Monthly Archives: June 2018
3 weeks after win, case of illegal mining against MLA cancelled
June 23rd, 2018
Jalandhar: Three weeks after he won the Shahkot Assembly byelection on May 31, an FIR for illegal mining lodged against Congress leader Hardev Singh Laddi Sherowalia at Mehatpur police station has been cancelled by the Jalandhar (Rural) ...
Varsity student, friends behind petrol pump robbery, murders
June 23rd, 2018
Patiala: Five days after the chilling murder of two persons during a robbery at a petrol pump in Patiala, the police on Friday arrested a student of philosophy at Punjabi University and his school-dropout friend who dreamt ...
Punjab raises electricity duty to 15 per cent for rural areas
June 23rd, 2018
Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Friday increased ad valorem duty on electricity by 2 per cent on Friday, making power 25 paise more expensive per unit. The state government’s latest notification said that the increased levy would ...
MLA got demolish drive halted, illegal colonies dot his backyard
June 23rd, 2018
Jalandhar: Upcoming illegal colonies dot the dingy Basti area of Jalandhar West constituency, represented by Congress MLA Sushil Rinku, who recently got a demolition drive halted.Most such colonies do not even have signages bearing the name or ...
No stopping mining mafia, even cops aren’t spared
June 23rd, 2018
Ropar: The attack on AAP leader and local MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoa is not an isolated case of brazenness of the mining mafia in the district.On May 11, constable Jaswant Singh along with his colleagues had stopped ...
Cong targets Shah on DeMo; rebuffed
June 23rd, 2018
New Delhi: Archrivals BJP and Congress were engaged in a Twitter war on Friday, each out to disprove the other on whether demonetisation was a scam. Both launched Twitter hashtags on their respective narratives with the BJP’s ...
Moderate rainfall hits Mumbai
June 23rd, 2018
Mumbai: Several parts of Mumbai received moderate rainfall during the early hours of Saturday, as monsoon makes a comeback.The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said, Mumbai is likely to receive “few spells” of rain in the next few ...
Koreas agree to Aug reunions for war-split families
June 23rd, 2018
Seoul: North and South Korea today agreed to resume reunions for families separated by the Korean War in August-the first such meetings since 2015 and the latest step in a remarkable diplomatic thaw on the peninsula.Millions of ...
Stop wasting time on immigration: Trump to Republicans
June 23rd, 2018
Washington: Expressing frustration over what he described as “obstruction” of the Democrats, US President Donald Trump on Friday asked his Republican party leaders to stop wasting time on immigration legislation until after November elections. Trump directed his ...
India ready for grind
June 23rd, 2018
New delhi: Virat Kohli was so desperate to succeed on India’s Test tour of England that he signed up to play for a month for Surrey in county cricket. But an injury he picked up in the ...
