The PLFS data showed unemployment rate among persons aged 15-29 years stood at 24.1% in Himachal — fourth highest in the country after Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Jammu and Kashmir — and 22.3% in Punjab, compared with 15.9% at all-India level. Chandigarh: Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have recorded substantially high unemployment rates, with joblessness among youth…
A section of the lightweight false ceiling collapsed onto the audience during a cultural program held at the NIS Patiala on Saturday Patiala: A section of a lightweight false ceiling collapsed inside a wrestling hall at Patiala’s Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) during an Independence Day ceremony on Saturday.The collapse plunged part of…
The illegal network operates across multiple states, targeting vulnerable parents to source infants before selling them to childless couples for sums ranging between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 8 lakh Bahadurgarh: Police in Haryana have arrested two more suspects, including one carrying a Rs 5,000 reward, in connection with an illegal newborn trafficking network, bringing…
The commission noted that the Faridabad municipal commissioner had designated assistant-level officials as SPIOs, despite state govt instructions requiring the appointment of sufficiently senior officials to the post. Chandigarh: The Punjab State Information Commission has ruled that an inquiry officer appointed by the state govt falls within the definition of a “public authority” under Section…
The senior citizens at the Independence Day event in Ferozepur Bathinda: In election-bound Punjab, even a dance performance at an Independence Day function has triggered a political skirmish.Congress MLA Pargat Singh on Sunday alleged that elderly health department employees were presented as beneficiaries of the state’s knee-replacement scheme, while AAP’s Ferozepur Urban MLA, Ranbir Singh…
Charkhi Dadri: Haryana Police have arrested four men for allegedly opening fire near the Kheri Bura village bus stand here, injuring one person in a suspected attempt on his life.The incident occurred around 3 am on the intervening night of Aug 14 and 15. According to police, victim Mandeep and his friend Gaurav were in…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann at Cantonment Board Stadium in Ferozepur on Independence Day Ferozepur: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced a Rs 25-crore heritage complex at Hussainiwala and said private schools in Punjab would not be allowed to increase fees by more than 5%.Addressing the state-level Independence Day function at Cantonment Board…
Bathinda MP and Sukhbir Singh Badal’s wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the Aug 13 dagger attack on her husband and party president Sukhbir Singh Badal in Nanded, Maharashtra.In…
HSGMC reschedules the Panthic assembly in Ambala to August 25. Ambala: The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) has changed the venue of its August 25 Panthic gathering from the Grain Market in Pipli to Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib in Ambala.The gathering has been called in protest against the developments arising from the case involving…
Sonipat: A 14-year-old schoolboy died after allegedly coming into contact with a live electricity pole while playing near a drain in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Friday.The incident occurred when Ankit Kumar, a Class VII student, was playing with his friends near drain number 8 in Barota village, said his father Vinod Kumar, holding the power…
