Punjab

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Temperatures hover below normal in Haryana, Punjab

9:00 pm November 20, 2020

Chandigarh: The maximum and minimum temperatures hovered below normal limits in Haryana and Punjab on Friday. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a high of 23.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, according to the meteorological department here. In Haryana, Ambala recorded a high of 23.8 degrees Celsius, down three notches against […]

Delhi’s air quality ‘poor’, likely to improve

3:03 pm November 20, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi‘s air quality was recorded in the poor category on Friday morning, while central government agencies said it is likely to improve marginally due to favourable wind speed. The city’s air quality index was 292 at 10 am. Its 24-hour average AQI was 283 on Thursday, 211 on Wednesday and 171 on Tuesday. […]

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Five killed as car hits truck and catches fire in Punjab’s Sangrur

9:28 pm November 17, 2020

Chandigarh: Five people were burnt alive inside the car they were travelling in when it caught fire after a collision with a truck on Sangrur-Sunam road in Punjab, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The five car occupants were returning to Moga late Monday night after attending a wedding reception in Sangrur district’s Dirba […]

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Election Commission makes actor Sonu Sood Punjab icon

9:58 pm November 16, 2020

Chandigarh: Actor Sonu Sood has been appointed as the Punjab state icon by the Election Commission of India, an official statement said here on Monday. The statement quoting Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Karuna Raju said his office had sent a proposal to the ECI in this regard and they approved the same. Belonging […]

Rains in some parts of Delhi brings relief from heat

Delhi, its suburbs witness light rains

9:19 pm November 15, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital and its suburbs recorded light rainfall on Sunday under the influence of a fresh Western Disturbance, according to India Meteorological Department. Higher wind speed aided dispersion of pollutants. The maximum wind speed was around 25 km per hour, IMD officials said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the […]