Hisar: A Hisar court on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl in 2022.Additional district and sessions judge Sunil Jindal convicted the accused and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000.According to police, the man stalked his 14-year-old neighbour, a Class IX student, pressuring her to marry…
Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after clash between Sikh protesters and police Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day after police-Sikh protesters clash; tension persists Ambala calm a day…
Rewari: The widely circulated video of an ATM robbery on social media has turned out to be an attempted theft involving tampering with the machine in Dharuhera town of Rewari district, police said.Sisters Annu Kaur and Jyoti Kaur, residents of Sare Khurd village in Rajasthan’s Khairthal-Tijara district, have been arrested in connection with the case.The…
Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday termed Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s statement that “no Punjab minister ever contacted the Centre for release of the Rural Development Fund (RDF)” as highly irresponsible, misleading and a blatant lie.Responding to the Punjab govt’s charge that the Centre…
Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Indian Black Spotted Pond Turtles and Indian Tent Turtles recovered from fish aquarium shop owners Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Indian Black Spotted Pond Turtles and Indian Tent Turtles recovered from fish aquarium shop owners Fish aquarium shop owners arrested by Karnal police Ambala:…
Border Security Force personnel perform during the Beating Retreat ceremony on the eve of the 80th Independence Day, at the Attari-Wagah Border in Amritsar on Friday Patiala: The Internationalist Democratic Platform (IDP) organised an ‘India-Pakistan Friendship March’ from Nabha to the Wagah border on Friday, calling for peace, people-to-people ties and greater economic engagement between…
File picture of a landslide in Shimla Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has reported at least 177 deaths and suffered cumulative losses of more than Rs 955 crore this monsoon even as the weather department issued a heavy rain warning for Sirmaur, Mandi, Kangra and Bilaspur districts on Aug 15.Lahaul-Spiti has recorded the highest number of deaths…
Jind khap councils have moved to suppress marriages within the same village or clan lineage, declaring a social boycott of those involved Jind: The Naugama Khap in Jind, which has recently come into the spotlight over discussions surrounding love marriages, live-in relationships and homosexuality, has now decided to convene a women’s khap mahapanchayat in Ramrai…
Mahendragarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the suspension of a govt school principal in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district, who was penalised after students staged protests linked to the NEET paper leak controversy outside the school and raised slogans against the governing BJP.Naresh Kumar, principal, Government Senior Secondary School, Kanina Mandi, had challenged his…
Chandigarh: Under the Punjab Protection of Trees Bill, 2026, passed by the Vidhan Sabha recently, only a dead tree or one that has fallen without human intervention in an urban area may be cut. No one will be allowed to fell a tree in urban areas without permission, and anyone who cuts down a tree…
