The byelection was necessitated after the death of sitting Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary due to a heart attack during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in January.

The Border Security Force recovered 2.5kg of heroin dropped by a drone on the outskirts of Setha Wala village in Ferozepur district on Monday.

Punjab government offices to open from 7.30 am to 2 pm to ease load on electricity demand during summer months, saving around 300-350 MW power.

Several arterial roads in the city faced the long-standing problem of waterlogging along with heavy traffic.

Punjab’s Leader of Opposition , Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday flayed Aam Aadmi Party’s Punjab spokesperson Malvinder Kang’s recent statement in which he had said that Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann was doing the “politics of work.”

The police have solved double murder case involving two youth, who were murdered on intervening night of April 23 and 24, on the rear side of a bus stand.

In the meeting, the chief minister sought the guidance of the Prime Minister on various issues related to the development of the state

Delhi police have pasted a notice at the ancestral home of Guddu Muslim, a suspect in the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal, in connection with an Arms Act case. Muslim has been instructed to appear before officials on April 25 to record his statement. Muslim is believed to have connections with firearm dealers who were arrested in March. He carries a cash reward of ₹5 lakh on his arrest in the Umesh Pal murder case. Muslim's family has distanced themselves from him since he left home as a teenager.

Offline sales of tickets for the night viewing of the Taj will stop in a day or two, once teething troubles (if any) are sorted out, ASI sources said.