train near Mukerian town here, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on Tuesday night near Alipur railway level crossing, around six kilometres from Mukerian, on the Jalandhar-Pathankot railway track at a kilometre, they said. Mukerian railway police […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York, February 25 A 57-year-old Sikh man in the US was found dead days after he was kidnapped, with authorities saying he was not the “intended target” of the crime. Avtar Singh was reported missing on February 17 at approximately 8:52 pm in Tracy, California. During the investigation, surveillance footage showed […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 25 Punjab’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said the people of the state did not know of gangsters or drugs before 2007 and they flourished under the Shiromani Akali Dal government. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) attack came in response to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s […]
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