Shaming to prevent shame

Malout : Officials of the Water Supply and Sanitation Department here have hired dholis to shame water bill defaulters. All this to recover Rs 6 crore and pay the Rs 2.5-crore electricity bills the department has defaulted on and avoid disconnection in the face of a belligerent Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. Power supply to […]

Another soldier denounces ‘batman’ system, poor food

New Delhi : Another soldier has taken to the social media to complain about the system of ‘batman’ in the Army and ‘poor quality’ food served to the men in uniform. Sindhav Jogidas of the Army Medical Corps said he was airing his grievances publicly because his complaints to the Prime Minister’s Office and the […]

Cong MLA’s family pays pending bills

Muktsar: The family of Congress MLA from Muktsar Karan Kaur Brar cleared its electricity dues of Rs 18 lakh on Friday. Kuldeep Verma, Executive Engineer, PSPCL, Muktsar, said, “The Brar family gave us cheques of Rs 11 lakh on Friday. Besides, they have given a post-dated cheque of Rs 7 lakh. Once the cheque is […]

India beat Australia by 75 runs in Bengaluru Test

Bengaluru, March 7 : India beat Australia by 75 runs in the second Test to level the four-match series at 1-1 after home off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 6-41 on the fourth day on Tuesday. Australia, who won the opening test at Pune by 333 runs, were all out for 112 in their second innings as […]