Haryana man gets 10 years jail for raping university student
byChandigarh: A court in Harayana’s Sonipat town today sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a first-year law student of…
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Heat wave unabated in Punjab, Haryana
byChandigarh: The heat wave prevailing over the plains of Punjab and Haryana remained unabated today with temperatures at most places in the two states remaining…
BJP meet to discuss strategy against UPA regime: Naqvi
byNew Delhi: The first meeting of the BJP’s reconstituted national executive next month will work out strategy for an effective campaign against the UPA…
‘Trailblazer’ ‘Sri’ Srinivasan creates history as top US judge
byWashington: Chandigarh-born “trailblazer” Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan has made history with the US Senate unanimously confirming him as the first South Asian judge…
Amritsar records 30-year high at 48 degrees Celsius
byChandigarh: The Sikh holy city of Amritsar today recorded its highest temperature in over three decades with the mercury hitting a high of 48 degrees…
Australia looks into allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work
bySydney: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the…
Japan to help raise institute of design in Haryana
byChandigarh: The country’s second National Institute of Design will come up in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district and Japan will provide technological assistance for the same, a…
Punjab orders probe into ‘vulgar’ school books
byChandigarh: The Punjab government has initiated a probe into the distribution of text books containing allegedly vulgar and irrelevant content in government schools, a minister…
Akali Dal-BJP sweep Punjab rural polls
byChandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine swept the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab, the state election commission announced…
Punjab enacts law to save heritage buildings
byChandigarh: Punjab has asked all its departments to seek permission from the cultural affairs department before renovating any government building that was constructed before 1947,…