Why the row over F&CC matters? Mohali: The Mohali municipal corporation has constituted its finance and contract committee (F&CC), the panel empowered to approve civic tenders worth up to Rs 1 crore. However, its formation has sparked a political row, with the Congress objecting to the exclusion of opposition councillors from the committee.The newly formed…
Students sit on 1-day hunger strike at PU Student Centre in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk Chandigarh: Three Panjab University students observed a one-day hunger strike Saturday in support of environmentalist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk’s ongoing movement.Organised by Siddharth Choudhary, Sahil Sharma and Pranav Garg, the 24-hour fast was held as a symbolic gesture of…
Chandigarh: Not many would know the meaning of the word ‘arazi’ in Punjab, but it often finds a place in its revenue records.‘Arazi’, which has Perso-Arabic origins, is used to describe land, or ‘zameen’. Like it, several other terms — such as ‘takavi’ for ‘kheti karza’ — continue to feature in Punjab’s land records. Now,…
Hisar: Police have arrested the owner of a photography studio after a woman alleged she discovered hidden cameras inside a changing room where she had been invited for an Instagram photoshoot and brand collaboration.The accused, Prateek Pilania, a resident of Sector 13, was arrested by the Urban Estate police following a “technical and scientific” investigation…
Chandigarh: Punjab rural development minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond on Saturday wrote to Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, seeking the regularisation of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) employees under the newly-introduced VB-G RAM G (Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission) scheme and urging the Centre to formulate a uniform national…
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday claimed that inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra, who has been indicted by the United States law enforcement authorities for links with gangsters, was hand in glove with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and demanded an independent probe to uncover who was sheltering the tainted officer.SAD chief spokesperson Arshdeep…
Gurinderjit Singh Nagra (File Photo) JALANDHAR: Punjab Police have arrested inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra , former Tanda police station SHO, who has been accused by the US justice dept of being part of an international extortion racket that targeted an Indian-origin family in the US.An FIR was registered at the same station that Nagra once…
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday claimed that those convicted in the murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra were brought to justice only after the SAD govt led by Parkash Singh Badal assumed office in Punjab in 1997 and facilitated the testimony of the sole witness in the…
Chandigarh: Emphasising that mediation must become an integral part of India’s justice delivery system, the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Saturday highlighted the need for a shift toward resolving disputes outside the courtroom.Speaking after releasing two books – ‘The mediation movement of India’ and ‘Law of cognisance and summoning in criminal complaints’…
CJI Surya Kant inaugurates the newly built multilevel parking facility at the Sector 43 District Courts Complex in Chandigarh on Saturday Chandigarh: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant Saturday stressed that judicial infrastructure must keep pace with India’s rapid economic and population growth, warning that inadequate facilities could hamper future urban development and the…
