Chandigarh

Chandigarh: A highly successful medical volunteering initiative that slashed patient wait times at one of India’s premier medical institutes is being expanded to other major regional hospitals after winning central govt’s backing.The Govt Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, will replicate the ‘Project Sarathi’ model that the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and…

Chandigarh: The region’s premier medical institute has drawn sharp internal criticism for busing hundreds of school students across fuel-intensive mountain terrains for an outreach programme, defying its own digital infrastructure and regional fuel-conservation directives.The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) transported 837 students and 71 teachers from remote districts of Himachal Pradesh…

Before moving the files from the Smart City building, the MC filmed the entire collection process to maintain a strict chain of custody and ensure no documents were misplaced. Chandigarh: The municipal corporation has handed over comprehensive financial records and employee dossiers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to assist in its ongoing probe…

Chandigarh: Excessive screen time is normalising alcohol use and driving risky sexual behaviour among teenagers. These are the findings of a medical study into adolescent digital habits.Researchers from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) reached 85 students at Shri Jainendra Gurukul Senior Secondary School in Panchkula, delivering a targeted behavioural intervention…

Chandigarh: Congress MP from Gurdaspur, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, on Friday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party govt in Punjab over misuse of “drug census”. He alleged that crores of rupees were being wasted on the exercise, which had nothing to do with any genuine anti-drug campaign.“The entire exercise is nothing more than a political survey aimed…

Chandigarh: A day after the arrest of Baljit Singh in an alleged espionage case linked to Pakistan-based handlers, Pathankot police on Friday arrested a shopkeeper for allegedly facilitating the installation of a CCTV camera used to monitor the movement of Army and paramilitary forces along the Pathankot-Jammu highway.Ankit Sharma, a resident of Firozpur Kalan village…

Bathinda: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday appealed to voters to back the party in the upcoming municipal elections, asserting that only the SAD can steer Punjab back to a path of progress and prosperity.Addressing a gathering at the residence of late legislator Raghbir Singh in Gidderbaha, Sukhbir launched a sharp…

Bathinda: Thirty-one inmates escaped from a govt de-addiction and rehabilitation centre at Jhaner village in Moga’s Dharamkot subdivision after a scuffle with a security guard during dinner on Monday.Police said the inmates pushed aside the guard and fled through the main gate when it was opened to serve food.Some of those who escaped were facing…

SONIPAT: A tragic incident at Haryana Sports University in Sonipat’s Rai, has raised serious concerns over campus safety after a postgraduate diploma student allegedly drowned in the university’s swimming pool on Thursday night.The deceased has been identified as Nishant Gautam, a resident of Palwal, who was pursuing a final-year PG Diploma in Cricket at the…

Hisar: A Fatehabad court on Wednesday sentenced a man to five-year rigorous imprisonment in a 2021 snatching case and awarded another one-year imprisonment for destruction of evidence. Additional district and sessions judge Navendu Jain also fined the convict, Rajvinder of Nangla village in Fatehabad, Rs 27,000. Police said Rajvinder had snatched a purse containing a…