Ludhiana/Chandigarh: Police on Wednesday used water cannons and fired tear gas shells to stop MGNREGA employees and workers from marching towards Punjab panchayats minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond’s residence in Khanna after protesters allegedly attempted to breach barricades.Khanna SSP Darpan Ahluwalia said protesters were not subjected to a lathicharge but were stopped after trying to enter…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced a series of appointments in various state-level commissions, boards, and local market committees. Mann shared the information on his X account.The AAP govt has named Kammikar Singh as a member of the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes and appointed Sukhjeet Singh Dhaliwal as the vice-chairman…
Bathinda: National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on Wednesday identified drug abuse as one of the biggest challenges facing women in Punjab, saying addiction devastates families and women bear its heaviest consequences.During a Jan Sunwai in Moga on the first day of her Punjab visit, Rahatkar personally heard over 100 complaints, most of…
Bathinda: Barnala police on Wednesday arrested AAP sarpanch Manpreet Kaur of Hero Kalan village in Mansa district for allegedly duping a Barnala resident of Rs 36 lakh on the pretext of sending his son abroad on a student visa.According to police, complainant Avtar Singh alleged that he was introduced to Sony, who ran an immigration…
Patiala: Seven-year-old Teghbir Singh from Ropar has become the youngest person in the world to summit a peak higher than 6,000 metres.On July 13, he successfully scaled Mount Yunam (6,111m) in the Zanskar range of Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul region at just 7 years and 10 months old, breaking the previous record held by Mumbai’s Kaamya…
Panchkula Police carry out a verification drive of auto-rickshaw drivers on July 15 to strengthen public safety and ensure compliance with identification and registration norms. Police officials checked drivers’ documents, vehicle records and credentials, urging transport operators to cooperate with the verification process to enhance passenger security across the city. Times News NetworkPanchkula: With an…
Chandigarh: When human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra was abducted outside his Amritsar home in Sept 1995, another prominent disappearance had already become one of Punjab’s most enduring mysteries. More than two-and-a-half years earlier, 43-year-old Bhai Gurdev Singh Kaunke, the then acting jathedar of the Akal Takht, had disappeared after coming into Punjab Police custody…
A forested area in Morni Hills, Panchkula Panchkula: In a move which raises several questions, senior forest officials suspended over illegal cutting of over 1,000 Khair trees have been posted back to the same locations where they earlier served. The officials include a divisional forest officer, and a divisional wildlife officer.The latest order issued by…
Bathinda/Chandigarh: Farmer organisations under the banner of the Desh Bachao Morcha on Wednesday held motorcycle rallies across Punjab to protest the proposed India-US trade agreement, alleging it would adversely affect agriculture, dairy, small industries and traders.The protests, organised by groups including the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), Azad Kisan Morcha, Bharatiya Kisan Mazdoor…
Chandigarh: Haryana assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan on Wednesday chaired a multi-departmental review meeting to expedite the implementation of the Karnal Ring Road project, directing all concerned agencies to resolve pending issues in a time-bound manner.The meeting focused on clearing bottlenecks affecting the project, with particular emphasis on electricity-related works that have delayed progress. Senior officials…
