Chandigarh: Hitting out at chief minister Bhagwant Mann after he was declared “anti-Panthic” and a “betrayer of the Guru” by the Akal Takht, the Punjab Congress on Monday demanded his resignation, describing the development as a highly significant event in the state’s history.Congress MP from Gurdaspur, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, said that the punishment was pronounced…
Wreath laying ceremony at War Memorial, Chandimandir TNNVeterans of the Indian Army’s June 1966 batch from the Indian Military Academy came together in the Tricity on Sunday and Monday, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of their commissioning, marking 60 years of enduring camaraderie, service and shared memories.The gathering brought together officers from the 28th course…
Hisar: Three people were killed and 28 others injured when an overcrowded private bus overturned into a field near Bhodi village on the Fatehabad-Tohana road on Monday morning.The 52-seater bus was carrying over 60 passengers from Fatehabad to Tohana when it lost control at a sharp turn. Nearby residents broke the bus windows to rescue…
Bathinda: Two men from Amritsar’s Ajnala sub-division have been arrested for installing a solar-powered CCTV camera on an electricity pole on the Bathinda-Malout highway to spy on police movements, Bathinda SP (City) Narinder Singh said on Monday.Following a tip-off on June 9, the Thermal Police registered a case under the Official Secrets Act and the…
Chandigarh: Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, celebrated Yatri Sewa Diwas as part of a nationwide observance across Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports. The event featured a series of passenger-centric, cultural, educational and welfare activities aimed at enhancing passenger experience and recognising the contribution of airport staff.Enthusiastic participation of passengers, students, airport employees and…
Chandigarh: To improve English proficiency among govt school students and bridge the learning gap with private ones, Punjab govt plans to launch a digital learning platform with pre-recorded academic content for students of Class IX to XII across its 19,000 schools.The initiative targets students in rural and semi-urban areas who often lack access to quality…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday arrested a deputy civil surgeon, posted in Nuh district, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The complainant told the ACB that he and his wife, a GNM degree holder, were running a hospital under the name ‘Labuja Karim’ in Punhana. Following an inspection by the…
CHANDIGARH: Speculation is growing that the Punjab assembly elections, currently scheduled for February 2027, could be advanced to November 2026 due to concerns over a clash with two major national exercises early next year — the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand and the second phase of the national census.According to sources, discussions on the possibility of…
CHANDIGARH: A court in Amritsar on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a case related to the alleged forcible release of a detainee from a police station.Majithia had moved the court after being named in an FIR registered under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),…
Chandigarh: A Panchkula court has granted default bail to Rajesh Sangwan, former chief controller of finance of the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board (HSAMB), in an alleged Rs 593-crore fraud case involving illegal deposits of govt funds with IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank.The court ruled that the CBI failed to file its…
