ED arrests builder for CLU fraud in Mohali; lens on Gmada top brass | Chandigarh News

Jalandhar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jalandhar, on Friday night arrested Punjab-based builder Ajay Sehgal in a money laundering case linked to forged consent letters allegedly used to obtain change of land use (CLU) permissions for a real-estate project in Mohali.Sehgal, secretary of Indian Cooperative House Building Society, was on Saturday produced before a Mohali court,…

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Used only in Ch1Heat crisis deepens in North: Longer spells, rising night temps | Chandigarh News

Bathinda: India’s heat crisis is turning more relentless, more humid, and harder to escape, extending beyond searing afternoons into uncomfortably warm nights. Over the past decade, a clear pattern has emerged — the country’s summers are not just getting hotter, but increasingly more hazardous, a new study by research-based consultancy Climate Trends has found.Released on…

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Heat wave frequency across core heat wave zone comprising Punjab, Haryana increased by 0.1 days per decade | Chandigarh News

India’s summers are becoming dangerously hotter and more humid, with heatwaves increasing in frequency and duration. BATHINDA: India’s heat crisis is becoming more relentless, more humid, and increasingly inescapable, stretching beyond scorching afternoons into dangerously warm nights. The past decade is increasingly showing a clear trend that country’s summers are becoming not just hotter, but…

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Cricket coaching student drowns in Haryana sports varsity pool; kin allege murder | Chandigarh News

Sonipat: Nishant Gautam, a 30-year-old pursuing post-graduate (PG) diploma in cricket coaching at Haryana Sports University in Rai, Sonipat, drowned in a swimming pool on the campus Thursday night. His family has alleged murder. Police have launched an investigation.The incident occurred around 8:30 pm when Gautam, who belonged to Palwal, entered the pool after a…

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7 members of Pardi gang held after gunfight | Chandigarh News

Mahendergarh: Haryana Police claimed to have busted a notorious interstate Pardi Gulel gang following a late-night gunfight in Mahendergarh, arresting seven alleged members involved in a string of serious crimes across multiple states.The operation, led by Mahendergarh superintendent of police Deepak, involved joint teams of the CIA units from Narnaul and Mahendergarh along with the…

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Transporters’ strike disrupts supply chain in Sonipat | Chandigarh News

Sonipat: The effect of the three-day transporters’ strike across the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) became more visible on Friday, with thousands of trucks remaining off the roads in Sonipat and adjoining districts, severely disrupting goods transportation and supply chains.The agitation against the implementation of environment compensation charges (ECC) and restrictions on BS-4 vehicles in…

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Centre must share ‘extraordinary’ RBI dividend with states: Cheema | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday raised serious concerns over the Centre taking an “unprecedented” dividend of nearly Rs 2.87 lakh crore from the Reserve Bank of India, warning that excessive extraction of RBI reserves could weaken the country’s long-term economic resilience and undermine the strength of the central bank.Referring to reports…

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