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Dharampal's execution extended, now till July 10 | Robbers decamp with Rs 4 lakh after killing mother, daughter in Ludhiana | Punjab, Haryana reel under heat wave conditions | Bipasha Basu arrives in city beautiful | UBS head, professor booked for sexual harassment
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Punjab panchayat polls 2013
Kith and kin of leaders make fortune in ZP polls

The just-concluded zila parishad polls in Punjab have provided a foothold to family members of leaders of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). In Ludhiana, Akali MLA Darshan Singh Shivalik's son Harpreet Singh Shivalik and MLA, Manpreet Singh Ayali's younger brother Harbir Singh Ayali won their respective zila parishad seats.

Badal asks Congress to accept defeat with grace

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday advised Congress leaders to accept defeat in the zila parishad and block samiti polls with "grace, humility and democratic dignity."

1984  riots
DSGMC general house gives nod to memorial at Gurdwara Rakabganj

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Wednesday announced to build a memorial to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the national capital. The memorial would come up in the sanctum sanctorum of Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib, adjacent to Parliament House.

With Cong support, ray of hope for PPP

GS Bali 'offers to resign' from Himachal cabinet

Jind rape case: Villagers to send children to school from today

Jessica case: actor Shyan Munshi faces trial for perjury

Man kills friend for voting against Cong

Bajwa fails to turn the tide for Cong

Triple murder solved as accused arrested

No renovation of government buildings built before 1947 without NOC

Dharampal's execution extended, now till July 10

Geetika suicide: Court notice on Chaddha's plea

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Chandigarh

Baby's death at PGI: Lab gives clean chit to vaccine

The Easyfive-TT vaccine, following the administering of which a month-and-half-old baby had passed away at the Advanced Paediatrics Centre (APC) of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) last month, has got the clean chit from Central Research Institute, Kasauli.

Auto driver, accomplice held for assaulting woman

Alleging 'animal existence', ex-CJ again moves HC against son

No relief for CBI inspector

UBS dept comes out in support of faculty members

BJP to demand Bansal's resignation in MC meeting tomorrow

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Jalandhar

Rs 211-crore investment planned to rejuvenate Bist Doab Canal

The Bist Doab Canal System may soon transform the region with the government planning to invest Rs. 211 crore on increasing its capacity 6-fold from 30,364 hectares to 1,72,981 hectare.

SAD drew blank in Talwara block samiti

School closes for three days as non-teaching staff threaten stir

Congress protests against 'unfair' elections

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Patiala

Power demand jumps by up to 23%, grim situation ahead

A steep rise of 23% in power demand as compared to that of last year has baffled the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, where the management foresees an acute power shortage in the coming days.

PPCB catches 2 dyeing units at wrong foot

Power engineers threaten to resume stir

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22 May

HTCity

When love strikes

She thought student political leaders in Panjab University were arrogant and boisterous. For him, politics was always on his mind. However, it so happened that Nitleen Kaur, 26, and Amit Bhatia, 27, found themselves being pulled towards each other by unseen chords, leaving no scope for prejudices to prevent their love story from blossoming.

All for domestic tourism

Tourism Department, Chandigarh Administration and CITCO, along with North India Management Association (NIMA) organised a conference on ‘Integrated Development in Northern India’, connecting the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Uttrakhand. In Chandigarh to attend the conference actors Kabir Bedi, Kirron Kher and Dolly Ahluwalia give their valuable suggestions for promoting domestic tourism through cinema.

P for politics

Saddened by the current situation in the country, actor-businesswoman Preity Zinta is “thinking” about joining “politics” as she wants to be part of a movement to bring positive changes in India.

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Amritsar

Fateh says satisfied with Cong show

Commenting on the Congress performance in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections, senior Congress leader Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa on Wednesday expressed satisfaction and maintained that his party had strongly made its presence felt.

Minor gangraped in Tarn Taran; 4 booked

Gobindgarh fort to be open to public by Nov

Cashier robbed of Rs. 49 lakh on bank doorstep; gunman hurt

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Ludhiana

Man kills friend for voting against Cong

Following the recent zila parishad and block samiti elections, a Congress supporter allegedly killed his friend, a SAD supporter, for not voting for the Congress candidate.Both were having drinks on Tuesday evening when they had an altercation.

Unscheduled power cuts make govt schools shell out for generators

Miscreants thrash kin of school owner following suspicion of rape

PAU appoints 'Kinnow Queen' non-official member of board

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Bathinda

Teachers struggle to provide students uniforms in Rs. 400

The facility of free uniforms to government school students up to Class 8 is spelling trouble for the teachers, who struggle to buy all the items from the paltry sum they are supposed to spend. Teachers have to buy trousers, shirt, cap, sweater, shoes, socks from meager Rs. 400.

SAD wins all 14 zila parishad seats in Moga

18 Cong men booked for staging protest during counting

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Punjab abroad

Canadian with Indian roots honoured for social work

Vishal G Arora, a Canadian with roots in Punjab, has been honoured with the Long Term Service Award for his contribution towards the community on May 15. Brompton Mayor Susan Fennel conferred the award on Arora at the annual Citizen Awards Ceremony. Arora has promoted arts and culture in Brampton as the Community Outreach and Business Advisor for the Academy of Creative Arts. He was a inspiring force behind programs as Speak Out in his province, an event that was designed for the youth and by the youth and educated them about the political process and motivated them to get involved and engage with it.
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To master Chandigarh’s future, manage mess first

Census 2011 has underlined that Chandigarh has outgrown itself. Before we have a master plan, it’s time to tackle the chaos at hand. Even as the union ministry of home affairs and UT administration grapple with a master plan for the City Once Beautiful, residents of Chandigarh remain in a pitched battle with daily urban chaos. DS Jaspal writes

Obsessed with glitter

My mother stressed on the importance of savings. We still recollect her favourite, and at times irritating, sermon: "It is not what you earn and spend, it is what you save that caters to a rainy day." We grew up with this 'rainy day syndrome' often joking about the misplaced roots of the old lady. I still don't remember any drought-like calamity in my maternal lineage. Col Avnish Sharma (retd) writes

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Sports

Shaken Royals take on stable Sunrisers in knockout clash

Ahead of the Eliminator, the Jaipur team stayed put in its home base, practicing in the morning session. They are comfortable there and know the place, said an official. Khurram Habib reports. Face off

Sahara dumps T20 league, Team India, blames BCCI for decision

Squarely blaming the BCCI for its decision, Sahara asked the board not to approach it for reconciliation. In a statement, the group said it had not pulled out at the start of the league season despite legal advice in “utter sportsmanship spirit”. HT reports.
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