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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced a One-Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for domestic electricity consumers in Chandigarh, waiving all penalties and interest on outstanding bills up to March 31, 2026. ANI reported the scheme will give relief worth Rs 518 crore to more than 24 lakh families, who will now pay only the principal amount — 25 per cent immediately and the remaining 75 per cent in two instalments over one year. The Tribune reported that consumers will get 45 days from the date of notification to avail the scheme, against total outstanding dues of Rs 2,516 crore.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Budget carrier SpiceJet cancelled four flights from Dubai airport after ground handling company Dnata suspended check-in services over unpaid dues, news agency IANS reported on Friday, citing an NDTV Profit report. Only two SpiceJet flights were allowed to take off on Thursday, the report said, and the airline owes Dnata more than 14 million UAE dirhams. The suspension was limited to November 12, and Delhi airport warned passengers of possible SpiceJet disruptions on Friday.
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Kalyani Strategic Systems, Bharat Forge's defence arm, unveiled the 120mm Rapid Attack Mortar System (RAMS) on November 12 — a mortar mounted on a 4x4 vehicle that fires without the crew dismounting, built in India for high-altitude, desert and monsoon operations for Indian and international forces.
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Top BJP sources told The Tribune on Thursday that alliance talks with the Shiromani Akali Dal are in their final stage and a formal announcement is being eyed within November. Leaders of both parties are expected to meet in Delhi on Friday, and SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal may meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, though there is no official word on that meeting. Seat-sharing for the 117-member Assembly remains the main hurdle, and neither party has made a formal announcement so far.
Published 2026-11-12 · Awaaz Punjab
The Infosys Science Foundation named six laureates across economics, engineering, humanities, life sciences, mathematics and physical sciences — each receives a gold medal and US$100,000.
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A bus carrying around 55 pilgrims from Medinipur in West Bengal to Puri collided with a stationary truck near the Badachana overbridge in Odisha's Jajpur district early on Friday, injuring at least 16 passengers, nine of them critically, according to reports.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
India closed their Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics campaign with 10 medals — two gold, three silver and five bronze — from a squad of just 17 athletes, the country's second-best Youth Olympics haul after Buenos Aires 2018 and its most efficient ever, with nine of the 17 athletes reaching the podium.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
The Finance Ministry's Department of Expenditure has revised the rules for laptops, tablets and similar devices issued to central government officers: the purchase ceiling rises to ₹1.5 lakh plus taxes — ₹1.8 lakh for devices with over 40 per cent Make-in-India content — and officers may retain the device after four years of use.
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India and Indonesia strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and called for decisive, concerted international action at the seventh meeting of their Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, held in New Delhi on November 12, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
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Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched the revamped Gallantry Awards portal in New Delhi on November 12, with a redesigned citizen-centric interface, an interactive Tribute Section and a dedicated digital home for the Veer Gatha school programme, the Press Information Bureau said.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Bengaluru-based defence technology company Xinfiniti AeroSpace has begun ground-phase trials to convert the Indian Navy's legacy Chetak helicopters into pilotless platforms under the Naval Chetak Autonomous System (NCAS) programme, pursued with the Navy under the iDEX framework, according to reports on Friday. The company says the converted aircraft could take on cargo, reconnaissance, surveillance and combat-related roles at lower cost than a new helicopter — claims that still have to be proven in flight testing.
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The Home Ministry issued a fresh notification on November 13 declaring the IRF an unlawful association for five more years, a day before the previous ban was due to cease on November 14, citing activities it says are prejudicial to the security of the country.
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Verka milk is costlier across Punjab from Friday morning, November 13. Milkfed, the Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation that sells milk under the Verka brand, has raised pouch milk prices by Rs 1 to Rs 8 under a circular issued on Thursday, ANI and The Tribune reported. A 500 ml full cream pouch now costs Rs 38, up from Rs 36, and standard milk has gone from Rs 33 to Rs 35. The new rates apply in Punjab, adjoining areas and Delhi-NCR, including Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Kalka and Ropar.
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Alex Morris, 54, was ordered detained at the Markham courthouse after prosecutors described surveillance video, plate-reader tracks and a 9:24 p.m. ShotSpotter alert in the planned shooting of Integrity & Fidelity founder Andre Thomas, 57. Two other men described in the filing have not been charged.
Published 2026-11-11 · Awaaz Punjab
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal told the CII Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam that Andhra Pradesh can become India's maritime gateway to ASEAN and East Asia, highlighting a proposed ₹30,000-crore shipbuilding cluster at Dugarajapatnam that has received in-principle approval under the National Shipbuilding Mission, PIB said.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
At COP31 in Antalya on Wednesday, President Masoud Pezeshkian asked the world to link peacetime climate commitments to wartime responsibility, document the environmental damage of military aggression and build compensation mechanisms — citing Iranian assessments of about 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 from strikes on fuel facilities, figures not independently verified.
Published 2026-11-11 · Awaaz Punjab
The BSE Sensex fell 460 points to 81,441.17 and the NSE Nifty dropped 179.05 points to 25,119.50 in early trade on Friday, as profit-taking after a three-day rally met expectations of another RBI rate hike following October retail inflation of 6.09 per cent, PTI reported.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Eighth seed Lakshya Sen defeated Japan's Yushi Tanaka 21-16, 21-15 in 40 minutes at the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 on Friday to reach the semifinals, while Kidambi Srikanth lost his quarterfinal. Sen, now the only Indian left in the tournament, faces Indonesia's Alwi Farhan next.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Cincinnati police said a resident's report of stolen cheques at The Kenwood by Senior Star led to 11 indictments on 29 felony charges: six victims aged 85 to 99, more than $38,000 in losses, a caregiver named as the common link, 10 arrests and one man, Daryl Bullucks, still wanted. All charges are allegations.
Published 2026-11-11 · Awaaz Punjab
Police Station Thanamandi attached two kanals and 14 marlas of land belonging to Mohd Arshad of Khablan under CrPC Sections 87/88 in a 2011 EIMCO Act case — the tenth such handler targeted in the district this year, police said.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
The Election Commission published the draft electoral rolls under the Special Summary Revision 2027 on November 12, covering 16 of the 17 states and UTs ordered in October, with Uttar Pradesh deferred to November 17 and final rolls due on January 4.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Niceforo Garcia-Rufino was crossing East Arrowood Road near Nations Ford Road at about 8:50 p.m. Tuesday when a red Mercedes-Benz, travelling above the speed limit according to the preliminary investigation, struck him and fled east toward South Boulevard. The car has been recovered; the driver has not.
Published 2026-11-11 · Awaaz Punjab
A November 12 office memorandum from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting functionally integrates the Press Information Bureau and the Central Bureau of Communication under the PIB name — headquarters first, state and branch offices step by step — with DG (Coordination) R K Jain heading the combined entity.
Published 2026-11-13 · Awaaz Punjab
Oil India Limited on Wednesday raised its ad hoc ex-gratia for the families of the workers killed in the November 6 Tengakhat tank-farm fire from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh each, after two more injured workers died on Tuesday and the toll reached six. The contractor firm has separately announced Rs 10 lakh for each deceased worker's family and Rs 5 lakh for each injured worker's family.
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