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The Ultimate Freebie Explainer: Everything you always wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask

Social media needs a continuous inflow of complex societal issues to remain relevant and keep the pot boiling. Over the last few weeks, the “freebies” debate has become another such issue.

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Data | How States compare in agri-production: Punjab and Haryana dominate

While Punjab and Haryana are among the top States in terms of foodgrain production, Uttar Pradesh and some western and southern States dominate the production of non-foodgrains

The Hindu

PM Modi’s security breach | Supreme Court panel blames Ferozepur SSP

‘Officer did not discharge duty to maintain law and order’

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PM Modi inaugurates cancer hospital in Punjab's Mohali, says health care a priority

Mohali Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 24 said holistic health care has been a priority in th

The Hindu

Boosting cancer treatment facilities a key focus of Modi government, says health officials

Health officials noted that treatment of cancer under 'Ayushman Bharat' has been a prime focus of the central government to safeguard people catastrophic expenditure of cancer treatment

The Hindu

MI5 accused off tip-off which saw Scots groom abducted and tortured in India

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.

Daily Record

The Scot who was snatched off the street, tortured and detained without trial

THE nightmare for Jagtar Singh Johal and his family began shortly after celebrating his wedding in Punjab.

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British spies accused of supplying information that led to abduction and torture of Scot

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017, when his family say he was arrested and bundled into an unmarked car.

Daily Record

British Sikh activist ‘tortured in India after tip-off from UK intelligence’

Lawyers for Jagtar Singh Johal say he was given electric shocks after unlawful arrest in Punjab in 2017

The Guardian - UK

BSF recovers cache of arms near Indo-Pak border in Punjab

The weapons are suspected to have been smuggled in from Pakistan.

The Hindu

Chandigarh airport renaming issue back in the spotlight

Akali Dal, Punjab Lok Congress raise objection to Haryana’s demand

The Hindu

Ex-Punjab minister held over ‘scam’ in foodgrains transportation tenders scam; Congress accuses AAP of political vendetta

Congress leaders presented themselves before the Vigilance Bureau in anticipation of ‘false allegations’

The Hindu

Transportation tenders: Punjab vigilance bureau arrests former cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu

LUDHIANA: The vigilance bureau on Monday arrested former Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister in the Congress government Bharat Bhushan Ashu in connection with the allotment of transportation tenders on the fake registration numbers of vehicles.

The Times of India

Congress leaders stage protest outside Punjab Punjab Vigilance Headquarters in Mohali

MOHALI: Bharat Bhushan Ashu facing enquiry and Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring along with all prominent party leaders staged protest outside the Punjab Vigilance Headquarters in Mohali on Monday.

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PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate hospitals in Haryana, Punjab on August 24

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Haryana and Punjab on August 24 and inaugurate a hospital each in the two states.

The Times of India

How AAP seeks to turn CBI raid on Manish Sisodia into Kejriwal vs Modi in 2024

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems all set to take a plunge in a full-fledged manner in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The party in office in Delhi and Punjab seeks to turn the raid by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on…

The Times of India

Punjab: Kabbadi player assaulted with sharp edged weapon after tournament in Patiala

PATIALA: A Kabaddi player was assaulted allegedly with a knife by some unidentified accused in Nain Kalan village of Patiala district on Saturday late in the evening.

The Times of India

Punjab approves quota for posts of law officers

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has introduced reservation in posts of law officers. The advertisement in this regard was issued by the department of home affairs on Saturday in which applications have been called from eligible scheduled caste advocate candidates for engagement as law officers in the office of the advocate…

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Punjab Govt introduces reservation for Scheduled Castes in posts of law officers

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said Punjab will be the first State in the country to have such a provision for lawyers who are from the SC community

The Hindu

Over 11,000 crop residue management machines go missing in Punjab; vigilance probe ordered

Punjab’s Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said according to initial investigation by the agriculture department, it appears that a sum of ₹125-150 crore has been misused

The Times of India

After Punjab and Haryana HC prod, HSVP allottee hopes to get plot after 30 years

CHANDIGARH: Thirty years after the allotment of a four-marla (100 square yard) plot by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (now known as HSVP), Joginder Pal Bansal, 68, hopes to finally get a plot due to judicial intervention.

The Times of India

Punjab aviation museum to come up at Patiala

CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has approved the setting up of a 'Punjab Aviation Museum' at civil aerodrome in Patiala, to showcase the journey of Punjab in the field of Civil Aviation.

The Hindu

AAP says it is working to improve Punjab’s fiscal health

Shiromani Akali Dal accuses the AAP of twisting figures, misleading people

Al Jazeera

At least 20 killed in Pakistan as bus-tanker crash causes fire

The accident happened on a highway in Punjab province when the bus rammed into the oil tanker from behind.

The Independent UK

Bus rams into fuel truck in eastern Pakistan, killing 20

Pakistani police and rescue officials say that a passenger bus rammed into a fuel truck on a highway in eastern Punjab province, igniting a fire that killed at least 20 people

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