CHANDIGARH: At least six devotees were killed and 21 others sustained injuries after a bus overturned in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib while they were returning from Anandpur Sahib, police said on Wednesday. The accident took place near Himmatpura on the Morinda–Chunni road in the Bassi Pathana area at around 10 pm on Tuesday. The devotees, all…
ED Raids AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal’s Residence NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raid at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Kumar Mittal in Punjab.The search operation was carried out at his residence located at 16, The Mall Road, Jalandhar Cantt, officials said.The action comes…
Chandigarh: Burglars struck at multiple locations across the city on Monday, targeting two houses, a temple and an anganwadi, making off with cash, jewellery, household items and even gas cylinders.At a temple in Dhanas, the burglary occurred between 2 am and 3 am, said Gurvinder Singh, a temple representative. The accused allegedly entered the premises…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration is all set to approach the Supreme Court on the settled issue of the retirement age of govt teachers.In a major reversal of its own stand on the issue, the administration is actively considering challenging the increase in the superannuation age of govt teachers to 65 years.If the administration approaches the…
Chandigarh: Raising serious questions over transparency, fairness, and diversity in the designation of senior advocates by the Punjab and Haryana high court, a petition has been filed before the Supreme Court.The petition, filed by advocate Satish Chaudhary, has questioned the process adopted by the high court in its Oct 2025 list of newly designated senior…
Chandigarh: Raising serious questions over transparency, fairness, and diversity in the designation of senior advocates by the Punjab and Haryana high court, a petition has been filed before the Supreme Court.The petition, filed by advocate Satish Chaudhary, has questioned the process adopted by the high court in its Oct 2025 list of newly designated senior…
Chandigarh: Even as the UT administration moved to grant provisional approval to 12 of 78 unrecognised private schools, at least two govt schools — Government Model High School Khuda Jasu and Government High School Dadumajra — are operating from cramped campuses without playgrounds and, in one case, alongside non-school facilities such as a Sampark Centre…
Chandigarh: The UT education dept has proposed that summer vacation in govt and government-aided schools across the Union Territory will be observed from May 23 to June 30, as per minutes of a departmental committee meeting.The schedule, finalised after meetings held in January and March, sets the summer break at 39 days. However, June 29…
