BJP’s mayoral candidate Sham Lal Bansal (71) promises to fix major civic issues within 100 days if he wins the Panchkula municipal corporation elections. In a talk with TOI, he spells out his agenda.If elected, what are your priority areas?Other than what promises we have made in our manifesto, I have decided to fix certain…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said responsibility for recent blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar lay with the Centre, not the state government.Punjab AAP chief Aman Arora accused opposition parties, particularly the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of politicising the incidents and attempting to create fear ahead of elections. He alleged such incidents were…
Chandigarh: Expressing concern over delays in the implementation of the Punjab Clinical Establishments Act, 2020, the Punjab State Information Commission has asked the state’s chief secretary and principal secretary, health and family welfare, to look into the matter in larger public interest, stressing the law must be enforced in a time-bound manner.The directions were issued…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann‘s claim that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was behind the Tuesday night blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar snowballed into a political storm on Wednesday, with Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) slamming the statement. Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa called statements by Mann as “contradictory”. “On one…
CHANDIGARH: After topping the country in drug overdose deaths in 2022 and 2023, Punjab recorded the secondhighest fatalities in 2024, with 106 deaths, according to the latest NCRB report on Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India (ADSI).A total of 978 such deaths were reported nationwide, with Tamil Nadu topping the list at 313, followed by…
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday reacted sharply to chief minister Bhagwant Mann‘s statement linking the blasts in Jalandhar and Amritsar to the saffron party’s “poll preparations”, warning the Centre had the “right to remove the chief minister” and the party will pursue every legal recourse available for the ouster of “an irresponsible”…
Congress’s mayoral candidate Sudha Bhardwaj (65) feels corruption is the biggest issue in this election. Setting up a garbage processing plant for the city and shifting liquor vends from residential areas are her main priorities. She speaks to TOI:If elected, what are your priority areas?My main priorities will be setting up a garbage processing plant…
Panchkula: The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP govt of attempting to “manipulate the electoral process” in the upcoming Panchkula municipal corporation elections, alleging large-scale irregularities in the voter list.Addressing a press conference at the party’s state headquarters in Chandigarh, Haryana Congress chief Rao Narender Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed that…
Amritsar: An abandoned vehicle with suspicious items was found in Chheharta, 9km from the site of the blast that took place in Amritsar’s Khasa neighbourhood on Tuesday night.Shopkeepers said the vehicle, parked outside a shop, contained wires, pipes and drum-like objects, and its roof appeared partially cut. Suspecting foul play, they alerted police.A local shopkeeper…
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday said the state DGP had not attributed the recent low-intensity blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar to Pakistan’s ISI, stressing that the investigation was still at an early stage.“The DGP did not say that. He said the probe into the blasts is at an initial stage. Forensic…
