Chd proposes 50% rate for freehold conversion Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has proposed charging approximately 50% of the existing collector rate to convert allotted leasehold industrial and commercial properties into freehold.The administration sent the proposal to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) last week for consideration and approval. This followed a ground survey and financial…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: A fruit vendor died after a speeding motorcycle carrying two youths allegedly rammed into the handcart he was pushing with his wife on a slip road in Raipur Khurd village, Chandigarh on the night of Sept 9.The impact caused the cart to overturn, leaving the vendor, Ran Singh, trapped underneath. He lost…
Pakistan Sikh leader Mahinderpal Singh Amritsar: A prominent Pakistani Sikh functionary and former parliamentary secretary, Mahinderpal Singh, has censured the stopping of a Sikh jatha from boarding a flight to Sharjah for its onward journey to India for a pilgrimage to Hemkund Sahib.He said such an incident had never occurred since Pakistan’s creation in 1947…
Fazilka: Fazilka police apprehended three youths and recovered two Glock pistols, four live rounds, and 50 grams of heroin on Friday along the Fazilka-Ferozepur Road.Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gagan Ajit Singh stated that on Sept 11, a patrolling team led by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ramesh Kumar spotted three men standing near a Hero…
Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon Chandigarh: BJP and Congress functionaries on Sunday targeted the AAP-led Punjab govt over allegations of delays in funds and ration for mid-day meals and Anganwadi centres.Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon claimed cooking funds had been pending for months in around 1,435 primary and middle schools in Jalandhar, forcing…
Fazilka: A 29-year-old veterinarian was found murdered with severe head and facial injuries inside an unoccupied house in Abohar town of Punjab’s Fazilka district Sunday morning.Farm workers spotted the body of Dr Amandeep Singh, a resident of Gidranwali village, inside the vacant property surrounded by fields. The house belongs to a local, who is currently…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: Angered over his wife staying at her parental home, a man allegedly barged into his mother-in-law’s house in Sector 15 and attacked her with a chopper on Sept 10 night.The woman suffered multiple blows to her head and fell to the floor, bleeding profusely. Her daughter, Shikha, alerted police, following which a…
A CCTV grab of the firing at the house of a Punjabi singer in a Barnala village Bathinda: Three masked assailants fired at least six shots at the home of Punjabi singer Gulab Sidhu in Pharwahi village, Barnala district, early Sunday. No injuries were reported.CCTV footage captured the attack at 1:33 a.m. The bullets hit…
Fazilka: An explosion was reported on the premises of the Jalalabad City police station in Punjab’s Fazilka district around 2am on Sunday.Fazilka superintendent of police Satinder Kumar said the cause of the blast would only be revealed once the forensic report was available. He said the police were thoroughly investigating every aspect of the case.Such…
Ludhiana: Police killed two suspected hitmen in an encounter Sunday afternoon, intercepting them just one km from a memorial event they were allegedly sent to attack in Ludhiana.Police commissioner Swapan Sharma said the two, identified as Karanjot Singh alias Nona and Sandeep Singh, both from Amritsar, were sent by wanted gangsters Balwinder Singh alias Dony…
