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Punjabi singer Jazzy B announces new song ‘Zimmidar’ in farmers’ support

Indian-Canadian playback singer Jaswinder Singh Bains, famously known as Jazzy B, on Saturday announced the release of his new single in support of farmers. He took to Twitter to make announcement by releasing the digital poster of his new song ‘Zimmidar’. The poster depicts the ongoing protest against the three farm bills. Penned by lyricist […]

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Trident Cup T-20 cricket tournament, Mandeep Junior stars in Jalandhar XI win

Ludhiana 18th December :  Cricket action returned to Ludhiana, after a break of 28 years on December 18 as the inaugural edition of the Trident T20 Cup Cricket Tournament Kicked off at GRD Academy and Hara Cricket Club Ludhiana today. All 8 teams – Punjab Reds, Patiala Colts HRCF ,Jalandhar XI, Malwa, Heroes, Punjab Blues, Ludhiana […]

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Country’s first-of-its-kind paddy straw-based Briquetting Plant set up in Patiala

In an initiative to cut down stubble burning and reduce environmental pollution, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday virtually inaugurated the country’s first-of-its-kind paddy straw-based Briquetting Plant of 100 tons per day capacity in Patiala. The plant has been set up at village Kulburchan in Patiala district, at a capital cost of […]

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Top 10 schools in Mohali as per EducationWorld (EW) India School Rankings 2020-21

EducationWorld in association with C fore, Delhi, conducted its 14th annual EducationWorld (EW) India School Rankings survey. The survey rates and ranks the country’s top 2,000 schools in six main and twelve sub-categories. This is the most comprehensive, in-depth and extensive league tables of any schools ranking survey worldwide. The schools have been ranked on […]

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Sukhna demolitions stayed by High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday issued a stay order on the demolition of residential and commercial structures built in the Sukhna Lake catchment area. The bench led by Jaswant Singh of Punjab and Haryana high court further directed no further construction work in the Sukhna Lake catchment area. The next hearing on […]

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Trident Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament all set to start on December 18, final on December 27

PCA approved State level Cricket Tournament organized by Ludhiana District Cricket Association (LDCA) Ludhiana : 17th Dec 2020: The inaugural edition of the PCA approved State level League cum knock out Invitational Trident Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament is all set to get underway from December 18th to 27th at Ludhiana.  The Tournament is being jointly organized by Ludhiana District Cricket […]

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Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plant to be set up at Patiala

The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday gave in-principle approval for setting up of a Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) Plant by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) at the now closed Cooperative Sugar Mills at Rakhra, Patiala. The plant, to be developed in collaboration with Sugarfed, will help reduce stubble burning through use of paddy straw for bio-gas generation […]

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Punjab to discontinue use of old registration numbers on new vehicles

Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered the discontinuation of 2 digit or old registration numbers of vehicles running in the state to stop their misuse by owners as status symbol, often tricking police not to check them. The chief minister asked the Transport Department to stop the practice of transferring special and […]

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Cold wave alert for Punjab, Haryana for next 2 days: IMD

Cold wave conditions are very likely in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and other regions for the next two days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday. The IMD has issued an orange alert on Thursday and Friday. Cold wave is declared when minimum temperature falls 4.5- 6.4°C below normal after going below […]

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Punjab govt extends last date for upgrading digital driving license till Jan 15, 2021

Punjab Transport Department has extended the last date for digital driving license upgradation till January 15, 2021. Transport Minister Razia Sultana said that in order to empower people to upgrade their manual driving licenses to digital driving license, a special campaign was launched by Transport Department in November, 2020. The objective of the campaign is […]