Mohali: Mohali continues to witness a high number of traffic violations, particularly cases of riding without helmets, with police data showing that offenders have become habitual despite sustained enforcement drives. However, an overwhelming majority of challans issued in the district are yet to be disposed of.According to official figures, 6.47 lakh challans were issued for…
Hisar: A Hisar court has rejected the sixth bail application of Sanjay alias Fauji, an accused in the 2014 Satlok Ashram violence case, citing the gravity of allegations, his past conduct and repeated dismissal of earlier pleas.Additional Sessions Judge Dr Gagandeep Mittal dismissed the bail application, observing that no sufficient change in circumstances warranted relief…
Hisar: In a significant development in a long-pending case linked to the Jat reservation agitation, a Hisar court has granted anticipatory bail relief to an accused, Karambir Dhillon, resident of Adarsh Colony, Azad Nagar, Hisar, observing serious procedural lapses and lack of justification for arrest after more than a decade.The order was passed by additional…
Bathinda: Over a dozen discarded vehicles were gutted in a fire at a scrap dealer’s workshop near Buggipura Chowk in Moga on Saturday. Police said a vehicle was being cut using a gas cutter when sparks allegedly triggered the blaze, which spread rapidly due to strong winds.Several fire tenders were pressed into service to bring…
Patiala: Claiming that the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu govt misled the Himachal Pradesh high court in an ongoing case regarding the legal basis of the levy collected at the state’s entry barriers under the Himachal Pradesh Tolls Act, 1975, the Sangharsh Committee — an amalgam of protesting unions — on Saturday said the Himachal govt’s affidavit…
Bathinda: Heat wave like conditions have been reported in north India, as the maximum temperatures either started rising sharply or are predicted to rise in the coming days. The maximum temperatures were recorded appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Haryana and Chandigarh till Saturday morning, though these were recorded near normal…
Bathinda: Punjab’s crop residue burning count remains nearly 1,700 times lower than the state with the highest number of cases, even as two fresh incidents were reported on Saturday, taking its total to just 10 — a figure officials attribute to slower wheat harvesting in the state.Across five states, 1,311 cases were recorded on Saturday,…
Hisar: Six individuals arrested in connection with the violent INSO protest at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology were granted bail by a Hisar court on Saturday. According to police, eight persons were named in the case registered at City Police Station, including JJP youth leader Digvijay Singh Chautala and INSO state president Deepak…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Congress on Saturday named Kamal Diwan and Kulwinder Kaur as the mayoral candidates for the municipal corporations of Sonipat and Ambala city, respectively. As per sources, deliberations are on to finalise the name of the mayoral candidate for Panchkula.Kamal Diwan is the son of former MLA Dev Raj Diwan, and the family…
Patiala: The Janhit Adhikar Welfare Association (JAWA) – a non-governmental organisation – has petitioned Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann to order a high-level investigation into an alleged multi-crore seed scam linked to Verka Milk Plants, claiming officials ran a “paper-only” supply chain to “siphon” off govt subsidies and launder money through farmers’ bank accounts.In a…
