Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini with Sikh leaders Ambala: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday held a meeting with Sikh leaders of Haryana to defuse the ongoing tension over the Panjokhra Sahib incident involving anti-Khalistan front leader Gursimran Singh Mand, subsequent arrests of Sikh youths and police action against Sikh protestors including some…
BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan Bathinda: Differences have cropped up within the Punjab chapter of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) over a planned protest in Chandigarh from Sept 1, driven by disagreements over asking the state assembly to annul all inter-state water-sharing agreements.BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) and Kisan Sangharsh Committee Punjab have distanced themselves from…
BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan Bathinda: Differences have emerged within the Punjab chapter of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) over staging a morcha in Chandigarh from Sept 1, with two major farm organisations disassociating themselves from the decision over a demand to annul all water-sharing agreements.BKU Ekta Ugrahan and Kisan Sangharsh Committee Punjab have…
Financial commissioner, revenue and disaster management, Sumita Misra Chandigarh: Haryana govt has announced its 100% stamp duty exemption on lifetime transfer of immovable property within blood relations also covers grandchildren through daughters — a benefit that had been held up by a wording ambiguity in the Hindi version of a 2014 notification.The clarification, issued through…
Himachal CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday said the state govt can save up to Rs 200 crore a year by trimming the sanctioned strength of IAS, IPS and IFS officers.Sukhu said his govt would soon approach the Centre to reduce the sanctioned strength of IAS officers…
Medical students and interns protest at BPS Govt Medical College in Sonipat Gohana: Two MBBS interns were allegedly molested within a span of just 30 minutes at BPS Govt Medical College in Sonipat’s Khanpur Kalan, on Independence Day night, triggering protests by students.Students demand better lighting, more guards on campus and regular police patrols, especially…
Data Singhwala-Khanauri border remains shut Jind: A foot march announced by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) from the Data Singhwala-Khanauri border could not proceed on Tuesday either, as the Haryana Police and the administration stopped the farmers from moving ahead.Several companies of police personnel remained deployed at the border. The administration has installed multiple layers…
Emergency, OPD Services Hit As Replacements Remain Stuck Chandigarh: The breakdown of two of PGI’s five CT scan machines, including units at the high-footfall New OPD and Nehru Hospital, is forcing hundreds of patients, including trauma victims, to endure delays and shuttle across the campus for critical diagnostic imaging.With the machines out of order, patients…
The Singhwala-Khanauri border Patiala: In an escalation of their agitation, 51 farmers marching on foot from the Khanauri interstate border towards Delhi’s Jantar Mantar staged a bare-chested protest on Wednesday at barricades erected by the Haryana govt to stop them from entering the state.The farmers, marching under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), had…
Shimla: A 53-year-old man from Koti village in Shillai tehsil of Sirmaur district was found allegedly murdered near the Vishwakarma Chowk in Paonta Sahib in the wee hours of Tuesday.The police said the killer had slit Bhav Singh’s throat. The body was found at a newly constructed parking site.The victim was a vegetable and fruit…
