Punjab

Delhi Chalo march: Punjab farmers face water cannons, push through Haryana barricades

9:46 pm November 26, 2020

Chandigarh/New Delhi: Farmers from Punjab faced water cannons and broke police barriers at the state’s border with Haryana as they pushed towards the national capital Thursday on their Delhi Chalo march against the Centre’s farm laws. By late evening, a large number of protesters from Punjab and Haryana were close to Delhi, where too police […]

Nobody expected a tsunami: Khattar on rising COVID-19 cases

Khattar hits out at Amarinder, tells him to stop “inciting” innocent farmers

5:32 pm November 26, 2020

Chandigarh: Shortly after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday hit out at the BJP-led Haryana government for stopping farmers en route to Delhi, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar sternly told him to stop “inciting innocent farmers”. Khattar asked Singh to desist from misleading farmers, pointing out to him that he has already pledged to quit politics if the Minimum Support Price mechanism is ever dismantled. “@Capt […]

Cold wave conditions intensify in Kashmir

Traffic suspended on Bhaderwah-Chamba, Bhaderwah-Pathankot roads after snowfall

7:43 pm November 24, 2020

Bhadarwah: The traffic on Bhaderwah-Chamba and Bhaderwah-Pathankot highways, connecting Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district with Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, was suspended on Tuesday following heavy snowfall around Padri Gali and Chattergala passes, officials said. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bhaderwah, Rakesh Kumar said the vehicular movement was stopped on the Bhaderwah-Chamba Highway after 1.5 feet to 2 feet snow accumulated on a 22-km stretch between Khanni Top and Khundi […]

UK university strikes air quality research pact with Indian institute

Delhi’s air quality slips to ‘very poor’ due to slow winds; Dip in stubble burning

8:27 pm November 23, 2020

New Delhi: After nearly 10 days, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated on Monday to the “very poor” category and is likely to worsen in the next two days due to slow winds and low ventilation, government agencies said. Stubble burning, which accounted for 12 percent of Delhi’s PM2.5 pollution on Sunday, contributed six percent on Monday. […]

3 members of family found dead in Punjab’s Bathinda

2:48 pm November 23, 2020

Chandigarh: Three members of a family were found dead with bullet injuries on their heads in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Monday, police said. Bodies of Charanjit Singh, his wife and their daughter were spotted by their milkman who immediately informed police, Bathinda Superintendent of Police Jaspal Singh said over the phone. The bodies were lying […]