Panchkula: Frustrated over door-to-door garbage collection remaining disrupted for several days, a retired engineer collected waste from several housing societies in Sector 20 on a rehri and dumped it on a road late Wednesday night in protest.The move prompted the municipal corporation to swing into action. Civic workers not only cleared the garbage dumped on…
Chandigarh: A controversy over the proposed 20,000 litres of free water supply to city households dominated the municipal corporation’s monthly general house meeting Thursday, with Congress alleging that a Chandigarh administration letter rejecting the proposal was concealed from councillors after being returned to the civic body last year.Congress councillor Gurpreet Singh claimed the house had…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s general house Thursday approved the revised Meat, Fish, Poultry Shops and Commercial Food Establishment Bye-Laws, 2026, with councillors unanimously making the penalties for sale of prohibited meat significantly tougher.The house increased the proposed fine for the sale, storage and processing of prohibited meat, cow flesh and beef from ₹50,000 to Rs…
NGT panel: Green zones need protection, healing Ludhiana: A joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to examine alleged encroachments on designated green belts and public parks in Ludhiana has found that several identified sites fall within green belt areas earmarked under the approved master plan. After inspecting 33 locations, the panel recommended…
Addressing the rally, Harsimrat demanded a central agency investigation into recent attacks on Sukhbir, accusing the AAP govt of failing to protect him Longowal: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the breakaway SAD (Punar Surjit) on Thursday held competing rallies to mark the 41st death anniversary of former SAD president Sant Harchand Singh Longowal in Sangrur.The…
The arrested accused, Gurpreet from Mehrana village in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district, will be produced before a local court, said an official from the Economic Offences Investigation Branch (EOIB) Hisar: Fatehabad sadar police have arrested a Rajasthan resident for allegedly defrauding a local family of ₹7.3 lakh on the pretext of securing a work visa and…
Longowal: Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) president Giani Harpreet Singh on Wednesday said Punjab was facing serious troubles and needed “politics of principles” with a Panthic and pro Punjab approach instead of politics centred on power.Speaking at a programme marking Sant Harchand Singh Longowal’s death anniversary, Harpreet Singh accused the Badal family of using the…
Two trucks collided in Tunnel No. 12 near Hanogi, killing 4 people Kullu: Four people were killed and six grievously injured when two trucks collided head-on inside a tunnel on Manali-Kiratpur highway in Mandi district on Thursday morning. Three of the dead are from Uttar Pradesh.According to Mandi police, the accident occurred around 8am when…
Eight-year-old Dev receives the belongings of his father, Army jawan Ravi Prakash, who died of a heart attack during a promotion course in Bengaluru. The belongings were handed over to the family during the soldier’s last rites in Kasni on Thursday Eight-year-old Dev receives the belongings of his father, Army jawan Ravi Prakash, who died…
