Panchkula: HAFED and the Haryana Warehousing Corporation (HWC) have intensified wheat procurement and lifting operations across mandis in Panchkula district during the ongoing Rabi marketing season 2026-27.According to the district food and supplies controller office, agencies have procured 37,109 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat so far, of which 36,850 MT has already been lifted.Procurement is…
Chandigarh: BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh on Sunday hit back at Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann for questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s foreign tours, saying Mann himself frequently travels abroad.Calling Mann’s remarks “the height of hypocrisy”, Chugh said, “A chief minister who himself travels abroad with a minister currently in ED remand in a…
Chandigarh: The CBI has intensified its probe into the alleged Rs 590-crore bank fraud involving govt departments in Haryana, questioning two senior bureaucrats regarding their roles in sanctioning and transferring large sums from various banks to IDFC First Bank.Sources said the move comes within days of the Haryana govt granting formal sanction to investigate certain…
Chandigarh: Sixteen years after the Centre enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act to regulate healthcare facilities and curb unethical medical practices, Punjab is yet to implement the law. Though Punjab notified its own Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in Oct 2020, the state govt has still not framed the rules needed to…
Chandigarh: Sixteen years after the Centre enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act to regulate healthcare facilities and curb unethical medical practices, Punjab is yet to implement the law. Though Punjab notified its own Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in Oct 2020, the state govt has still not framed the rules needed to…
Haryana Congress chief Rao Narender Singh (File Photo) CHANDIGARH: A group of masked men allegedly tried to break into the ancestral house of Haryana Congress president Rao Narender Singh in Narnaul, but fled after house staff members woke up on hearing suspicious noises and alerted police, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred in the…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday criticised the BJP-led Centre over the steep rise in fuel prices, saying the burden has once again been passed on to the common man soon after elections while the govt continues to lecture citizens on cutting expenses and savings.He said people across the country are struggling with…
Gurdaspur: The sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Gurdaspur, Anupreet Kaur Randhawa, was arrested by the Tarn Taran police from her official residence early Saturday morning in connection with the alleged embezzlement in land compensation funds for a highway project.Surendra Lamba, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Tarn Taran, said a police team conducted the operation and took…
Amritsar: Customs officials at Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport have seized over 1.6 kg of 24-carat gold, valued at around Rs 2.6 crore, from a passenger.According to a social media post by Amritsar Customs, the passenger arrived from Kuala Lumpur on Malaysia Airlines flight MH-119 and was intercepted upon arrival. During a detailed…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has installed informative flex boards outside several gurdwaras to apprise the sangat of alleged shortcomings and panthic objections to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 passed by the Punjab govt. In a statement issued on Saturday, the SGPC said the boards have been…
