Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday slammed the Centre over the Rs 72 hike in the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy, calling it a “cruel and insulting joke” with farmers. He said the prices of diesel, fertilisers, pesticides, labour and machinery had risen sharply, asking how such a marginal increase…
Vansikha secured the top rank in her school Chandigarh: At the Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, this year’s CBSE Class XII results brought stories of resilience, determination and quiet perseverance to the fore, with students overcoming personal and social challenges to excel academically.Leading the school was Vanshika, a humanities student who secured 97.4% marks….
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the NEET paper leak, calling it a betrayal of lakhs of students whose dreams were crushed by repeated failures in the examination system. Speaking to media persons after a meeting with Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Delhi, Mann stated that the NEET…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday accused BJP of resorting to “intimidation tactics” against actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh after he declined to enter politics.Replying to a question, Mann said, “After actor Vijay’s success in Tamil Nadu’s political landscape, BJP realised that artists enjoy greater public acceptance and therefore attempted to bring Diljit Dosanjh into…
Gurdaspur: A man shot dead his younger brother and sister-in-law over a property dispute in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Tuesday night, police said.Amarjit Singh (alias Amba), the accused, was arrested the next day. Police said Amarjit ambushed Ajaib Singh (52) on a secluded road near a poultry farm in Nainkot village, shooting him in the…
Dharamshala: Seventeen first-time members have been elected to the 45-member 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, according to results declared by the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration on Wednesday following the successful completion of the two rounds of the 2025–26 general election.The preliminary and final elections were held on Feb 1 and April 26 across 27…
Batala: The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three persons linked to a foreign-based fugitive gangster Happy Jatt from the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal as they attempted to flee to Bhutan.Gaurav Yadav, director general of police (DGP), said the “Operation Nest Wrecker” was jointly carried out by the Anti-Gangster Task Force, Punjab,…
Dishita humanities topper in Chandigarh Tricity Chandigarh: From the son of a Chandigarh Police head constable studying in a govt school to the daughter of an Army officer balancing academics with poetry and coding, Tricity students from diverse backgrounds delivered stellar performances in the CBSE Class 12 examinations this year.The Humanities stream saw Anushka Malik…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Riding on an aggressive campaign led by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, the BJP swept the Panchkula municipal corporation polls, retaining the mayor’s post and significantly improving its tally in ward seats.BJP’s mayoral candidate Sham Lal Bansal (71) defeated Congress’s…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Fresh from a landslide victory in the mayoral polls, Sham Lal Bansal credited the BJP leadership for the win while blaming Congress’s “internal factionalism” for its poor showing. In an interaction with TOI, the newly elected mayor said sustained grassroots connect…
