Hisar: Two brothers were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a pickup van near Mirana village in Fatehabad district on Monday.The deceased, Karam Singh and Ranjit Singh of Plata village, were returning home after visiting the Ratia tehsil office for land-related work when the accident occurred.According to police, the pickup van, coming from the…
Hisar: A police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted in Sirsa was dismissed from service and arrested for allegedly siphoning off a portion of opium seized in a major drug trafficking case and supplying it to an acquaintance, officials said on Monday.The accused, ASI Ranbir Singh, was investigating a case in which a joint team of Sirsa’s…
Amritsar: Punjab BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to induct the party’s new Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh into the Union Cabinet, saying that he is an experienced strategist with a deep understanding of the state’s social, political, and border-related issues.Sarchand said Chugh had earned a significant position within the BJP’s…
Chandigarh: Hitting out at chief minister Bhagwant Mann after he was declared “anti-Panthic” and a “betrayer of the Guru” by the Akal Takht, the Punjab Congress on Monday demanded his resignation, describing the development as a highly significant event in the state’s history.Congress MP from Gurdaspur, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, said that the punishment was pronounced…
Wreath laying ceremony at War Memorial, Chandimandir TNNVeterans of the Indian Army’s June 1966 batch from the Indian Military Academy came together in the Tricity on Sunday and Monday, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of their commissioning, marking 60 years of enduring camaraderie, service and shared memories.The gathering brought together officers from the 28th course…
Hisar: Three people were killed and 28 others injured when an overcrowded private bus overturned into a field near Bhodi village on the Fatehabad-Tohana road on Monday morning.The 52-seater bus was carrying over 60 passengers from Fatehabad to Tohana when it lost control at a sharp turn. Nearby residents broke the bus windows to rescue…
Bathinda: Two men from Amritsar’s Ajnala sub-division have been arrested for installing a solar-powered CCTV camera on an electricity pole on the Bathinda-Malout highway to spy on police movements, Bathinda SP (City) Narinder Singh said on Monday.Following a tip-off on June 9, the Thermal Police registered a case under the Official Secrets Act and the…
Chandigarh: Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh, celebrated Yatri Sewa Diwas as part of a nationwide observance across Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports. The event featured a series of passenger-centric, cultural, educational and welfare activities aimed at enhancing passenger experience and recognising the contribution of airport staff.Enthusiastic participation of passengers, students, airport employees and…
Chandigarh: To improve English proficiency among govt school students and bridge the learning gap with private ones, Punjab govt plans to launch a digital learning platform with pre-recorded academic content for students of Class IX to XII across its 19,000 schools.The initiative targets students in rural and semi-urban areas who often lack access to quality…
Chandigarh: The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday arrested a deputy civil surgeon, posted in Nuh district, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The complainant told the ACB that he and his wife, a GNM degree holder, were running a hospital under the name ‘Labuja Karim’ in Punhana. Following an inspection by the…
