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Nothing much to cheer for city in Prabhu’s maiden Rail Budget
CHANDIGARH: There is nothing to cheer for city residents in the Rail Budget for 2015-16, presented by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today.
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Local gains of foreign investment
The easing of norms for FDI in construction by the government earlier this week will prove to be a firm step towards realising the goals of setting up 100 smart cities besides putting the realty sector on the path of achieving ‘housing for all’.
PUNJAB MC POLL VERDICT: SAD-BJP GETS MAJORITY IN 4 CORPORATIONS
Modest victory in Phagwara; BSP gets two seats
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
PHAGWARA: The SAD-BJP has won 25 of the 50 wards in the Phagwara Municipal Corporation.
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Supporters of a winning candidate celebrate in Hoshiarpur on Thursday. tribune Photo: Malkiat Singh
Post-win, SAD factions fight for Mayor’s post in Moga
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
MOGA: Bagging 24 seats in the 50-ward House, the SAD has emerged as the largest unit in the Moga Municipal Corporation.
BJP’s emphatic win in Pathankot
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
PATHANKOT: The BJP won a clear majority in the Pathankot Municipal Corporation (MC) elections.
Ruling alliance’s vote share dips 11 pc in Hoshiarpur
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
HOSHIARPUR: Managing a clear majority in the maiden Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation elections, the SAD-BJP alliance has won 27 of the 50 wards.
Divided we fall is the lesson for all parties
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
CHANDIGARH: Elections for six municipal corporations and 121 municipal councils have set the tone for 2017 Assembly elections.
Intense infighting led to Congress defeat in Majha
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
AMRITSAR: The PPCC leadership tussle, infighting and a demoralised party cadre saw the Congress bite the dust in the civic body elections in Majha.
Jolt for Cong in Patiala
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
PATIALA: Considered a Congress stronghold with Capt Amarinder Singh and his wife Preneet Kaur holding the fort, the town continues to disappoint the party.
Re-polling at 3 booths
27 Feb 2015 | 2:24 AM
FEROZEPUR: Re-polling at three booths of Ward No. 14 in Ferozepur will take place on March 8. The Election Commission has issued a notification issued on the matter.
POLL SNIPPETS
Former councillor attacks Ind's house
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
Muktsar: Angry at the defeat of his wife by 48 votes in the municipal elections from Ward No.
RAIL BUDGET: 2015Commuters left high and dry
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
FEROZEPUR: With Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu failing to announce any new train for Punjab, its curtains for the aspirations of rail commuters in the state.
State Finance Minister Dhindsa a worried man
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
CHANDIGARH: The state stands to lose sector and state-specific grants given by the Centre.
Farmers threaten to launch stir over canal leakage
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
ABOHAR: The leakage of water through pressure release valves fixed on the floor bed of the Gang (Bikaner) canal has triggered waterlogging in Khuikhera and neighbouring villages on the Abohar-Fazilka road.
Swine flu claims two more lives
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
JALANDHAR: Two more swine flu deaths have been reported in the district.
Collector’s office gheraoed
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
ABOHAR: Led by CPM former legislature Het Ram Beniwal and former president of the Rajasthan Bar Council Navrang Chaudhary, hundreds of people gheraoed the office of the District Collector in Sriganganagar, 40 km from here, today.
Roll back power tariff, demand protesters
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
ABOHAR: Lashing out at the BJP government in Rajasthan for ‘pushing’ inflation, leftist organisations today organised massive protests in Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh.
With renewed licences, poppy husk trade to resume in R’than
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
ABOHAR: While reversing the decision reportedly taken last year, the BJP-led Rajasthan Government has decided to renew licences to run poppy husk shops across the state for the financial year 2015-2016.
CM seeks Jaitley’s intervention
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
NEW DELHI: Fighting against time for the release of grants to the tune of Rs 282 crore by the Centre to Punjab, as recommended by the 13th Finance Commission, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today urged Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to intervene forthwith in the matter.
DGP points to laxity on border
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
CHANDIGARH: The blame game between the Punjab Police and the BSF over drug smuggling re-surfaced today with state Director-General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Saini claiming that the police had seized three major consignments of drugs in the past 33 days.
HC extends stay on ED officer’s transfer
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court today further extended the stay on implementation of transfer orders of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, who had questioned state Minister Bikram Majithia in the Bhola drug case.
Five get life term for rape, murder
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
JALANDHAR: A Jalandhar court today sentenced five youths to life imprisonment in a five-year-old case of gang rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl.
Heroin worth Rs 250 cr seized, three arrested
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
AMRITSAR: The counter-intelligence wing of the Punjab Police seized 50kg of heroin (worth Rs 250 crore in the international market) and a pistol from three smugglers today.
Sikh activist under arrest
27 Feb 2015 | 2:22 AM
CHANDIGARH: Within hours of announcement by the state DGP that Surat Singh Khalsa’s demand for the release of 82 prisoners could not be met, a police contingent swooped down on the Ludhiana Civil Hospital and placed the Sikh activist under preventive arrest.
LIFE+STYLE
At night, get a life!
Las Vegas can claim the maximum and proudly so; Brazil wouldn’t be what it is if it weren’t for Sao Paulo and we hear in Barcelona clubs don’t get going until 1 am! Who says being wild and rowdy is a bad thing?
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Changing lanes
The Raja Menon-directed Airlift went on floors on Saturday in a suburban studio in Mumbai.
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Healthy relish
As accessories are to attire, accompaniments are to a meal. Formerly, it was the traditional pickle, the humble tomato sauce or the mint chutney. Now, we have tried healthy variations to give that extra zing to your meal.
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Family outsourced
With the growing number of working parents and nuclear families, children are the worst sufferers. However, a new breed of professionals is ready to step in their placeNow, an ATM for water
How green is your home
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Miss Funny Bones
Had it been up to religion, a woman would not have known happiness. Here, we speak not of happiness of the eyes, as many proclaim being the ultimate litmus test for joy. Osho, too, advocated the fact that historically, women weren’t supposed to know of “happiness”.
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The kingmakers
From the selection of candidates to funding to political campaigning and media outreach, Kejriwal’s Delhi election campaign committee was the driving force behind the party’s awe-inspiring push back against the BJP earlier this month.
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