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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said his government is fulfilling a "guarantee" made to people of the state as from Friday each household will be getting 300 units of free electricity every month. The AAP government had earlier…

India added 17,070 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,34,69,234, while the active cases increased to 1,07,189, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed…

NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon arrived in Delhi-NCR with a huge splash, bringing “very heavy” showers to a capital desperate for relief from a killer spell of high heat and humidity. Safdarjungrecorded 116.6mm — nearly a fifth of the…

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on June 30 declared onset of monsoon in Delhi as heavy rainfall lashed several parts of the city and its neighbouring areas. While speaking to ANI, IMD Senior Scientist RK Jenamani on June 30 said,…

CHANDIGARH: Ahead of the end of the five-year compensation period to cover "losses" of states, a clarity on whether it would be extended beyond Thursday remained elusive, although several states raised the demand at the GST Council. "If…

Some Opposition states on Tuesday sought change in the Centre's revenue-sharing formula with states, as the Centre is unwilling to extend compensation under the goods and services tax (GST) to states beyond the committed period of five…

CHANDIGARH: The Bhagwant Mann-led AAPgovernment tabled its first budget on Monday for a "new Punjab", headlining it with the pre-poll sop of 300 free units of electricity to each household from July 1, no new taxes and increased…

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan leads in performance in school education with all of the three districts with Utkarsh grade (scoring 81% to 90% in a scale of 100) coming from the state with Junjhunu scoring the maximum (236 out of 290) in learning…

The monsoon is just a few days away from Delhi and is expected to yield good rainfall in the first 10 days, weather experts said on Monday. Delhi has received just 72.5 mm of rainfall since March 1 this year against the normal of 107.3…

BARNALA/AMRITSAR: Mann to Mann, few might have given a 77-year-old Akali leader who last won an election 23 years ago any chance in the Sangrurbypoll. Former IPS officer Simranjit Singh Mann's surprise triumph in Punjab CM Bhagwant…