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CHANDIGARH Punjab, the country’s grain bowl, is battling one of its worst floods in decades, which have impacted nearly four lakh people, claimed 48 lives, affected about 2,000 villages, and resulted in an estimated loss of over ₹13,000 crore. While heavy rains and overflowing rivers remain the primary triggers, experts and official assessments stress that…
The Hindu Bureau CHANDIGARH The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested former State Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in connection with an alleged laundering of drug-related money, sparking sharp criticism from Opposition parties against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. According to a VB statement, the…
Chandigarh: Five passengers including a woman were killed and over two dozen were injured after a private bus fell into a drain in Punjab’s Faridkot district on Tuesday, officials said. The accident occurred on the Faridkot-Kotkapura road at around 8 am when the bus carrying 36 passengers was going from Muktsar to Amritsar, they said….
Further investigation is underway in the matter, the sources said. Chandigarh: A “low-intensity explosion” took place in Raimal village in Punjab’s Batala on Monday evening, causing panic in the area. Police sources said a “loud sound” was heard near a house, which is stated to be owned by a relative of a police personnel. It…
New Delhi: A large amount of cash and liquor have been seized from a car with a “Punjab government” sticker in election-bound Delhi, police said yesterday, adding that AAP pamphlets were also found in the car. The BJP soon launched an attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, after which the Punjab government clarified the car…
A group of doctors performing a surgery at a government-run hospital in Punjab’s Patiala were forced to halt the procedure after alleged continuous power outages, including the emergency lights in the operation theatre (OT). A viral video from Rajindra Hospital in Patiala shows the doctors and staff standing around the patient, who was being operated…
