New Chandigarh: India’s Dhruv Jurel during a practice session ahead of the India-Afghanistan Test match at the PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@BCCI) New Chandigarh: The Punjab Cricket Association’s (PCA) stadium at Mullanpur is set to script history as it prepares to host its first-ever Test match from June…
Organised by Civil Hospital, Sector 6, the event brought together healthcare professionals from multiple states to discuss compliance challenges, institutional responsibilities and workplace safety Panchkula: Health experts from across the country deliberated on the effective implementation of the POSH Act, 2013, at PRAYAS 2026, a national CME-cum-workshop held at the PWD Rest House in Sector…
Tracking Chandigarh’s heat island surge since 2022 Chandigarh: As the city marks World Environment Day, a Panjab University (PU) study has flagged widening thermal contrasts across Chandigarh, with Sector 45 (Burail) emerging as the hottest urban pocket in the latest land surface temperature (LST) mapping, while areas around Sukhna Lake and the city’s green corridors…
Gurdaspur: BJP functionary Vijay Soni has claimed that he narrowly escaped a gun attack at his petrol pump in Gurdaspur late Wednesday night, with the assailants following up the firing with a WhatsApp message demanding Rs 2 crore and warning that the attack was “just a trailer”.Soni, convener of the BJP’s district trade cell, said…
Rewari: The Haryana Human Rights Commission has stepped into the probe of recent factory fire tragedies in Rewari’s industrial belt, seeking reports from five departments and raising concerns over worker safety, compensation and accountability.Taking suo motu cognisance of major fire incidents in Bawal and Dharuhera, the commission observed the matter involved workers’ safety, dignity and…
Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, a 10-time national champion and Asian Games medallist, has passed away at 67 after a battle with lung cancer. CHANDIGARH: Arjuna awardee and former Asian Games medallist Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, one of India’s finest shot putters, passed away here Monday after battling lung cancer. He was 67.A 10-time national champion between 1981…
Narnaul: The police’s cyber crime unit has arrested a sales officer of a private bank for alleged involvement in an online fraud and mobile-hacking racket. The accused, Gaurav, is a resident of Jalandhar in Punjab. He was posted as a sales officer (manager) at the bank’s branch at Phutgal Chowk in Jalandhar.On Dec 27, 2025,…
Kullu: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will leave Dharamshala on June 5 for New Delhi to undergo medical treatment on his left knee, according to a statement issued by his office on Thursday. The statement said that following treatment and recovery, the 90-year-old Buddhist leader is scheduled to travel to Ladakh toward the end…
PANCHKULA: A bomb threat e-mail targeting the Panchkula Mayor’s Office and several prominent temples prompted an immediate security response on Thursday.MC Commissioner Vinay Kumar amd other staff was asked to vacate the premises. Following which, the police carried out checking inside the complex.According to officials, authorities received a threatening e-mail claiming that explosive devices would…
MOHALI: In a major breakthrough against cross-border terror networks, the State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Mohali, has apprehended two associates of a foreign-based terror operative from Mohali and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Thursday.According to the DGP, the operation led to the recovery of…
