Gurdaspur SSP said the premises of both schools were sanitised Gurdaspur: Two reputed schools in Punjab’s Gurdaspur town on Wednesday received bomb threat emails, prompting police to launch an extensive search operation. No explosive materials or suspicious objects were found.Both schools remained open and routine academic activities continued uninterrupted.Sources said administrative and security agencies were…
INSO leaders pledged to persist in their protests until their demands are acknowledged and acted upon. CHANDIGARH: The Indian National Student Organisation (INSO), the student wing founded by Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), on Wednesday demanded the restoration of student union elections in Haryana, the setting up of a fee regulation commission to curb “arbitrary” fee…
Two brothers were shot dead following a road rage incident in Tarn Taran Tarn Taran: Two brothers were allegedly shot dead after a minor collision between a car and a tractor on a narrow village road in Tarn Taran district late Tuesday evening.Surendra Lamba, senior superintendent of police, Tarn Taran, said on Wednesday that the…
Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, along with BJP state president Rajiv Bindal and party MLAs and workers, raises slogans during a protest outside the Chief Minister’s official residence, Oak Over, in Shimla on Wednesday Shimla: Himachal Pradesh BJP on Wednesday launched a statewide agitation against the Congress govt, accusing it of political vendetta,…
Mohali: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 45 immovable properties worth Rs 999.6 crore as part of its money laundering probe into the alleged Rs 48,000 crore PACL collective investment scam.The properties, located at Rani Khera, Ghewra and Hira Kudna in Delhi, belong to Worldwide Real Estate Pvt Ltd, Worldwide Housing Project Pvt…
A 50-year-old man was bludgeoned in Yamunanagar Yamunanagar: A 50-year-old property dealer was bludgeoned to death on a busy road in Yamunanagar on Wednesday, with the assailant fleeing on a motorcycle.The victim, Shiv Kumar of Bhagwangarh village in Buria, had just stepped out of his car on Santpura Gurdwara Sahib Road when a motorcycle-borne attacker…
For the Rs 1,540-crore Chandigarh-Baddi rail line, funded equally by the Centre and the state, Himachal has paid Rs 348 crore against its Rs 549-crore share, leaving Rs 201 crore outstanding. Expenditure on the project stands at Rs 1,099 crore Shimla: Delays by the Himachal Pradesh govt in depositing its Rs 2,264-crore share are slowing…
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Wednesday approved a proposal to engage IIT Roorkee to prepare a detailed scientific report on linking the Tons basin with the Saraswati basin, and devising a sustainable groundwater management plan, in a key decision aimed at ensuring perennial flow in the Saraswati River and boosting groundwater recharge. Chairing a meeting…
Haryana labour and transport minister Anil Vij in Ambala on Wednesday Ambala: Haryana labour and transport minister Anil Vij on Wednesday took a swipe at AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal over his reported opposition to E-20 petrol, saying the former Delhi chief minister had made opposing everything “a habit”.Responding to a question from reporters, Vij said,…
Punjab Police successfully neutralized two ISI-affiliated terror groups. One group’s sinister intentions included orchestrating an attack on Jantar Mantar CHANDIGARH: One of the two ISI-backed cross-border terror modules recently busted by Punjab Police had allegedly planned to target Delhi’s Jantar Mantar during the recent student protests, with some of its members travelling to the protest…
