Panchkula: Panchkula police Thursday destroyed narcotic substances worth over ₹6.03 crore seized in 105 cases, officials said.The contraband was disposed of at a high-temperature incineration facility in Barwala under the supervision of police commissioner Pankaj Nain.Police said all legal procedures were followed to ensure the seized substances were completely destroyed and could not be misused….
Nandini Sharma set for Lord’s Test debut Chandigarh: Chandigarh pacer Nandini Sharma is on the cusp of realising every cricketer’s dream as she is likely to make her Test debut for India in the one-off women’s Test against England at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground Friday.If named in the playing XI, Nandini will become the…
The appointment has been made by the Judo Federation of India (JFI) with the approval of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s judo fraternity received a major boost with Vivek Thakur, coach at the Sports Complex, Sector 34-C, being appointed coach of the Indian team for the Cadet & Junior Asian Judo Championship…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board has approved a substantial increase in educational assistance for children of registered construction workers, besides introducing cash awards for meritorious students.Under the revised scheme, financial assistance has been enhanced for students from Class I to postgraduate level, with significant increases for those pursuing professional courses…
Chandigarh: After days of keeping its distance from Punjab Congress affairs in charge Bhupesh Baghel, the Charanjit Singh Channi camp on Thursday relented and decided to “collectively” meet him and place their grievances. But they insist Pradesh Congress Committee president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring shouldn’t be at the meeting.Sources say the Channi camp is sticking…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday denied allegations that the Bhagwant Mann govt had approved any proposal for the premature release of convicts in human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra murder case of 1995, asserting that no such file was signed by the state govt and that the matter fell in the jurisdiction…
Chandigarh: Haryana govt has made vigilance clearance mandatory for major service-related matters involving Group A and Group B officers to ensure uniform procedures across departments and promote transparent and accountable governance.The instructions, issued by Haryana chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, provide a standardised framework for obtaining vigilance clearance/no objection certificate (NOC) in specified service matters.The revised…
The city’s surveillance backbone comprises 2,085 CCTV cameras installed under the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC), inaugurated in March 2022 as part of Chandigarh’s Smart City project Chandigarh: In a city known for its network of surveillance cameras and strict traffic enforcement, motorists continued to test the limits of the law at an astonishing…
Mohali: Nearly four years after an auto-rickshaw driver was fatally stabbed in Balongi, a Mohali court has convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment, with forensic DNA evidence emerging as the decisive factor in the case.Additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Kumar on Wednesday sentenced Ravi Sharma to life imprisonment for the murder…
Chandigarh: Punjab’s ambition to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 faces significant hurdles, with the Centre flagging a higher-than-national-average TB burden and gaps in screening, diagnosis, preventive treatment and patient care. It has also raised concerns over maternal mortality, immunisation coverage and non-communicable diseases.The Union ministry of health and family welfare, in the National Health Mission…
