Himachal Pradesh education minister Rohit Thakur Shimla: Despite Himachal Pradesh claiming the country’s best pupil-teacher ratio of 1:10 in govt schools, 150 schools are functioning without a teacher and nearly 3,500 with a single teacher, education minister Rohit Thakur told the assembly on Wednesday.Replying during zero hour to BJP MLA Reena Kashyap, Thakur said 600…
Chandigarh: The CBI on Wednesday filed its third chargesheet in the ₹593-crore Haryana govt funds misappropriation case, naming 19 suspects, including six IAS officers, four bank officials and nine other state govt officials. The number of those chargesheeted in the case has risen to 37.The IAS officers named in the chargesheet are Mohd Shayin (commissioner…
Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Chandigarh: Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Punjab within the next 10 days, with his tour schedule almost finalised, AICC national media coordinator Hari Shankar Gupta said on Wednesday.A central Congress media delegation reached Chandigarh to coordinate directly with the Punjab unit and held a strategy…
The apprehension has also grown following remarks by SKM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal, who indicated that the Pucca Morcha could continue beyond Sept 7 if talks with the Punjab govt do not take place or fail. Rajewal has also said that the farmers have arrived with ration supplies sufficient for two months. Mohali: The ongoing…
Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon Jalandhar: Punjab BJP president Kewal Dhillon and Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Wednesday targeted the AAP govt over alleged “cash-for-transfers”.Dhillon, citing contentions made by the ED in a report submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court, alleged that a transfer-and-posting racket involving IAS and IPS…
Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta and BJP MP Anurag Thakur pose for a group photograph with students in Hamirpur on Tuesday Shimla: Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta has announced a grant of Rs 5 lakh for the construction of ‘Shaheedi Smarak’ (martyrs’ memorial) in Hamirpur.During his interaction with ex-servicemen, he stressed the need to complete…
The most revealing change may be taking place within the three-wheeler economy. The once-dominant passenger e-rickshaw is losing momentum, even as registrations of larger electric passenger three-wheelers continue to rise. Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s electric-vehicle transition is no longer confined to private cars and scooters. It is beginning to reshape the public-transport system itself — from buses…
Ropar: Taking note of the breach in the berm of the Sirhind canal near Chamkaur Sahib, Ropar deputy commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal has ordered a committee headed by the SDM to conduct a high-level inquiry.On Wednesday, the DC said a survey of the entire Sirhind Canal berm in Rupnagar district had been initiated to prevent recurrence….
BJP functionary H S Phoolka Chandigarh: BJP functionary H S Phoolka on Wednesday accused AAP of “playing politics with the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre” for electoral gains, pointing to the participation of AAP MLA Ram Singh Netaji in a condolence meeting for 1984 riots convict Sajjan Kumar.AAP in Punjab had on Tuesday protested…
A prospective observational follow-up study published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal by Drs Suresh Kumar Angurana, Salu Mahato, Nidhi Chauhan and others evaluated 51 MIS-C survivors between Nov 2024 and Sept 2025 Chandigarh: Nearly three to five years after surviving multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but life-threatening condition following COVID exposure,…
