Chandigarh: Even as the Chandigarh administration pursues an ambitious reform agenda, a few long-pending demands — allowing conversion of industrial plots into retail commercial plots and permitting change of land use (CLU) in villages — are not part of the proposed reforms.“A consensus has developed within the administration that change of land use and conversion…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Police crime branch Monday claimed to have cracked the high-profile shooting of Chamanpreet Singh, alias Cheeni, with the arrest of the alleged mastermind behind the killing.Chamanpreet was was gunned down outside a gym parking area in Sector 9 of the city earlier this year, Crime branch officials said Amreen, a resident of…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: Police arrested another person in a major cyber fraud case involving a “digital arrest” scam, in which a 70-year-old man was duped of over Rs 80 lakh. The accused, Pathukar Murli Krishna, a resident of Hyderabad, was apprehended following a raid in the city.Police said he played a key role in routing…
Times News NetworkMohali: The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, in a well-coordinated operation with central agencies and Tripura Police, apprehended Aditya alias Makhan, one of the shooters involved in the murder of Kabaddi promoter Kanwar Digvijay Singh alias Rana Balachauria. He was arrested from Agartala in Tripura, said Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav…
Chandigarh: Police claimed to have solved the case of a security guard’s murder in Manimajra with the arrest of three persons. The accused, Munna Rajak, 47, Shani Dev Kumar, 27, and Dhanik Kumar Sah, 24, of Bihar, were produced in court and remanded in judicial custody. Police scanned CCTV camera footage from nearby locations and…
Chandigarh: The MC approved the much-awaited project of the new multi-species abattoir in the monthly general house meeting on Thursday. The modern slaughter house will have the capacity to process around 60,000 poultry, 1,200 sheep/goat and 100 swine per day.The civic body has prepared and passed a Rs 48.8 crore financial estimate for the project,…
Amritsar: Another alleged incident of sacrilege has surfaced that too just a day after the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and the Akal Takht rejected amendments to the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026, raising fresh concerns over the effectiveness of preventive measures and points towards the persistent gaps in enforcement…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said he would meet President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday and explain to her his party’s view on the recent defection of seven Rajya Sabha MPs — six from Punjab — to the BJP.Mann had earlier sought the appointment with the President to formally demand the “recall” of…
Shimla: Amid an orange alert, light to moderate rainfall was recorded in many parts of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, keeping both the minimum and maximum temperatures below normal.It rained in parts of Kullu, Mandi, Bilaspur, Kangra, Chamba, Lahaul Spiti, Solan, Sirmaur and Shimla districts. Thunderstorms, hailstorms and gusty winds were also recorded in isolated parts…
Hisar: Former MP Kuldeep Bishnoi on Monday rejected Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli’s statement regarding issuing notices, terming it “completely ridiculous”.He said that if any notice were to be issued by the party, it should first be served on Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma, followed by Badoli himself.In a statement, Bishnoi said, “When the…
