The Kurukshetra district administration is in a fix over organising a solar eclipse mela on May 21. Vishal Joshi reports.
At least 17 people, including five women and five children, were killed early on Monday in a head-on collision between a jeep and a truck near Punjab's Moga town, 170 km from Chandigarh, police said.

A humble farmer in Haryana's Fatehabad district became a multi-billionaire after
Rs. 964.64 crore was erroneously deposited in his bank account. His joy, however, lasted for just about an hour as the bank swiftly froze his account.
Pregnant women in Haryana will now have to show their identification proof while undergoing ultrasound scan.
The first Indian woman to hold a private pilot licence (PPL) passed away on Sunday.
The decision has raised several questions. Hitender Rao reports.
Five persons, including a day-old baby, were killed when the ambulance they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck on Ambala-Hissar road in the wee hours today.
In a shocking incident, instigated by his beloved, a teenager of village Akahara of Jagraon, mixed poison in the milk for his mother and father on Tuesday night. However, having suspected some foul play, his father survived though his mother died. HT reports.