Chandigarh

Chandigarh: The Centre has identified delays in land acquisition, farmers’ protests, utility shifting, forest clearances, law and order issues and local demands as the principal reasons delaying the execution of 35 ongoing National Highway and expressway projects in Punjab, including the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway.The ministry of road transport and highways said these bottlenecks had delayed project…

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday demanded the resignation of chief minister Bhagwant Mann and education minister Harjot Singh Bains over “repeated paper leaks” in the state.Warring said that just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan were responsible for paper leaks at the national level, Mann…

Chandigarh: The Centre has acknowledged that organised drug trafficking syndicates operating in Punjab were increasingly exploiting digital technologies, including encrypted messaging applications, cryptocurrency, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and social media platforms, to coordinate drug trafficking, conceal financial trails and evade law enforcement agencies.These revelations were made by the Union ministry of home affairs in a…

Chandigarh: A day after Iqbal Singh Jhundan joined hands with Amritpal Singh-led Akali Dal Waris Punjab De, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) on Tuesday accused him of “betraying the Panth and abandoning the political platform created under the directions of Akal Takht Sahib”.Addressing a press conference here, SAD (Punar Surjit) secretary general Gurpartap Singh…

Chandigarh: Closing ranks after weeks of infighting, the Punjab Congress on Wednesday decided to try to kick-start its campaign for the 2027 assembly elections “this month itself” by either launching a statewide bus yatra or a series of rallies to project unity.The mode of outreach, however, will be finalised after consultations with the party’s central…

Bathinda/Barnala: The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the alleged police action against protesting sanitation workers in Barnala and sought a detailed report from the Punjab government within seven days, even as the workers blocked attempts by the administration to clear heaps of garbage that have accumulated during…

Amritsar: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly attacking the driver and pilgrims on a bus operating under the Mukhya Mantri Teerth Yatra Yojana in Amritsar district, police said on Wednesday. Amritsar (rural) SSP Kanwalpreet Singh Chahal said two men in a Swift Dzire allegedly intercepted the bus at Defence Drain, near the Attari international…

Pathankot: Heavy rainfall in the adjoining hill district of Himachal Pradesh has led to a rise in the water level of the Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir over the past 24 hours, though officials said the reservoir remains well below the danger mark. Chief Engineer of the Ranjit Sagar Dam project, Vijay Garg, said on Wednesday…

Chandigarh: “From leading the Green Revolution to leading the AI Revolution” — with this vision, Punjab on Wednesday became the “first state” in the country to introduce Artificial Intelligence as a mainstream subject from Class I to XII. The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) will roll out the curriculum in a phased manner under the…

Pathankot: A private bus crashed into a motorcycle and a scooter before dragging them for nearly 200 feet on the Pathankot-Jalandhar national highway on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring two others.Enraged passersby set the bus on fire after the driver and the conductor fled. The accident occurred around 10 am when the bus, travelling…