Farmers block Rampura-Maur road at Mandi kalan village in Bathinda By: Gurvinder SinghCHANDIGARH: Punjab’s power crisis continued on Sunday, with power minister Tarunpreet Singh Sond saying the state was receiving 1,051 MW less than its share from the Central Power Pool.He urged the Centre to ensure Punjab gets its full allocation, saying uninterrupted supply was…
PANCHKULA: Three people, including a woman, were killed and two others seriously injured after their Swift car and a truck collided near Tabar village in Raipur Rani late Sunday night.The truck driver has been arrested from the spot.According to the Panchkula police, the accident took place around midnight near Tabar village. Five people — four…
Sonipat: A 25-year-old delivery executive was killed, and two of his friends were injured after the motorcycle they were riding crashed into a road divider on the Murthal road in Sonipat during the early hours of Sunday.Sumit, a resident of Sandal Kalan village, was riding the motorcycle when it reportedly rammed into a divider around…
Haryana education minister Mahipal Dhanda Sonipat: Haryana education minister Mahipal Dhanda on Sunday said the month-long ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ to highlight Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 25 years of public service would reach villages, neighbourhoods, schools, social, and religious organisations, and every polling booth.Addressing a news conference, Dhanda said a total of 12 programmes, including ‘Aashirwad…
Panchkula: A total of 4,250 auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws have been verified and issued unique identity stickers under a special verification campaign being conducted by Panchkula Police.Under the drive, all auto-rickshaws and e-rickshaws operating in the district are being verified and issued departmental identity stickers. DCP (crime and traffic) Amrinder Singh said police had obtained data…
Police personnel with the seizure Gurdaspur: Gurdaspur police, in coordination with a central agency, claimed on Sunday to have foiled a cross-border arms smuggling module and arrested five persons after a hot pursuit.Aditya, the senior superintendent of police, told mediapersons that police also seized six pistols, including a 9 mm Beretta and a 9 mm…
Tandi, where Chandra and Bhaga river meet to form Chenab Kullu: Environmentalists and locals in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti are opposing the proposed Rs 2,352-crore Chenab-Beas link hydro project, warning it risks triggering catastrophic flooding in an ecologically fragile region.The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) project entails constructing a 19-metre concrete barrage near Koksar on Chandra…
wailing family members of infant who died of drowning in Mohali Mohali: A two-year-old boy, Deva, drowned after rainwater flooded his rented accommodation at a low-lying area in Kharar on Sunday, turning a spell of heavy rain into a tragedy for his family.Sources said the toddler was sleeping on a low cot inside the house…
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Chandigarh: Rival camps in Punjab Congress appeared on the same page on Sunday, with state president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and Jalandhar MP and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi backing party in-charge Sachin Pilot’s Sep 15 protest march over Gulzar Singh’s death and the drug issue.Warring, speaking…
Analogue paneer Suspected analogue paneer seized in Zirakpur; 40 kg consignment intercepted. Packed in vehicle, reportedly headed from Derabassi to Chandigarh; samples sent to lab, report expected in 14 days. In a suspected case of illegal analogue paneer being transported for supply in the Tricity, the Health Department intercepted a vehicle and seized around 40…
