Chandigarh, March 28 In a boost to Punjab’s tourism and hospitality sector, Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora on Saturday announced that the Oberoi Group and Springedge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a major hospitality project in Amritsar. The Government of Punjab, through Invest Punjab, played a proactive role […]
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The North News Chandigarh/Patiala, March 28Veteran Punjab Congress leader and former state finance minister Lal Singh has died after a prolonged illness, party leaders said on Saturday. He died at Max Hospital in Mohali, where he had been undergoing treatment, triggering an outpouring of grief among Congress workers and senior leaders in the state. Lal […]
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Hoshiarpur , March 28 Police have registered a case after an alleged online fraud of about Rs 17.52 lakh was reported from the bank accounts of a retired Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, officials said on Saturday. According to cyber crime police station officials, a case has been registered against unidentified […]
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Chandigarh, March 27 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday dismissed jailed MP Amritpal Singh’s plea seeking quashing of the Punjab government’s order declining his application for temporary release to attend the budget session of Parliament. A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry held that there is “no constitutional […]
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Chandigarh, March 28 The “Gangstran Te Vaar” campaign launched by the Punjab Police to make the state gangster-free, 643 social media pages glorifying weapons have been blocked, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), said on Friday. The “Gangstran Te Vaar” campaign has achieved significant milestones through the Anti-Gangster Helpline 93946-93946, which has […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 28 Punjab has enrolled more than 3.05 million families under its Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna and approved Rs 292 crore worth of free treatment within three months of its launch, Health Minister Balbir Singh has said. The scheme, launched on 8 January, offers cashless medical treatment of up to Rs […]
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Nirmal Kumar The North News Barnala, March 27 The BJP Yuva Morcha workers on Friday staged a protest outside the residence of AAP MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in Barnala on Friday, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged suicide of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation. […]
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Kulwinder Mahal The North News Patiala, March 27 Nursing staff at Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala continued their protest for a second day on Friday, demanding that the Punjab government implement the long-promised Rs 4,600 grade pay. Members of the United Nurses Association of Punjab said they had held several meetings with the state government […]
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Phagwara, March 27 Angry locals blocked vehicular traffic for about 15 minutes near Bhagwan Valmiki Chowk on Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road here on Friday, citing an alleged shortage of cooking gas. Eyewitness accounts said that the blockade caused significant inconvenience to commuters. The disruption was resolved after the intervention of Phagwara Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bharat […]
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The North News Chandigarh, March 27 The Punjab government has seized illegal tobacco products worth about Rs 1.5 crore during a statewide crackdown on tax evasion, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Friday. Cheema said the state tax department carried out simultaneous raids at eight locations, including five registered firms and three unregistered businesses, […]
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