NEWS HEADLINES PUNJAB
Punjab Teachers Protest on Teacher Day Over Neglect Higher Education Teachers from 136 aided colleges in Punjab, including 22 in Ludhiana, marked Teacher Day on Thursday with black badges in protest against the state government’s neglect of higher education. The demonstration, led by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU), highlighted ongoing issues such … Read more
Punjab Govt Hikes Fuel Prices, Ends Power Subsidy to Boost Revenue In a significant move to address Punjab’s financial difficulties, the state’s council of ministers, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has introduced two major initiatives aimed at increasing revenue. During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, the government decided to raise retail fuel prices and … Read more
Three Family Members Killed, 2 Seriously Injured in Firing Ferozepur FEROZEPUR, PUNJAB– In a horrific daylight firing incident, three family members were killed and two others were seriously injured when six unidentified assailants opened fire on their car near Gurdwara Sri Akalgarh Sahib this afternoon. The victims, identified as Jaspreet Kaur (26), Dildeep Singh (21), … Read more
BFUHS in Legal Crossfire: High Court Stay Halts NRI Quota Results Chandigarh — The Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) announced on Thursday that the provisional results for the allotment of seats and colleges under the NRI category for NEET UG-2024 have been temporarily withheld. This decision comes in response to the Punjab and … Read more
Man gets Court Award Capital Punishment for daughter rape murder In a case that has left a community reeling, a local court on Thursday handed down the most severe of sentences—capital punishment—to Partap Singh, a 36-year-old man from Lakhuwal village in the Baba Bakala subdivision. Singh was found guilty of the heinous crime of raping … Read more
Shocking Bathinda Crime Incident, A Tale of Betrayal and Tragedy In a deeply disturbing incident that has sent shockwaves through the community, a young man in Punjab’s Bathinda district allegedly killed his friend and buried the body in the backyard of his own residence. This grim discovery was made when a foul smell began to … Read more
Pearls Group Refund Promise After Nirmal Singh Bhangoo Demise The recent passing of Sardar Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, the Managing Director of the Pearls Group of Companies, has left a significant void in the lives of those connected to him and the massive group he led. Bhangoo was at the helm of a company that came … Read more
45 BSF Troopers to Attend Boot Camp on Drone Technology The Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab has launched a five-day boot camp in collaboration with Dr. BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, with support from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The boot camp, titled “Drone Technology: Ethics and Application … Read more
American NRI Sukhchain Singh shot and escaped in Amritsar A 43-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) Sukhchain Singh, who had recently returned from the US, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants at his home in Daburji area of Amritsar, Punjab. The incident took place around 7:15 am on Saturday morning, as confirmed by the local police. … Read more
