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Punjab

Discoms wake up to performance standards

After ignoring it for close to seven years, power distribution companies - the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) - have begun the process for implementation of 'standards of performance' regulations for prompt delivery of services to electricity consumers and payment of compensation for deficiency in service.

NRIs use Indian clinical facilities for female foeticide: UK MP

A UK based charity has evidence to prove an increase in NRIs travelling to India for pre-natal sex determination and incidences of “abortions” using Indian clinical facilities even as its study report is likely to be released next month, revealed UK MP Virendra Sharma in Jalandhar today.

Haryana farmers protest against N-plant

Farmers opposing the establishment of a nuclear power plant on agricultural land detained a team of surveyors for several hours at Gorakhpur village near Fatehabad on Monday.

Gross irregularities in Punjab Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

The union ministry of human resource development (HRD) has detected serious irregularities in the implementation of the centrally-sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in Punjab.

India offers up to $3000 help for deserted wives in foreign countries

The ministry of overseas Indian affairs has revised the existing scheme to provide financial assistance ranging from $2000 to $3000 to the deserted or divorced overseas Indian women for arranging legal assistance in their fight against NRI grooms.

Rs1.5 lakh aid for deserted Indian wives abroad

The ministry of overseas Indian affairs will provide financial assistance ranging from $ 2,000 (about Rs 1 lakh) to $ 3,000 (Rs 1.5 lakh) to deserted or divorced Indian women for arranging legal assistance in their fight against NRI grooms abroad.

Moga DSP murder: 40 persons rounded up by police

Six days after Moga DSP and a young girl were found murdered in suspicious circumstances, police today rounded up 40 persons having criminal background to get a breakthrough.

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