Mohali: A scooter rider died after being hit by an allegedly speeding car in Sohana area of Mohali. Shiva, niece of the deceased, Sohana resident Dharminder, said the accident took place on April 21 at around 6:30 am. Dharminder was on his way to Sector 70 to refuel while Shiva and her brother Rohit, followed…
Barinderjit.SalujaMohali: The Punjab Artificial Intelligence System (PAIS) app proved useful for Mohali police on Saturday night when they stopped a biker for routine checking at a checkpost on Airport Road.DSP Harsimran Singh Bal said that when asked about his identity, the man provided incorrect details. Police personnel took his photograph and uploaded it on the…
Chandigarh: The AICC general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP, Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Sunday accused the BJP of conspiring to make Haryana illiterate.Highlighting the 18% drop in school admissions in Haryana during the current academic year, Surjewala said the Nayab Saini govt had “locked up the future of youth” as parents and students were left…
Bathinda: More than 48 hours after a local trader allegedly died by suicide, his family on Sunday refused to allow the post-mortem till the name of a police officer and another person were added to the abetment-to-suicide FIR.Sandeep Kumar (32), a building materials dealer, allegedly consumed poison on April 24. Before his death, he recorded…
Bathinda: Punjab recorded 72 farm fire cases on Sunday. While Haryana reported 18 cases, Madhya Pradesh remains the national leader in stubble burning with 916 cases on Sunday alone.Nationwide, farm fire cases have surpassed 41,500 this season. MP accounts for more than 69% of these incidents. According to data from the CREAMS monitoring consortium, the…
Hisar: Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUST) has been named the top-ranked govt varsity in Haryana in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2026. The institution secured the 74th spot in India and placed within the 501–600 band across Asia.The varsity saw its overall performance score rise to the 30.9–33.6 range,…
Hisar: A political row within Haryana BJP escalated on Saturday after Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma accused former chief minister Bhajan Lal and his son of “electoral misconduct”, alleging they had won polls through “badmashi”.Responding sharply, BJP leader Bhavya Bishnoi termed the remarks “unfortunate” and said, “Those who have reached the Rajya Sabha through others’…
Bathinda: A private hospital in Rampura Phool town in Bathinda district has cured a premature low-birth-weight baby under Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana, with the parents needing nothing to spend on critical care treatment.As per a press release on Sunday, the newborn baby of Resham Singh and Gurmail Kaur was only 1.926 kg at birth, below…
Bathinda: The AAP on Sunday continued to protest the defection of seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs to BJP, holding demonstrations outside the premises of a unit of Trident Group, owned by Rajinder Gupta, at Dhaula village on Barnala-Mansa Road, and in Kotkapura town of Faridkot district.Addressing party workers in Kotkapura, Punjab assembly speaker Kultar…
Chandigarh: A special one-day session of the Haryana assembly will be held on Monday for the introduction and passing of a bill related to the promotion of Group D employees.Haryana assembly speaker Harvinder Kalyan on Sunday reviewed the preparations for the day-long session. He held a meeting of high-level officers, including heads of police force,…
