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‘Appeal to CM Mann to provide better pension’Subscriber Only

August 4, 2022 15:40 IST

Once a famous Dalit icon and singer, Bant Singh now lives in penury

Another batch of 30 Afghan Sikhs will arrive in Delhi Wednesday as the evacuation and shifting of Afghan minorities to India continues.

Another batch of 30 Afghan Sikhs to arrive in Delhi todaySubscriber Only

August 3, 2022 12:17 IST

As many as 110 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus still remain in Afghanistan and 61 e-visa applications are pending with the Government of India for issuance.

The centre has been set up at a cost of Rs 35.96 crore to comprehensively monitor the city and will operate from the municipal corporation’s D Zone office in Sarabha Nagar. (Representational image)

Punjab’s first integrated command and control centre launched in Ludhiana

August 3, 2022 11:30 IST

The hi-tech centre was set up at a cost of Rs 35.96 crore. More than 1,400 CCTV cameras have been installed in Ludhiana under the ICCC and Local Bodies Minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar said it would bring about a sweeping change in the functioning of the civic body and police administration.

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Ludhiana: Jagraon man gets extortion call from Goldy Brar gang

August 3, 2022 10:45 IST

According to the police, the complainant in the case had told them that he had received a call, wherein the caller demanded Rs 10 lakh and threatened that if the money was not paid, he and his entire family would meet the same fate as Sidhu Moosewala.

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Youth dies of suspected drug overdose, 8 booked

August 3, 2022 03:32 IST

Pargat added that his son was a drug addict and he suspects that he was given an injection by the accused due to which he died.

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Compensate moong farmers for losses they suffered: Badal

August 3, 2022 03:13 IST

Asking the Chief Minister what the fault of the farmers was that they were being made to suffer, Badal demanded that the state immediately dole out compensation.

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Medical superintendent writes to university for purchase of mattressesSubscriber Only

August 3, 2022 03:09 IST

Sources said that since the V-C resigned, some other subordinate staff are also not reporting to duty at BFUHS and some have even resigned.

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Newly-married Mann has an advice: Avoid big fat weddings, they are debt trapsSubscriber Only

August 3, 2022 07:43 IST

He added that some people can afford to host lavish weddings but most can't. “The poor don't realise this and fall into the debt trap. I appeal to the people to take blessings from gurdwaras on their weddings and keep the functions simple."

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Punjab: Man kills wife after slitting her throat in Ludhiana, arrested

August 3, 2022 02:52 IST

Zareen Ahmad worked as a freelance beautician and visited houses of clients. The husband used to stop her from going out of the house as he suspected her of infidelity.

The development comes a week after the Punjab Police dismissed inspector Parminder Singh Bajwa and two police aides after they allegedly falsely implicated two people in a drug case. (File photo)

Punjab: 3,710 Tramadol tablets, 4.7 kg intoxicant powder seized from house of dismissed cop

August 2, 2022 11:27 IST

Punjab Police had dismissed inspector Parminder Singh Bajwa and two police aides for allegedly falsely implicating two people in a drug case, and extorting money from them.

The entrance to the Dreamland Colony has now been turned into a fortress with permanent stationing of a large number of security personnel who often enter into pitched battles with protesters.  (Express Photo by Raakhi Jagga)

Sangrur: Demonstrators’ Destination DreamlandSubscriber Only

August 3, 2022 07:44 IST

A new ‘protest capital’ has emerged in Punjab — Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Sangrur’s Dreamland Colony — with at least three suicide attempts being made during dozens of demonstrations that have already taken place or are ongoing there

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Those breaching party discipline will be shown the door: BadalSubscriber Only

August 2, 2022 03:05 IST

On July 29, Sukhbir Badal dissolved SAD's entire organisational structure in pursuance of the recommendations of the party’s poll review committee, also called Jhoonda committee.

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Covid cases up 260%, deaths more than double in one monthSubscriber Only

August 3, 2022 07:46 IST

The positivity rate too has shot up from 1.54 per cent on July 1 to 4.68 per cent on July 31. The state had till July 31 recorded a cumulative 7,73,995 Covid cases and 20,380 deaths.

