Chandigarh: In yet another attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP govt in Punjab, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Friday that the situation in the state was “deteriorating fast” and it was “worse than West Bengal”.The Bhagwant Mann govt has completely failed to control the drug menace, illegal mining and the collapsing law…
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out fresh searches against Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora and some others allegedly linked to him as part of a money laundering investigation, officials said.Among the five locations raided were Arora’s official residence in Chandigarh and the premises of a real estate company in Gurugram, Haryana,…
CHANDIGARH: The special detective unit of Haryana police Police claimed to have safely resecued rescued and recovered a schoolboy who was kidnapped for ransom from Baberu, Banda disrict district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.Acting swiftly, the SDU unit safely recovered the boy and restored his custody to the UP team. Haryana police Police also arrrester…
A bookstore in Sector 8, Chandigarh, made for an intimate and fitting setting recently as Chandigarh-based author Sakoon Singh stepped into conversation about her latest work, Fourteen Springs of Separation, a historical fiction that reaches back into the turbulent heartland of nineteenth-century Punjab. In dialogue with Dr Manpreet Kaur, a historian whose academic grounding lent…
Sonipat: The Congress on Thursday mounted a sharp attack on the BJP govt at a massive workers’ convention in Sonipat ahead of the municipal corporation (MC) elections, accusing the ruling party of corruption, poor governance and neglect of civic infrastructure.Addressing party workers, Haryana Congress in-charge B K Hariprasad alleged that the state was witnessing “institutionalised…
Chandigarh: Haryana agriculture minister Shyam Singh Rana said the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM), Ganaur, will give a major boost to the state’s horticulture sector. He said the project will provide farmers with better market access, modern facilities and opportunities to sell their produce globally.Rana presided over the 37th meeting of the Board of Directors…
Bag filled with money and wads of cash lay on the pavement. MOHALI: Morning walkers at a residential society in Mohali nearly stepped on bundles of currency notes on Thursday and looked up to find more fluttering down on Thursday.The cash was allegedly thrown from a ninth-floor house where an Enforcement Directorate search was on…
Bathinda: Punjab reported second-highest deaths across the country due to exposure to cold in 2024, while the state reported third-highest deaths in the year due to heat and sunstroke, claimed data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).Punjab recorded 168 deaths, including 166 males and 2 females, due to exposure to cold, which was only…
Chandigarh: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini has granted in-principle approval to establish two new health centres in the Nuh and Mahendergarh districts. According to health minister Arti Singh Rao, a sub-health centre will be opened in Khori Kalan village (Nuh) and a primary health centre (PHC) will be set up in Khatodra village (Mahendergarh).The…
Jalandhar: All of 20 years of age, Gurpreet Singh does not feel like eating and can’t hear properly from his right ear, but is still worried about how he is going to make ends meet in the near future.The 20-year-old delivery worker’s scooter caught fire during Tuesday night’s blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters…
