Punjab, India

State in northern India

Punjab is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territories of Chandigarh to the east and Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, a province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres, which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states. With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is the 16th-largest Indian state by population, comprising 23 districts. Punjabi, written in the Gurmukhi script, is the most widely spoken and the official language of the state. The main ethnic groups are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (57.7%) and Hindus (38.5%) as the dominant religious groups. The state capital is Chandigarh, a union territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. Three tributaries of the Indus, viz., Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi, flow through Punjab.

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that most states have not fully utilized funds received under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) and the 15th..
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Tomorrow morning, there will probably be dense fog in a few isolated areas over Punjab, Haryana, and East Uttar Pradesh. Furthermore, comparable weather patterns..
Credit: DNA - Published 2 days ago

Moreover, there is a good chance of isolated pockets of dense fog on Friday and Saturday morning over Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh. Over the weekend, similar..
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at nearly a dozen locations in Haryana and Rajasthan in connection with the Lawrence Bishnoi case. The raids..
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AAP congratulates BJP on victories in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh; INDIA bloc to decide future action; BJP set to form governments in Madhya..
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The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question of whether a woman can be booked in a rape case, after a 61-year-old woman filed a plea for anticipatory..
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The Supreme Court Friday asked the Punjab government how its policing functions were affected by the 2021 decision of the Union government to increase BSF’s..
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The Supreme Court seeks response from the Punjab Police regarding a petition by a 62-year-old woman who is booked on rape charges. The woman's daughter-in-law..
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India's groundwater recharge reached its highest level since 2004, totaling 449 billion cubic metres (BCM) this year, with an increase of 11.5 BCM compared to..
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From 83,002 fires in 2020, the count in Punjab dropped to 71,304 in 2021, 49,922 in 2022, and further to 36,663 in 2023. In comparison to 2022, there was a 27..
Credit: DNA - Published 1 week ago

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