Ludhiana, Nov 21 (IANS) It was a big surprise for a businessman based in this Punjab city Saturday when he found packets of contraband mixed with a consignment of goods from New ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) In order to promote sports and sportspersons in the state, the Haryana government Saturday announced the setting up of a state sports fund. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) The Domestic Violence Act, which aims to shield the rights of women, is being misused by some to harass their in-laws and extort money from their husbands, an ...

Chandigarh, Nov 20 (IANS) Chandigarh's oldest boys school has sought the intervention of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions against the union territory administration for "interfering" in the school's internal matters. ...

Jalandhar, Nov 19 (IANS) The Punjab police Thursday recovered nearly 100,000 pirated DVDs and compact discs (CDs) from a building in this Punjab city. The recovery was made following a raid at a ...

Noida, Nov 19 (IANS) Gaurav Pratap Singh of the Noida Golf Course fired his second successive 70 here Thursday to grab the second round lead at the ONGC Masters 2009. Gaurav now ...

Ahmedabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Chandigarh's Abhijit Chadha maintained his ascendancy on the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the LG Gujarat Open at the par-72 Kensville Golf Club ...

Chandigarh, Nov 18 (ANI): The Indian Army organised a three-day horse show here recently that attracted a large number of passionate riders from across the region. Organised in association with the Equestrian Federation ...

Chandigarh, Nov 18 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is in Israel seeking trade and agricultural ties with that country, a Punjab government spokesman said here Wednesday. A delegation led by Badal ...

Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) Haryana has till Tuesday reported 657 positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus with a majority of them (466) in Gurgaon city, adjoining the national capital. Eight people ...

Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) In a bid to curb sale of spurious drugs in Punjab, the state government has announced reward for all those providing information. The Punjab government will follow the special ...

Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) There has been a sudden surge in the number of positive cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus in Chandigarh hospitals during the first fortnight of November. By Oct 31, ...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab government Saturday announced plans to strengthen the infrastructure and promote the city of Amritsar as a tourist destination. State Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and ...

Ambala (Haryana), Nov 14 (IANS) A college student was stabbed to death in a group clash in this Haryana town Saturday, said the police. According to the police, the deceased was identified as ...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) Punjab cricket selectors Saturday picked medium-pacer Bharat Lumba in place of leg-spinner Rahul Sharma for the Ranji Trophy Super League match against Tamil Nadu from Nov 17. The ...

Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) Now tourists coming to Chandigarh can take back memories of one of the most well-planned cities in the country. A state-of-the-art souvenir shop, offering coloured reproductions of works ...

Mohali (Punjab), Nov 14 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday announced that 13 new degree colleges would come up in the state by next year at a cost of Rs.104 ...

Chandigarh, Nov. 13 (ANI): A major fire gutted a furniture shop in Chandigarh on Friday causing losses worth millions of rupees. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started due to a spark from the ...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Nov 13 (IANS) Trained guards from Punjab will help private security agencies to secure the venues of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in New Delhi October next ...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) As many as 85 students of a government-run primary school in Karnal district of Haryana were Friday discharged from a hospital, the state's health minister said. The students had ...

Chandigarh, Nov 13 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has run out of space to store its judicial records and will soon get a new building here to store these. Punjab Governor ...

New Delhi, Nov.13 (ANI): Students in north India will have a chance to test their spelling mettle in the third annual Spelling Bee competition sponsored by the U.S. Embassy's American Center in ...

By Ajitha Menon Kolkata, Nov 13 (ANI): Holding placards and banners, privileged and underprivileged students participated in a walkathon here today. Organised by the Smile Foundation, a non-profit organisation, the walkathon saw participation of ...

Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Jaipur's Vishal Singh hogged the limelight in round one of the Aircel-PGTI Players Championship with a bogey-free six under 47 to emerge at the top of leaderboard here ...

Chandigarh, Nov 11 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal Wednesday said it will involve like-minded parties in raising the plight of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the winter session of ...

Rajpura (Punjab), Nov 11 (IANS) Punjab police claimed to have busted a gang of robbers with the arrest of seven people in this town Wednesday. Goods worth millions of rupees have been ...

Chandigarh, Nov 11 (IANS) Lt. Gen. Shankar Ranjan Ghosh will take over as the general officer commanding-in-chief (GOC-in-C) of the Indian army's Western Command, a defence official said here Wednesday. He will assume ...

Kolkata, Nov.11 (ANI): Scientists from three Indian institutes have developed a new live oral cholera vaccine from non-virulent innocuous strain, which was modified to formulate the vaccine. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric ...

Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) To spread awareness about HIV/AIDS and the usage of condoms mainly among the most vulnerable section - truck drivers and their attendants, a van christened 'Ustad Condom Van' ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Manu Sharma, serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of model Jessica Lal, voluntarily returned to the Tihar Jail here Tuesday following the raging controversy over ...