Bathinda: Police on Wednesday foiled BKU (Ekta Sidhupur)’s attempt to gather in Faridkot in support of three demands, detaining several senior functionaries and placing organisation president Jagjit Singh Dallewal under house arrest for several hours.Angered by the action, farm activists blocked highways at Tehna in Faridkot, Mandi Kalan in Bathinda and other locations. When several…
Chandigarh’s suspension of major ride-hailing services highlights commuter reliance on private transport. Nikhil Verma doesn’t own a car. For years, that wasn’t a problem — Uber, Ola, Rapido and inDrive made sure of it. This week, all four stopped being an option – a city built around private mobility but still without a reliable mass-transit…
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal interacts with the mediapersons after visiting the family of Gulzar Singh at Toor Banjara village in Sangrur district on Tuesday Chandigarh: A Punjab BJP delegation led by state party president Kewal Singh Dhillon on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking urgent intervention into two incidents…
Relatives and family members mourn the death of Gulzar Singh at Toor Banjara village in Sangrur district on Tuesday Chandigarh: The suicide by a farmer in Sangrur district has triggered a no-holds barred slugfest between opposition parties and the ruling AAP in Punjab.While opposition is clamouring for an FIR against finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema…
Chandigarh: AAP Tuesday accused the BJP of shielding the liquor and drug mafia and misusing Chandigarh Police to target its councillors. Addressing a press conference, AAP leaders Hardeep Singh Buterla, Yogesh Dhingra and councillor Jasbir Singh Laddie alleged that criminal elements pushed out of Mohali were attempting to establish operations in Chandigarh under political patronage….
Panchkula: Signs of a breakthrough emerged in the month-long sanitation workers’ strike Tuesday, with 15 protesting safai karamcharis resuming duty after a meeting with municipal corporation commissioner Vinay Kumar. Officials said more workers are expected to return in the coming days.The development comes a day before the expiry of the three-day extension given by the…
Not So Beautiful: Overflowing garbage mars the view beneath a ‘Welcome to Chandigarh, The City Beautiful’ sign amid the ongoing sanitation workers’ strike in Panchkula Panchkula: In a major push to improve road cleanliness, the municipal corporation (MC) is set to hire three additional mechanised road-sweeping machines at an estimated cost of Rs 18 crore,…
District administration removes illegal structures and boundary walls spread across 118 kanals in Sukhna catchment area District administration removes illegal structures and boundary walls spread across 118 kanals in Sukhna catchment area District administration removes illegal structures and boundary walls spread across 118 kanals in Sukhna catchment area District administration removes illegal structures and boundary…
Mohali: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal will address the party’s proposed ‘Punjab Bachao Rally’ at Palheri village in New Chandigarh on September 10, SAD’s Kharar constituency in-charge Ravinder Singh Khera said Tuesday.Addressing a press conference, Khera appealed to residents to attend the rally in large numbers and accused the AAP government of failing…
Punjabi actor Aditi Arya and AAP councillor Ramchandra Yadav join the Congress in the presence of Chandigarh Congress chief H S Lucky at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan on Tuesday Chandigarh: In a boost for Congress ahead of the municipal corporation elections, Aam Aadmi Party councillor Ramchandra Yadav joined the party on Tuesday along with Punjabi actor…
