Sonipat: The Congress on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the BJP govt at a massive workers’ convention in Sonipat ahead of the municipal corporation (MC) elections, accusing the ruling party of corruption, poor governance and neglect of civic infrastructure.Addressing party workers, Haryana Congress in-charge B K Hariprasad alleged that the state was witnessing “institutionalised…
Chandigarh: Haryana agriculture minister Shyam Singh Rana said the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM), Ganaur, will give a major boost to the state’s horticulture sector. He said the project will provide farmers with better market access, modern facilities and opportunities to sell their produce globally.Rana presided over the 37th meeting of the Board of Directors…
Bag filled with money and wads of cash lay on the pavement. MOHALI: Morning walkers at a residential society in Mohali nearly stepped on bundles of currency notes on Thursday and looked up to find more fluttering down on Thursday.The cash was allegedly thrown from a ninth-floor house where an Enforcement Directorate search was on…
Bathinda: Punjab reported second-highest deaths across the country due to exposure to cold in 2024, while the state reported third-highest deaths in the year due to heat and sunstroke, claimed data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).Punjab recorded 168 deaths, including 166 males and 2 females, due to exposure to cold, which was only…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has granted in-principle approval to establish two new health centres in the Nuh and Mahendergarh districts. According to health minister Arti Singh Rao, a sub-health centre will be opened in Khori Kalan village (Nuh) and a primary health centre (PHC) will be set up in Khatodra village (Mahendergarh).The…
Jalandhar: All of 20 years of age, Gurpreet Singh does not feel like eating and can’t hear properly from his right ear, but is still worried about how he is going to make ends meet in the near future.The 20-year-old delivery worker’s scooter caught fire during Tuesday night’s blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters…
Hisar: Police have arrested a woman and her lover after he allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman at a private hotel in Hisar after she was lured on the promise of a job.The woman is the sister-in-law of the victim’s cousin. She brought the 19-year-old from Punjab to Sirsa. According to the FIR, the woman’s boyfriend…
Bathinda: Punjab for the first time recorded less than 100 farm suicides in over a decade in 2024 in line with the decline across the country, according to a report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under accidental deaths and suicides in India in 2024.The national figures dropped from 10,786 in 2023 to 10,546,…
Bathinda: Punjab on Thursday recorded 978 crop residue burning cases, the highest single-day count so far in the ongoing wheat harvesting season, after a brief lull in incidents. The state also reported the highest number of farm fires among the five states being monitored for stubble burning.With the latest spike, Punjab’s total farm fire count…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday directed the Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC) to complete all preparations for apple procurement under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) ahead of the upcoming season.Chairing a review meeting of HPMC schemes, Sukhu stressed that the state govt remained committed to safeguarding…
