Panchkula MC House meeting Panchkula: Despite spending about Rs 3 crore, the Panchkula municipal corporation’s only and first material recovery facility (MRF) has ceased to function.Either due to residents or political pressure, the civic body is now using the city’s only MRF as a mere transfer station in Alipur. Further, it is considering shifting the…
Wrong side auto rickshaw challan in Zirakpur (story pics) Mohali: The Mohali traffic police under Zirakpur police station have launched a special enforcement drive against wrong-side driving and overloaded auto-rickshaws, issuing challans to 44 violators over the past 48 hours.The crackdown was initiated following repeated complaints from residents regarding traffic rule violations, particularly by auto-rickshaw…
storm water drains choked Mohali Mohali: With the monsoon season approaching, concerns over waterlogging have resurfaced in Mohali after civic authorities found that nearly 90% of the city’s road gullies and storm water drains are clogged with mud, dry leaves and other debris.Mayor Sarabjit Singh Samana on Tuesday said a large-scale cleanliness and desilting drive…
Super suction machines to clean road gullies to prevent waterlogging in PklSandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comPanchkula: To ensure proper drainage ahead of the monsoon season, the Panchkula municipal corporation, for the first time, has engaged two super suction machines to clean road gullies.The machines have been engaged following complaints that only road gully covers and the outer area around…
Jalandhar: Two youths in their 20s who had come to the Doaba region with a combine harvester for maize harvesting were found dead near Jando Sarai village, near Kartarpur, police said on Monday.The deceased were identified as Jaspreet Singh of Ferozepur district and Gagandeep Singh of Muktsar district. They had been working in the fields…
Bathinda: A man was caught while allegedly attempting to steal money from the ‘golak’ of a gurdwara at Dharamkot town in Moga district on Tuesday.When a devotee raised the alarm, the youth was caught by members of the gurdwara committee. The police said tobacco, which is prohibited in Sikhism, had also been seized from the…
Amritsar: An Amritsar court on Monday granted Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia anticipatory bail in connection with the Majitha police station confrontation case.Majithia was accused of tearing documents inside the police station and attempting to free one of his supporters, Jobanpreet Singh. The FIR against Majithia and others was registered on May…
Bathinda: A 56-year-old former councillor-cum-property dealer, Jagga Singh, died by suicide by allegedly hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Barnala in the early hours of Monday.In a suicide note recovered by the police, Jagga Singh named two builders, accusing them of failing to pay his commission for the purchase of a…
Bathinda: Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday inaugurated a new Skill Development Centre of Excellence and a refurbished Astroturf hockey stadium at Government Brijindra College in Faridkot. Both projects were funded and established by MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney.Lauding Sahney and the Sun Foundation for their commitment to youth empowerment, the governor said the centre…
Mohali: MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib, Malvinder Singh Kang, urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to curb drug trafficking into Punjab through routes originating from Gujarat, saying that the menace posed a serious threat to youth in the state.Addressing media persons during inauguration of development projects in Kharar constituency on Monday, Kang said recent drug…
