Chandigarh: The Centre has allowed relaxation in uniform specifications of wheat for central pool procurement during the ongoing rabi marketing season in Punjab and Chandigarh following crop damage due to recent untimely rains.The limit of lustre loss wheat has been relaxed up to 70%, shrivelled and broken grains up to 15% (against the existing 6%),…
Chandigarh: The department of general surgery, PGI has seen a comeback for its bariatric program. After recording zero cases in 2024, the department successfully performed three high-impact Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomies in 2025.However, this surgical comeback arrives at a crossroads. As PGI scales its programme, the global medical community is debating whether the “scalpel” will soon…
Did you know that Chandigarh’s beloved Panjab University owes much of its striking architectural legacy to the ingenuity and creativity of architect B P Mathur? He ably supported Pierre Jeanneret in this massive enterprise, contributing to the sculptural Gandhi Bhawan, the iconic library and administrative buildings. Individually, he designed landmarks like the Students Centre, Museum…
Chandigarh: The UT administration, in a compliance report submitted with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), claimed that all waste water discharge points into local choes have been intercepted, with routine inspections and repairs being carried out to maintain compliance.So far, 17 discharge points into Sukhna Choe, 19 into N-Choe and six into Patiala Ki Rao…
Panchkula: Despite the traffic police issuing a large number of challans in Panchkula, recovery of fines remains abysmally low, raising concerns over the effectiveness of enforcement measures.Traffic police data shows that challans worth Rs 2.95 crore were issued in the first three months of this year alone, but only Rs 2.02 lakh has been deposited…
Times News Network Chandigarh: Less than a month after the UT informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the Dadumajra dump had almost been cleared and would be fully cleaned by the first week of April, the administration on Friday pushed the deadline to the first week of May, citing unseasonal rain.The division bench…
Chandigarh: An NRI has filed a complaint against Ribhav Rishi, a manager with IDFC First Bank who has been arrested in connection with a Rs 116-crore scam linked to the Chandigarh municipal corporation, accusing him of embezzling Rs 1 crore from her bank account.The complainant, Taranjit Kaur Bains (77), a resident of Greater London, United…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre after the Enforcement Directorate raided the residence of state industries and power minister Sanjeev Arora, accusing the ruling party of using central agencies to intimidate non-BJP governments and throttle democracy ahead of elections.Addressing a press conference, Mann alleged that the…
Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet on Friday approved changes to the reservation roster for electing chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of zila parishads and panchayat samitis and sarpanches in panchayats.Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema said the decision follows the boundaries of the blocks in six districts being changed, which legally allows them to change the roster. “The changes…
Amritsar: Kicked out of her home and chained to a porch for days, 75-year-old Prerana Devi could finally move her frail body on Friday, after she was unchained by her family. However, except for the removal of chains, little had changed despite the Punjab State Women Commission taking note — she continued to live outside…
