KULLU: Terming landslides near the Shimla highway bypass project an ‘act of god’, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has refused to pay environmental compensation for the alleged damage to an apple orchard during four-laning work from Shakral to Dhalli near Mashobra in Shimla district.In a counter-affidavit filed before National Green Tribunal (NGT), NHAI has…
Chandigarh: The CBI on Thursday filed its first chargesheet running into approximately 10,000 pages in the multi-crore fraud involving the siphoning of govt funds from IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank.A CBI team submitted the chargesheet, annexures, and supporting documents in eight steel trunks before special CBI judge Vijayant Sehgal in Chandigarh. The…
Yamunanagar: An exclusive district court in Jagadhri, dedicated to heinous crimes against women, has sentenced a 36-year-old woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering her three-year-old daughter at a hotel in Amritsar in 2022.The convict, Maninder Kaur alias Simmy, a resident of Yamunanagar, had allegedly conspired with her lover to eliminate her children, whom they…
Hisar: Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Wednesday directed officials in Fatehabad to speed up development works and improve civic amenities during a DISHA meeting at the mini secretariat. She expressed displeasure over the functioning of the municipal council and public health department, particularly regarding sanitation and incomplete civic projects.When municipal council officials cited pending court…
CHANDIGARH/PATHANKOT: A resident of Punjab’s Pathankot has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, police said on Friday.Preliminary investigation found that Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village, had installed a CCTV camera at a shop near a bridge on National Highway-44, allegedly to monitor the movement of Army and paramilitary forces,…
Chandigarh: UT police have booked owners and employees of several immigration firms in the city for allegedly duping job aspirants of around ₹1 crore in visa fraud cases. Seven separate FIRs have been registered at Sector 17 police station, and investigations are underway.In one case, Mora Singh, a resident of Tarn Taran, alleged that Anubhav…
Chandigarh: A Sector 37 resident was allegedly duped of Rs 55 lakh in a stock investment scam run via a WhatsApp group.Police said the victim invested Rs 54.63 lakh through a fake app after being lured by a group member. When he sought withdrawal, he was asked to pay Rs 11.3 lakh as charges. On…
Mohali: Acting on Supreme Court directions on stray dog management, Mohali deputy commissioner Komal Mittal has asked all civic bodies in the district to identify land for setting up dog pounds, alongside initiating measures to handle rabid and aggressive canines.Mittal said the directions align with apex court guidelines on managing ferocious and rabid stray dogs….
Stray animals near a construction site behind the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (Tata Memorial Centre) Stray dogs in Mullanpur (New Chandigarh) due to territorial behavior and aggressive packs. The surge in population is often tied to stray animals congregating near construction sites for food Behind the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research…
Chandigarh: Building on the success of its first student exposure initiative, PGIMER, in collaboration with the Himachal Pradesh government, organised the second edition of Project SARATHI, bringing over 800 school students to the institute this month.A total of 837 students and 71 teachers from districts including Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Una, Kangra, Chamba, Kullu, Sirmaur, Shimla, Solan,…
