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Punjab targets to bring 30 lakh acres of paddy under DSR technique

BATHINDA: The Punjab agriculture department has fixed the target to bring 30 lakh acres (12 lakh hectares) of paddy under direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique during current kharif season, which is double as compared to last year. The move is aimed to conserve the underground water.

The Times of India

Punjab: Six-year-old boy falls into 85 feet deep borewell in Hoshiarpur, pulled out dead

HOSHIARPUR: A six-year-old boy who had fallen in a borewell in village Khiala Balanda near Garhdiwala in district Hoshiarpur, was pulled out after over seven hours but he had died by then.

The Times of India

Senior SAD leader Tota Singh passes away

Senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab minister Tota Singh on Saturday passed away at a private hospital in Mohali after prolonged illness. Read more on Dynamite News:

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KCR should compensate TS ryots first: Dasoju

Ridicules CM’s plan to help Punjab farmers

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Punjab moots to convert 3,000 rural health sub-centers into ‘mohalla clinics’

75 of these will be inaugurated on Aug. 15: Mann

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AAP MLA Kunwar Pratap points to sluggishness in sacrilege related cases

In a letter to the Chief Minister, Mr. Singh, pointing out that several writ petitions are pending regarding Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura firing cases in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The Hindu

‘Delhi should convince Punjab to release Haryana’s share of water’

It should stop doing petty politics on water sharing, says Haryana CM Manohar Lal

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Navjot Singh Sidhu to surrender in Patiala today

PATIALA: Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu will surrender here on Friday, around 10am, following the Supreme Court verdict in a road rage case on Thursday.

The Times of India

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann calls on Amit Shah, seeks MSP on basmati

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann called on Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Thursday, urging him to issue a notification for the purchase of basmati on MSP. The meeting came a day after Mann met leaders of farm groups and convinced them to end their agitation on…

The Times of India

Probe Rs 167 crore fraud in Gurugram: Punjab and Haryana high court directs ED

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe into the Rs 167 crore financial fraud of Gurugram, in which a BSF deputy commandant, posted with elite National Security Guard (NSG), had allegedly promised contracts to real estate companies on the NSG campus in…

The Times of India

267 Covid-19 cases in Haryana, 20 in Punjab & Himachal Pradesh 8

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: A total of 267 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday in Haryana. Punjab recorded 20 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday taking the total count to 7,60,143. Himachal Pradesh reported eight new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. The state’s overall Covid-19 tally of 2,84,990 includes 2,80,772 recoveries, 4,117 deaths,…

The Times of India

Anatomy of crime: Punjab cops 1st gave Navjot Singh Sidhu clean chit

CHANDIGARH: While the conviction of cricketer and senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu in the 34-year-old road rage case has attained finality with the apex court order on Thursday, the record of the case revealed that the Punjab police had once tried to “help” Sidhu and placed him in Column-2…

The Times of India

Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu highlights ‘mammoth inflation’ with elephant ride

PATIALA: Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu rode a tusker with “elephantine rise in prices” sign on Thursday to protest against inflation. He claimed that more than 90% of the country could not afford new prices, and only 3% was rich enough to be immune.

The Times of India

Let off with 1,000 fine in 2018, Navjot Singh Sidhu gets 1-year RI in 1988 road rage case

NEW DELHI: On the heels of a humiliating electoral defeat, former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 1988 road rage case in which a 65-year-old man died from fist-blow injuries.

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SC sentences Sidhu to a year's jail term in 33-yr-old case, admits undue indulgence in letting him off with Rs 1K fine earlier

NEW DELHI: On the heels of a humiliating electoral defeat, former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 1988 road rage case in which a person had died from fistblow inuries.

The Times of India

Jharkhand beat Punjab to enter semis at sub-junior women’s national championship

Jharkhand made it to the semifinals of the Hockey India Sub-junior Women’s National Championship after they beat Punjab 5-1 in the quarterfinal at the Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium in Imphal on Thursday.

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How Hardik Patel quitting Congress may affect Gujarat politics

NEW DELHI: Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel resigned from the grand old party on Wednesday. There are speculations that Patel may join the BJP in the coming days like Punjab leader Sunil Jakhar who quit the Congress and joined the saffron party. Whether or not Patel joins the BJP,…

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1988 Road Rage Case: SC sentences Navjot Singh Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment

Former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu was on Thursday sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a three decade old road rage case. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Will submit to the majesty of law: Navjot Sidhu after SC sentences him to one-year jail

CHANDIGARH: Soon after the Supreme Court imposed a one-year jail term on him in a 1988 road rage case, former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said on Thursday he "will submit to the majesty of law."

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1988 road rage case: Navjot Singh Sidhu gets one-year jail term, says 'will submit to majesty of law'

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced former Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a three-decade old road rage case in which a person had died.

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Former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar joins BJP

Former Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar joined BJP on Thursday in the presence of BJP chief JP Nadda. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Punjab: Abohar & Fazilka farmers stay back for night, celebrate with potato curry

MOHALI: Most farmers had retreated from YPS Chowk on Mohali-Chandigarh border by Wednesday evening, after CM Bhagwant Mann conceded to their demands.

The Times of India

CBI arrests Karti Chidambaram aide in 2011 visa bribery case

NEW DELHI: CBI on Wednesday arrested chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman, a close associate of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and an accused in a case of alleged bribery in grant of visas to 250 Chinese nationals in 2011 for a power project in Punjab.

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Khalistani flags on Himachal assembly main gate: SFJ's Gurpatwant Singh Pannu instigated incident, says police investigation

SHIMLA: Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of the Sikh for Justice (SFJ) had "instigated the two arrested accused from Punjab" to tie the Khalistani flags at the main gate of the Himachal Pradesh assembly complex in Dharamshala on May 8 "in lieu of money", an investigation conducted by the police has revealed.

The Times of India

Punjab: Border belt farmers can sow paddy from June 10, others June 14 and 17

MOHALI: The YPS crossing at Mohali-Chandigarh borders echoed with victory slogans raised by protesting farmers after the Bhagwant Mann led state government bowed before their protest and accepted their demands.

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