Chandigarh: Punjab excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema has urged the Centre to enact a law regulating methyl alcohol (methanol), saying tighter controls are needed to prevent its diversion for liquor adulteration and avert hooch tragedies.Chairing a review meeting with additional chief secretary (excise) D K Tiwari and excise and taxation commissioner Jitendra Jorwal,…
Amritsar: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has condemned the killing of a couple inside a gurdwara in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.In a statement issued here on Wednesday, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami expressed outrage over the killing of Jagannath and Asma Vanti, who were serving at a gurdwara in Mardan city when they…
CHANDIGARH: While transporting the two shooters arrested over the killing of Janki Das, the cashier of Shri Kumar Medical Hall in Sector-11, from Jammu to Chandigarh, the accused allegedly attempted to escape from police custody. As a result, the police took action and opened fire. Both shooters Aryan and Sunny Mehra, were hit in the…
The case stems from a complaint lodged by Anish Gandhi, a partner in the Jalandhar-based firm DR Metals. Mohali: The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has submitted a chargesheet against Ravinder Kumar Sharma, assistant commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), Jalandhar, before an additional district and sessions judge in Mohali. The accusations link Sharma to…
The issue was brought to light during a public outreach visit by former Mohali municipal corporation deputy mayor and Congress functionary Kuljit Singh Bedi, ahead of the upcoming assembly elections Mohali: Residents of Saneta village have raised alarms over an acute drinking water crisis, alleging that broken drainage networks are leaking into the water supply,…
A backlog of items is expected to dominate both sessions because neither meeting could be convened during May Chandigarh: The Chandigarh MC’s agenda branch has directed all departments to urgently submit their proposal items following the Mayor’s decision to hold the Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) meeting on June 24 and the General House meeting…
In boccia, players throw, kick or use assistive ramps to propel leather balls towards a white target ball known as the jack. The objective is to place one’s coloured balls as close to the jack as possible. Chandigarh: For Ajeya Raj and Anjali Devi, the road to the 2026 Para Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan,…
nstead of clearing the junctions rapidly during the short green phases, vehicles are forced to slam on their brakes to clear the bumps, causing long tailbacks that spill into adjoining lanes and force drivers to wait through multiple signal cycles Mohali: Commuters on Mohali’s Airport Road (PR-7) are facing peak-hour bottlenecks due to a frustrating…
Municipal health teams will conduct door-to-door inspections of coolers, flowerpots, overhead tanks, and pools while simultaneously running awareness programmes on mosquito eradication. Panchkula: The Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) will launch a ward-by-ward fogging campaign on Thursday to neutralise the heightened risk of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria ahead of the monsoon arrival expected around…
Aside from distributing supplies, health workers educated residents on handwashing, safe food handling, sanitation, and the use of water-purifying tablets. Mohali: The Mohali health department has intensified field surveillance and preventive operations in parts of Dhakoli after detecting a few mild cases of diarrhoea. Acting on orders from deputy commissioner Komal Mittal, block rapid response…
