Shimla: An incident in Himachal Pradesh”s Sirmaur district claimed the lives of two young brothers after they drowned in a stream near their village in Nohradhar area on Thursday. The incident occurred in Devamanal gram panchayat of Sangrah sub-division under the Shri Renukaji Assembly constituency. The police officials said that Ayaan (8) and his elder…
Jalandhar: A dozen schools in Jalandhar received threatening emails on Thursday morning, two days after the blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters in the city.The email also allegedly contained threats against Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu.Following the emails, police teams carried out checks at the schools. One of…
Patiala: The MGNREGA Karmchari Union (Punjab) has issued a final ultimatum to the state govt, warning of a mass march to the rural development minister’s residence on May 13 if outstanding salaries are not released. Representing around 1,600 contractual employees—including gram sewaks, data entry operators, and JEs—the union has already begun a boycott of all…
Patiala: The AAP MLA from Sanour, Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra, was remanded in four-day police custody on Thursday in connection with an illegal mining case registered against him at Julkan police station in Patiala district. Police had arrested Pathanmajra in March after him being on the run for seven months in a rape case registered on…
Jalandhar/Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday doubled down on his charge that BJP was linked to the recent blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar even as BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh sent him a legal notice, demanding his apology, and seeking a sedition case against him.“Communal parties like BJP and Akali Dal make…
Chandigarh: Haryana energy minister Anil Vij announced on Thursday that high-risk electricity lines passing over schools, colleges, hospitals, and public institutions will be shifted across the state in a phased manner. To ensure the work is prioritised, a dedicated monitoring cell has been formed under the chief engineer to oversee the project and submit progress…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta on Thursday paid rich tributes to the armed forces on the first anniversary of ‘Operation Sindoor‘, describing it as a defining moment that reshaped India’s counterterror doctrine and demonstrated the nation’s unwavering resolve against terrorism.Recalling the precise military operation carried out on the intervening night of May 7-8 last…
Hisar: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday campaigned in favour of BJP chairperson candidate Nikita Goyal for the Uklana municipal committee elections and addressed a series of public meetings in the town.The chief minister addressed gatherings where he appealed to the voters to support BJP candidates in the civic polls scheduled for May…
Mahendragarh: Mahendragarh cyber crime police have busted an interstate cyber fraud racket and arrested a former banker from Gwalior accused of duping people through a fake stock market investment app.The accused, Pankaj, allegedly used his banking experience to run fraudulent accounts and route transactions without attracting suspicion.The case came to light after Sundar Kumar, a…
Kullu: The Centre has handed the upkeep and maintenance of NH154A, a key highway that connects Chamba with the remote Bharmour region in Himachal Pradesh, to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).The decision was notified by the Union ministry of road transport and highways through a notification issued on April 30.The 167-km road stretch…
