Bathinda: Heat wave like conditions have been reported in north India, as the maximum temperatures either started rising sharply or are predicted to rise in the coming days. The maximum temperatures were recorded appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Haryana and Chandigarh till Saturday morning, though these were recorded near normal…
Bathinda: Punjab’s crop residue burning count remains nearly 1,700 times lower than the state with the highest number of cases, even as two fresh incidents were reported on Saturday, taking its total to just 10 — a figure officials attribute to slower wheat harvesting in the state.Across five states, 1,311 cases were recorded on Saturday,…
Hisar: Six individuals arrested in connection with the violent INSO protest at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology were granted bail by a Hisar court on Saturday. According to police, eight persons were named in the case registered at City Police Station, including JJP youth leader Digvijay Singh Chautala and INSO state president Deepak…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Congress on Saturday named Kamal Diwan and Kulwinder Kaur as the mayoral candidates for the municipal corporations of Sonipat and Ambala city, respectively. As per sources, deliberations are on to finalise the name of the mayoral candidate for Panchkula.Kamal Diwan is the son of former MLA Dev Raj Diwan, and the family…
Patiala: The Janhit Adhikar Welfare Association (JAWA) – a non-governmental organisation – has petitioned Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann to order a high-level investigation into an alleged multi-crore seed scam linked to Verka Milk Plants, claiming officials ran a “paper-only” supply chain to “siphon” off govt subsidies and launder money through farmers’ bank accounts.In a…
Amritsar: Prerna Devi, a 75-year-old woman who was allegedly kept in shackles by her relatives and forced to live outside her home, was finally rescued and shifted to an old-age home on Friday night, bringing some relief after days of neglect and public outrage.Amritsar deputy commissioner Dalwinderjit Singh said on Saturday that officials moved her…
Playing to a huge gathering of people at New Chandigarh, sitarist Rishab Rikhiram Sharma’s immersive performance as part of his Sitar for Mental Health India Tour in city was a striking event.The highlight of the evening was his rendition of ‘Kit Bidh Miley’, a shabad from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Ang 168), composed in…
Patiala: Patiala Police have arrested a 20-year-old student accused of attempting to murder a fellow student at Punjabi University, and recovered a .32 bore pistol along with live cartridges believed to have been used in the crime. Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Varun Sharma said that the case was traced by a team led…
REWARI: The body of Anshu, a youth from Kathuwas village in Rewari who was killed in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, reached his home on Friday, nearly six months after his death. His elder brother, Mohit, performing the last rites.Anshu had gone to Russia to pursue an MBA but later joined the Russian Army in Aug 2024….
Patiala: The Patiala police on Friday claimed to have arrested three members of a robbery gang and recovered cash, gold and silver jewellery from their possession.The police also seized a car used by the robbers. The arrests followed a violent housebreaking in the Model Town area of Patiala.Varun Sharma, senior superintendent of police, Patiala, said…
