Dharamshala: Seventeen first-time members have been elected to the 45-member 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, according to results declared by the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration on Wednesday following the successful completion of the two rounds of the 2025–26 general election.The preliminary and final elections were held on Feb 1 and April 26 across 27…
Batala: The Punjab Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three persons linked to a foreign-based fugitive gangster Happy Jatt from the Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal as they attempted to flee to Bhutan.Gaurav Yadav, director general of police (DGP), said the “Operation Nest Wrecker” was jointly carried out by the Anti-Gangster Task Force, Punjab,…
Dishita humanities topper in Chandigarh Tricity Chandigarh: From the son of a Chandigarh Police head constable studying in a govt school to the daughter of an Army officer balancing academics with poetry and coding, Tricity students from diverse backgrounds delivered stellar performances in the CBSE Class 12 examinations this year.The Humanities stream saw Anushka Malik…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Riding on an aggressive campaign led by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, the BJP swept the Panchkula municipal corporation polls, retaining the mayor’s post and significantly improving its tally in ward seats.BJP’s mayoral candidate Sham Lal Bansal (71) defeated Congress’s…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Fresh from a landslide victory in the mayoral polls, Sham Lal Bansal credited the BJP leadership for the win while blaming Congress’s “internal factionalism” for its poor showing. In an interaction with TOI, the newly elected mayor said sustained grassroots connect…
Simreet Kaur of Government Senior Secondary School, Majatri, topped Mohali district by securing 487 marks out of 500, or 97.4 per cent, in the humanities stream Mohali: Mohali emerged among the top-performing districts in Punjab in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. The district…
Chandigarh: Two days after PM Narendra Modi said the Centre was shielding farmers from rising fertiliser prices, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday met Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to seek uninterrupted fertiliser supply ahead of next month’s paddy sowing season. He later met Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari to…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday met Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and sought his intervention for the denotification of certain hybrid paddy seeds to ensure smooth procurement and lifting operations in Punjab during the forthcoming kharif season, while seeking uninterrupted supply of fertilisers.Mann also pitched for Punjab’s representation in the Central…
Chandigarh: Three girls secured 100% marks in the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class XII exams on Wednesday. Supneet Kaur from Mansa, a science student, secured the first position, while Suhani Chauhan and Diwanshi, both humanities students from Ludhiana, bagged the second and third positions, respectively. All three scored 500 out of 500 marks.The state’s…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh police arrested a person with heroin from Sector 26 on Tuesday.Cops said the accused, identified as Baljit alias Chitta of Bapudham Colony, was arrested by a patrolling police team near the Timber market in Sector 26.Though Baljit tried to flee after noticing the cops, but cops chased him down. During checking, cops…
