Category: Regional

DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal Tuesday said his party will submit memoranda to deputy commissioners across the state on May 28 to demand an inquiry into the alleged seed scam. Badal claimed that "spurious" varieties of paddy seed were sold to farmers at thre […]

DW BUREAU Jind district in Haryana reported its first COVID-19 death on Tuesday as the state recorded the highest single-day jump in the number of cases at 94, 33 of those from Gurgaon. The number of coronavirus cases has now gone up to 1,305 in Haryana, according to the daily bulletin issued by […]

DW BUREAU In a goodwill gesture, Chandigarh Police on Saturday distributed notebooks and other stationery items to schoolchildren residing in a containment zone. The act followed after children of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 -- the worst affected by coronavirus infections in the city -- put […]

DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Indian National Lok Dal MLA Abhay Singh Chautala on Saturday said he would sit on 'dharna' if the M L Khattar government does not clear "outstanding payments" to farmers for procuring their wheat and mustard crop. "Farmers feel cheated. The government makes tall claims, […]

DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Amid row over excise revenue loss and liquor smuggling, Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has conducted stock checking at 15 distilleries in the state. The checking was carried out on Friday, and strict action would be taken if any discrepancy was found during the insp […]