Activists of the Punjab chapter of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha on the Chandigarh-Mohali border, after the announcement of the protest being lifted, on September 7 Bathinda: The Punjab chapter of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) ended its week-long protest morcha on the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Monday after state agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian agreed to their demands…
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha awaits a formal letter from the Punjab government MOHALI: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday said it was awaiting a formal letter from the Punjab government recording the agreements reached with the farmers’ body and maintained that the commitments would remain “in the air” until they were put in writing.The…
Punjab Pay Scales, Old Pension and Allowances Restoration Front said on Sunday that it would extend an unconditional and active support to protest programmes announced by the Joint Coordination Committee of employees and pensioners Chandigarh: The Punjab Pay Scales, Old Pension and Allowances Restoration Front on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the state govt,…
Hisar: Civil Lines police on Sunday arrested Surender alias Golu, president of the Hisar municipal corporation sanitation workers’ union, in connection with an alleged attack on civic body employees and vandalism of a garbage collection vehicle during a door-to-door waste collection drive in Sector 13 market.A police team reached the Municipal Corporation office to arrest…
Charkhi Dadri: Police have intensified its crackdown on drug traffickers in Charkhi Dadri district, targeting not only those allegedly involved in the illegal narcotics trade but also the properties, valuables and other assets believed to have been acquired from its proceeds.Acting on the directions of Charkhi Dadari superintendent of police Logesh Kumar P, the police…
Panchkula: Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary has allocated around Rs 29 lakh from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for three public utility projects in the Pinjore-Kalka area.According to former Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Vijay Bansal, Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned for construction of a shed and toilet block at…
Panchkula: Nearly three months after the formation of the new municipal corporation, Panchkula is still awaiting the election of its senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, raising fresh questions over the prolonged vacancy of two key posts in the civic body’s hierarchy.The delay is noteworthy because this is the second consecutive MC term in which…
Union minister Bhupender Yadav stresses the need to make biodiversity management committees more effective while addressing a national biodiversity meet in Chandigarh on Sunday Chandigarh: Calling for stronger grassroots action to protect India’s rich natural heritage, Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav Sunday underscored the need to…
The Punjab cabinet passed a resolution against the Centre’s appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra. CHANDIGARH: A day after the Centre notified the appointment of Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana high court, the Punjab cabinet, headed by chief minister Bhagwant Mann, on Sunday passed a resolution against it, arguing…
Chandigarh: In a move aimed at reducing paperwork and speeding up property-related services, the estate office of the Chandigarh administration has done away with the requirement of obtaining a separate No Dues Certificate (NDC) for transfer of lease rights and conversion of properties from leasehold to freehold tenure.Under a new standard operating procedure (SOP) issued…
