Jalandhar building collapse: Toll rises to 21

Last Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 23:38

SIT on Saturday arrested the contractor of the blanket factory that collapsed in Jalandhar.

Building collapse: Punjab govt hikes ex gratia to Rs 3L

Last Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 23:00

The Punjab government on Saturday increased the amount of ex gratia from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 3 lakh, granted to next of kin of the people who died in the factory collapse incident at Jalandhar.

Jalandhar building collapse: Toll rises to 18

Last Updated: Thursday, April 19, 2012, 14:08

An 18-year-old school dropout from Bihar became another miracle survivor of factory building collapse, even as the death toll climbed to 18.

Jalandhar mishap: Man rescued after 55 hours

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 10:39

A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory here Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said.

Jalandhar building collapse: Toll reaches four

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 17:13

Racing against time, rescue workers scrambled to extricate people trapped in the rubble of the factory building which collapsed on Sunday here as the death toll rose to four.

Jalandhar factory collapse: 2 killed, owner held

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 08:42

Police on Monday night arrested the owner of the factory which collapsed, killing at least two persons in Jalandhar.

Clarke signs new bat-deal

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 11:12

Australian skipper Michael Clarke has signed a three-year bat sponsorship deal and the new bat has been manufactured in a factory in Jalandhar, a North India city.

`Singh weak PM, unbecoming of the coveted post`

Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 20:50

"Singh is a weak PM, therefore the Congress as well as its allies interfere in his decisions," BJP leader Arun Jaitley said.

Congress fields Beri from Jalandhar Central

Last Updated: Friday, January 13, 2012, 14:22

The Election Commission Friday cancelled the nomination papers of Raj Kumar Gupta and declared Rajinder Beri as the Congress candidate from the Jalandhar Assembly segment.

Punjab farmers dump potatoes on roads

Last Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 15:21

Potato farmers in Punjab on Thursday dumped hundreds of quintals of potatoes on the roads in various parts of the state, especially in Jalandhar city.