- Punjab Congress asks Union Minister Harsimrat Badal to seek ED probe into his brother's drug peddling case
CHANDIGARH: Reacting to Union Minister Harsimrat Badal's demand for an inquiry from the Central Agency into the alleged seed scam, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee leaders today in a scathing attack on the Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, said that if Harsimrat is genuinely wishes well for Punjab and Punjabis, She should first reopen the closed probe into her brother Bikram Majithia's alleged involvement in drug Peddling case, So that the face of those who ruined the youth of Punjab can…
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- Dal Khalsa takes a dig at Modi Govt 2, termed it disastrous & terrible for minorities
AMRITSAR: Dal Khalsa, in its observation, has stated that Narendra Modi Government 2 as turned out to be disastrous for the minorities.
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- Punjab ghar ghar rozgar and Karobar mission starts online services for job seekers: Channi
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has decided to run the Ghar Ghar Rozgar and Karobar Mission through digital means due to COVID pandemic.
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- Free power to farmers will continue till my govt in power, asserts Capt Amarinder
CHANDIGARH: Categorically rejecting allegations of withdrawal of free power to Punjab’s farmers, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday said his government is ready to willing to forego the portion of fiscal deficit enhancement offered by the Centre but would not compromise with the farmers’ interest at any cost.
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- Cheap tactics won't help akalis regain lost political ground, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
CHANDIGARH: "It has become a habit though a nasty one with the akalis to level allegations of absolutely baseless nature every now and then at me, but they should base their stance on facts and not information of false and misleading nature."
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- Researchers find a new possibility to improve rice productivity
CHANDIGARH: In a new study, researchers from the Department of Biotechnology’s National Institute of Plant Genome Research (DBT-NIPGR), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (ICAR-NRRI), Cuttack and University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), have identified a region in the genome of rice, which seems to have the potential for improving productivity.
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- 54 districts account for 50% migration, 44 in UP, Bihar
NEW DELHI: Just 54 districts account for half the male migration in the country and 44 of these districts are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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- Convert Palampur varsity into Central Agri Univ: Himachal CM
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has urged the Central government to convert Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwavidalaya at Palampur in Kangra district into Central Agriculture University to benefit the biodiversity rich northwestern Himalayan region.
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- Nearly 8K cases take India's Covid tally to 1.73 lakh
NEW DELHI: India's coronavirus cases surpassed the 1.70 lakh-mark with a total of 1,73,763 cases, registering the highest single day spike of 7,964, the Health Ministry data revealed on Saturday.
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- Phagwara police arrests three liquor smugglers
PHAGWARA: The Phagwara Police have arrested three liquor smugglers and recovered 26 bottles of illicit liquor from their possession last night. The Police have arrested one villager Manjit Ram resident of Village Mehatiana and recovered 12 bottles of illicit liquor from his possession.
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- Punjab CM invites companies looking to leave China, says huge opportunities await them
CHANDIGARH: days, pointing to the huge opportunity they had to grow in view of the increasing number of companies looking to shift from China.
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- Punjab vigilance Bureau gives farewell to eight officers on superannuation
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) today gave farewell party in a simple way the honour of eight officers/officials held here at VB Headquarters, S.A.S. Nagar.
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- New waterways linking NE India, B'desh to start in 3 months
AGARTALA: New waterways between Tripura and Bangladesh would start within three months and it would boost trade and numerous economic activities, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on Friday.
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- Andhra reports 33 new corona cases, active cases 777
AMRAVATI:For the first time in almost 2 weeks, Andhra Pradesh reported a significant dip in daily tally of new coronavirus cases on Friday with 33 more patients in the last 24 hours. It is far lower than 54 new cases reported in the preceding 24-hour cycle.
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- Over 50% Covid patients in Delhi recovered: Sisodia
NEW DELHI: More than 50 per cent of Covid-19 patients in Delhi have recovered and a huge portion of virus affected people are recovering through home isolation, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said.
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