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Shimla Municipal Corporation election result: Congress wins big, wrests civic body from BJP

The Congress on Thursday wrested the civic body from the BJP as it won 24 wards out of the 34 wards in the Shimla Municipal Corporation. The BJP won nine wards and CPIM-1. The AAP, however, failed to open an account.The Congress had lost the 2017 MC elections and had won only 12 wards, while […]

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Fresh spell of rain in Chandigarh, Punjab leads to dip in temperature

Rains lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday morning, leading to a dip in the temperature.According to the Meteorological Department here, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Bathinda, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Rupnagar, Mohali, Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra and Yamunanagar received rains. Many parts of the two states, including Chandigarh, have been receiving rains from the past few days.The maximum […]

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Supreme Court refuses to commute death sentence of Balwant Rajoana in Beant Singh assassination case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana.The apex court gave its verdict on former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh assassination case convict Balwant Singh Rajoana’s petition seeking commutation of his death penalty. He had sought commutation of his death sentence on the grounds that the Centre had […]

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Wanted for Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, Goldy Brar on Canada’s list of fugitives

Gangster Goldy Brar, who claimed responsibility for Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s killing in May last year on behalf of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has been included on the list of Canada’s 25 most wanted. An Interpol red notice was last year issued against Brar, who is from Punjab’s Mukhtsar. He is wanted for murder, […]

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Punjabi singer Karan Aujla’s associate Sharpy Ghuman arrested in crackdown on nexus between singers, gangsters, travel agents

A major crackdown was on Thursday conducted on Punjabi singers, gangsters and travel agents nexus in Punjab.A police office has confirmed that singer Karan Aujla’s associate Sharpy Ghuman has been arrested by AGTF. AGTF sources said that an FIR has been lodged with state crime branch and eight people have been apprehended, majority of them […]

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Boxing legend Kaur Singh dies at 74

Arjuna Awardee and Padma Shri boxing legend Kaur Singh (74) died on Wednesday at a Kurukshetra hospital in Haryana, where he was undergoing treatment for multiple health problems.After retiring from the Army, he had been staying at his native village Khanal Khurd here. Officials concerned have reached his house.Apart from winning international events, Singh had […]

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NIA conducts raids against PFI cadres in Punjab’s Ludhiana, UP, Bihar, Goa

In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.The places being searched by the NIA include 12 in Bihar, two in Uttar Pradesh and one […]

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Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap submits resignation to Nadda

Ahead of the Shimla Municipal Corporation polls, Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Suresh Kashyap has handed over his resignation to the party’s national president BJP Nadda.Even as his term was coming to an end, BJP state president Suresh Kshyap submitted his resignation, citing “personal reasons”. However, the resignation of Kashyap when the Shimla Municipal Corporations polls […]

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Punjab’s Bathinda military station firing prima facie fratricide. No terror attack

A firing incident killed four persons at the Bathinda military station in Punjab early on Wednesday, the Indian Army said, adding that a search operation was ongoing. Prima facie it’s a case of fratricide killing with no evidence of a terror attack. Sources in the Amry headquarters revealed that the perpetrator is apparently alive and […]

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Three-day PharmaTech Expo begins at Chandigarh, over 250 companies to participate

The PharmaTech Expo & LabTech Expo 2023 today kicked off in Chandigarh at the Parade Ground in Sector-17. The three-day expo which has been organized by PharmaTechnologyIndex.com Pvt. Ltd in association with Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC India) is North India’s largest event which is dedicated to pharmaceutical innovation and technology and knowledge. […]