Charkhi Dadri: Haryana Police have arrested four men for allegedly opening fire near the Kheri Bura village bus stand here, injuring one person in a suspected attempt on his life.The incident occurred around 3 am on the intervening night of Aug 14 and 15. According to police, victim Mandeep and his friend Gaurav were in…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann at Cantonment Board Stadium in Ferozepur on Independence Day Ferozepur: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced a Rs 25-crore heritage complex at Hussainiwala and said private schools in Punjab would not be allowed to increase fees by more than 5%.Addressing the state-level Independence Day function at Cantonment Board…
Bathinda MP and Sukhbir Singh Badal’s wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the Aug 13 dagger attack on her husband and party president Sukhbir Singh Badal in Nanded, Maharashtra.In…
HSGMC reschedules the Panthic assembly in Ambala to August 25. Ambala: The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) has changed the venue of its August 25 Panthic gathering from the Grain Market in Pipli to Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib in Ambala.The gathering has been called in protest against the developments arising from the case involving…
Sonipat: A 14-year-old schoolboy died after allegedly coming into contact with a live electricity pole while playing near a drain in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Friday.The incident occurred when Ankit Kumar, a Class VII student, was playing with his friends near drain number 8 in Barota village, said his father Vinod Kumar, holding the power…
Kullu: A 26-year-old Haryana youth was killed and four others seriously injured after their car crashed into two parked trucks and a passing tempo on the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway near Alsu Chowk in Mandi’s Sundernagar on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Akash, a resident of Jhajjar district…
Former Union minister of state for railways Ravneet Singh Ditthu Chandigarh: Former minister of state for railways and BJP functionary Ravneet Singh Bittu on Sunday accused Punjab bureaucracy of delaying railway projects in the state by failing to complete land acquisition and provide requisite permissions, warning that officials responsible for the delays would be held…
The accident took place on Aug 5 when retired SI Chandram, a resident of Jayasinghpura Khera village, was standing with his son at a bus stand Rewari: A retired sub-inspector of the Haryana police died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Rewari, nine days after he was critically injured in a road accident.The…
Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi Patiala: Patiala MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi has cautioned Punjab against the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise, alleging that the Narendra Modi govt was “maliciously” linking it with the implementation of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam.Reacting to PM Modi’s Independence Day appeal to the opposition to cooperate in implementing the women’s reservation law,…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann Chandigarh: The Punjab govt felicitated members of village defence committees (VDCs) and ward defence committees (WDCs) on Independence Day for their role in the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ anti-drug campaign, launching a fortnight-long review exercise that will culminate in a state-level meeting on August 31.The recognition drive follows an Aug 2…
