Hisar: Former Haryana chief minister and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday alleged that the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) were acting in tandem with the BJP, engaging in a “scripted tussle” to mislead the public.Interacting with the mediapersons after visiting Hansi grain market, Hooda said the…
Chandigarh: The Punjab govt has approved a relaxation in document requirements for beneficiaries below 18 years of age under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana (MMSY). “The govt has removed the requirement of a birth certificate during enrolment, reverification or addition of new family members in the case of minor beneficiaries. However, in cases where the…
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised concern over allegations that an undertrial was able to access a mobile phone in jail and called for “serious introspection” by Haryana home department.Justice Sanjay Vashisth made these observations while allowing a bail plea in a narcotics-related case, where the petitioner was accused of being linked to…
Chandigarh: Alarmed by the suicide of four students at NIT-Kurukshetra in just two months, higher education ministry on Tuesday sent a committee to the campus.On the same day, NIT authorities replaced the deans in charge of academics, faculty welfare and research and consultancy. The chief warden and wardens of the hostel were reshuffled last week,…
Chandigarh: A man was killed in a tragic road accident after a speeding SUV rammed his motorcycle at the Sector 4/9 dividing road in Chandigarh.The victim was identified as Krishan Lal, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir. Following the crash, a passerby took Krishan to GMSH-16, where doctors declared him dead.Police later seized the SUV…
Chandigarh: The trial run for the Outpatient Department (OPD) at PGI’s new Advanced Neurosciences Centre (ANC) was successfully conducted on Monday. A total of 581 patients were registered on the first day, providing the hospital administration a vital opportunity to test the infrastructure before the centre’s formal inauguration scheduled for April 30.Of the total footfall,…
Chandigarh: Two students from the Tricity secured a perfect 100 percentile in Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2026, placing them among the top rankers in the country.Aarush Singhal of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh, secured All India Rank (AIR) 8. Arnav Gandhi of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, secured AIR 22 and is among the top…
JALANDHAR: A Punjab Police DSP died after a bullet from his service weapon was accidentally fired on Tuesday morning at his residence in the police complex in Phagwara. Police officials claimed it was an “accidental fire” that occurred while the DSP was cleaning his service weapon. DSP Yogesh Sharma, in his mid-fifties, was working with…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Tuesday said he would file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the docuseries ‘Lawrence of Punjab’, based on gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.Taking to X, he criticised the series, stating that a gangster cannot be the identity of Punjab. “I lost my friend Sidhu Moose Wala to Lawrence…
Chandigarh: Chandigarh is staring at a spell of punishing summer heat, with a yellow alert issued for the next three days and no immediate relief in sight. Daytime temperatures are expected to stay well above normal, making afternoons especially harsh for residents.On Monday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of around 38.1°C—about three degrees above…
