Mohali: A special CBI court on Tuesday acquitted Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) Gautam Cheema and six others in a criminal conspiracy case, overturning a Dec 2024 trial court order that had convicted them and sentenced them to eight months in prison.The case dates to 2014 and involved allegations of abduction of Sumedh Gulati,…
Chandigarh: Punjab govt on Tuesday raised Rs 1,300 crore through the auction of 12-year bonds conducted by the RBI, setting off a political slugfest with the opposition questioning the pace of borrowing and the incumbent AAP defending it as part of planned fiscal management.The bonds, aimed at financing capital expenditure and ongoing development schemes, were…
Amritsar: The Amritsar Commissionerate Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted two interlinked cross-border narcotics smuggling cartels and arrested five people with 7.050 kg of heroin.Police teams also impounded a motorcycle used in drug trafficking.The arrested persons were identified as 22-year-old Deepak Singh alias Deepu, a resident of Harkrishan Nagar in Chheharta, Amritsar; Prince Singh…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday said Japanese major Daikin Industries will invest around Rs 1,000 crore in Manesar, creating over 500 jobs in the state.Saini said the investment reflects growing confidence of Japanese companies in Haryana’s industry-friendly policies. The project includes setting up a state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) centre in…
Chandigarh: Haryana Speaker Harvinder Kalyan said on Tuesday that ensuring the dignity and safety of women at the workplace is not only a matter of social and moral responsibility, but also a legal obligation. He emphasised that the Vidhan Sabha, being the highest institution for lawmaking at the state level, requires all its employees, directly…
Kullu: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced Rs 10 crore for the construction of an industrial area in Fatehpur Assembly constituency of Kangra district.On the occasion, he said the office of the chief engineer of the Shah Canal project, which was earlier shifted from Fatehpur to Mandi, would now be re-established…
CHANDIGARH: An operation cell team of Chandigarh Police arrested a wanted criminal after a brief encounter from Sector 25, Chandigarh, in the early hours of Wednesday. The accused sustained bullet injuries in his leg and was admitted at GMSH-16 for treatment.Vikash Sheokand, DSP, Operation Cell, Chandigarh Police, said the accused has been identified as Mukesh…
Shimla: The Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur held its 10th annual convocation at its Dhaula Kuan campus on April 19, graduating over 340 students across MBA, executive MBA, PhD and specialised programmes.Director Prafulla Y Agnihotri claimed that 220 companies offered more than 250 jobs during the placement drive. The average CTC stood at Rs 15.9…
Chandigarh: Within hours of TOI highlighting allegations by 24 women staff members of a senior secondary govt school against a male teacher, the education department ordered his transfer to another govt school on Tuesday. The move came nearly two months after the complaint was submitted on Feb 12.Officials described the transfer — the first administrative…
Jalandhar: A Punjab Police DSP reportedly died from a bullet fired from his service weapon on Tuesday morning at his residence in the police complex in Phagwara. Police officials claimed that it was an ‘accidental fire’ as the DSP was cleaning his service weapon at the time of the incident.DSP Yogesh Sharma, in his mid-50s,…
