Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday ramped up its response to the defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann seeking a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu for their recall. CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday ramped up its response to the defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs, with Punjab…
Chandigarh: In a bid to ensure efficient management of water resources, minimise losses and improve overall service delivery, the MC will conduct the city’s first water audit.The civic body has approached the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi, for the purpose.Experts from NIUA and IIT, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), technical partner of NIUA,…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: With no sign of the heat wave relenting, the Tricity continued to swelter in the heat. At 41 degrees Celsius, maximum temperature was five degrees above normal, the same as Friday. At 23.2 degrees Celsius, minimum temperature was also two degrees above normal.Weather across Haryana and Punjab remained dry, exacerbating the heatwave….
Chandigarh: Imagine getting your tonsils removed with a contraption that reminds you of a guillotine. The brutal-looking device was used for the procedure in the 19th century. Thankfully, tonsil removal is much gentler now.This and several other medical devices of yore can be seen at the medical museum to be launched by PGI — a…
Chandigarh: Former Olympian Gurbax Singh Grewal, a bronze medallist at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, passed away in Zirakpur on Friday after suffering a heart attack. He was 84.Grewal, who was part of the Indian team that clinched the bronze in Mexico City, is remembered not just for his achievements on the field but also…
Bathinda: A day after a 32-year-old trader allegedly died by suicide, Bathinda police on Saturday arrested a woman working as a reader to a judge in the district courts and her husband for criminal conspiracy and abetment of suicide. Police have also initiated an inquiry into the role of Bathinda City-1 DSP, who was named…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday announced that starting from next week, farmers across the state will receive QR code-based J-Forms through WhatsApp. It will make it easier for farmers to access loans and other services without any inconvenience. While interacting with media persons here, Saini claimed that the state has recorded…
Shimla: Taking note of the deteriorating condition of the Dhalli-Narkanda road stretch in Shimla district, the Himachal Pradesh high court has summoned the engineer-in-chief of the public works department (PWD) and the chief engineer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to present a concrete repair plan.The division bench, comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh…
Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala): Close on the heels of a family in Sultanpur Lodhi losing its fifth son to drugs, another family in nearby Gazipur village has lost its second son, allegedly to drug abuse, within the past seven months.Twenty-year-old Baljit Singh was found dead on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. His parents said…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party said on Saturday that it would seek the disqualification of its seven Rajya Sabha MPs who joined the BJP, calling the move “unconstitutional and illegal”.Rajya Sabha member and senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh said he would write to the Rajya Sabha chairman and the Vice President, citing the 10th Schedule…
