Officials said this is not the first time locals have opposed their plan — at least seven times, they had faced similar resistance in Basai, Daulatabad, Kadarpur, Ullawas, Hayatpur and Pali in Faridabad

A Covid patient died in Solapur district, taking the state death toll so far to 1,48,515.

All liquor vends in Punjab will have point of sale (PoS) machines to record sale patterns and market trends, and prevent manipulation of selling prices. The state excise department believes the machines will play a key role in further increasing the excise revenues, which jumped by 41% in the 2022-23 financial year. The machines will cost vend owners INR2,500 ($34), and the pilot project will start with vends in Patiala, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib from Q2 of the financial year.

Although Vinod has never let his physical condition come in the way of his work, he feels he has been given the short end of the stick as he cannot walk or ride a motorbike.

The passing away of Parkash Singh Badal, 95, on April 25 has put the onus of keeping the century-old Shiromani Akali Dal intact and carrying on his legacy on his son, Sukhbir Singh Badal, 60.

On the occasion, SP workers carried placards enlisting the development works carried out by the Akhilesh Yadav government.

The SP chief was responding to chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s comment that Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a model state for law and order in recent years.

Organised by Suramya Foundation, a non-profit advocating the rights of queers and other underserved communities, the seminar titled ‘Samvedna: Report With Pride’ discussed how best to cover queer rights issues on public fora.

The Punjab government is gearing up to roll out a new scheme, ‘Bill Leyao, Inaam Pao’ (Bring a bill, Get a reward), under which ‘lucky customers’ can receive rewards up to ₹50,000 by submitting receipts of their purchases to the taxation department.