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Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi sent to Moga police custody for 10 days in attempt to murder case

August 1, 2022 15:08 IST

In December 2021, the police arrested Monu Dagar, a sharpshooter from Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang, for allegedly opening fire at the brother and nephew of Moga deputy mayor Ashok Dhamija.

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Badal seeks immediate girdwari, compensation for loss of crop, property

August 1, 2022 01:58 IST

Badal, who visited flooded villages in Lambi, said it was shocking that CM Bhagwant Mann had not even given directions to officials to make arrangements to drain flood water from fields and houses.

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No one has right to question contribution of martyrs: Mann

August 1, 2022 01:51 IST

Addressing a gathering at a state-level function to mark the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh at Sunam here, the CM said that no one has the right to raise questions about the “contribution of the great martyrs of our motherland”.

On the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha,  members of BKU (Ugrahan) during rain  blocks the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway at Mullanpur on Sunday. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Farmers block rail, roads in protest against CentreSubscriber Only

August 2, 2022 03:34 IST

From August 7- August 14 SKM will be doing conventions at district level across the country against Agneepath scheme while from August 18-August 20 ..a 75 hours protest will be organised at Lakhimpur Kheri where farmers from across the country including Punjab will be taking part.

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Another businessman from Ludhiana gets extortion call in name of gangster Bishnoi

July 31, 2022 23:48 IST

The complainant claimed that the caller demanded Rs 5 lakh from him and threatened that he should be ready to face consequences if the amount was not paid.

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Need to set up more hotel mgmt institutes in Punjab: AAP MP

July 31, 2022 23:40 IST

“This will help generate more employment for youth and crime and drug menace will reduce,” said Arora, an industrialist from Ludhiana.

Apart from the gym, Akbar owned a garments business, a real estate firm and a few other ventures. (Twitter)

Punjab: AAP Malerkotla councillor shot dead inside gymSubscriber Only

July 31, 2022 16:58 IST

Video footage shows that the youngster took out his revolver and fired at Akbar the moment the latter got close to him, and fled from the spot.

No stranger to controversies, V-C has illustrious careerSubscriber Only

July 31, 2022 02:38 IST

Dr Bahadur started his career as a house surgeon in a Himachal Pradesh medical college and later at the Snowden Hospital in Shimla in 1976. He did his masters in surgery from Banaras Hindu University and has over 11,000 spinal surgeries to his credit.

Dr Raj Bahadur was appointed V-C on December 23, 2014, during the SAD-BJP tenure. His tenure was for three years. However, in December 2017 during the Congress rule, he got a three-year extension.

Dr Raj Bahadur: a man often in the eye of stormSubscriber Only

July 31, 2022 02:27 IST

Dr Raj Bahadur (71) was the vice-chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS).

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Ludhiana: MC official, son, nephew booked for attempt to murder after a clash over food bill

July 31, 2022 00:24 IST

Police booked SS Bindra, posted as MTP with Bathinda MC, his son Puneet Bindra, nephew Gurkirat Bindra and two managers at their restaurant and some unidentified accused for allegedly assaulting and attacking the complainant, Anirudh Garg and his guests, after an argument over the bill amount.

Dr Raj Bahadur started his career as a house surgeon in a Himachal Pradesh medical college and later at the Snowden Hospital in Shimla in 1976. (Express photo/File)

Though no stranger to controversies, ex-Baba Farid V-C Dr Raj Bahadur has illustrious careerSubscriber Only

July 30, 2022 16:49 IST

At Faridkot’s Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, where the orthopaedic surgeon was asked by the Punjab health minister to lie down on a ‘dirty’ bed, questions had been raised several times about the continuous extensions of his vice-chancellor tenure and ‘irregularities’.

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Punjab V-C row: Incident could have been avoided, says AAP spokespersonSubscriber Only

July 30, 2022 15:39 IST

Dignity of the chair should be maintained and our conduct in public should be well disciplined, says AAP spokesperson Malwinder Singh Kang, a day after a controversy broke out over Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra asking VC Dr Raj Bahadur to lie down on a damaged mattress at a Faridkot hospital.

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