Police teams checked 4,932 vehicles across Panchkula during the week-long enforcement drive Panchkula: Panchkula police have issued 1,299 challans in a week-long crackdown on vehicles plying without number plates or with tampered registration plates, as part of a special enforcement drive from May 18 to May 24.During the campaign, police teams checked 4,932 vehicles across…
Bathinda: A 10-day suspension of canal water supply in Punjab’s kinnow-growing belt of Fazilka and Muktsar has left orchard owners worried, with citrus trees beginning to dry up amid an intense heatwave pushing temperatures close to 45°C.The Punjab water resources department has ordered the closure of the Abohar branch of the Sirhind feeder canal for…
Ghanie-ke Bangar(Gurdaspur): The family of slain assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Joga Singh has ruled out any personal enmity behind his killing, asserting that the attack appears to be aimed at the police force itself — reviving painful memories of earlier targeted attacks on policemen in Punjab.Speaking with grief yet restraint, Prabhjit Singh, younger brother of the…
Shimla: In a boost to India’s potato seed production system, the Revolving Fund Seed Management Committee (RFSMC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) has approved the resumption of tissue culture-based multiplication of the widely cultivated potato variety ‘Kufri Bahar’.The decision is considered especially important for Uttar Pradesh, where ‘Kufri Bahar’…
Kurukshetra: Kurukshetra has emerged as Haryana’s top district in identification and preservation of ancient manuscripts under the Centre’s Gyan Bharatam Mission, with 15,818 manuscripts identified so far, deputy commissioner Vishram Kumar Meena said on Monday.Chairing a meeting at the district mini secretariat, Meena said large-scale preservation and digitisation work was under way in the district,…
Chandigarh: The Pensioner Doctors Association, Punjab (PDAP), has urged the state govt to resolve the pending issue of non-practising allowance (NPA) and release dues pending towards pensioners and employees.PDAP president Dr D C Sharma alleged that the Punjab govt was withholding around Rs 50,000 crore in dues related to implementation of the 2016 Pay Commission,…
Bathinda/Chandigarh/Amritsar: A sharp increase in petrol and diesel prices over the past 10 days has triggered political attacks, farmer protests and concerns over rising agricultural costs in Punjab ahead of the paddy transplantation season.Diesel prices have risen by around Rs 7.5 per litre in four hikes since May 15, including the latest increase of Rs…
Chandigarh: Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Monday accused the AAP govt and the assembly speaker, Kultar Singh Sandhwan, of the “systematic destruction of democratic safeguards and constitutional conventions” through the appointment of ruling party MLAs as heads of crucial House committees.Bajwa expressed displeasure over the appointment of…
Cylinder blasts in Burail Chandigarh Chandigarh: Panic gripped Burail village on Monday after a series of LPG cylinder explosions ripped through a house, leaving several people injured and causing extensive damage.According to initial information, at least three cylinders exploded in quick succession inside the house, triggering massive destruction. Eyewitnesses said the first blast sent shockwaves…
Nicotine pouches under lens as youth uptake surges With sleek branding and “tobacco-free” claims fuelling their rapid rise among young users, nicotine pouches are drawing growing concern from public health experts ahead of World No Tobacco Day. Prof (Dr) Sonu Goel, a leading tobacco control expert at PGI, explains what these products are, how they…
