Chandigarh: Haryana’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) fell to 900 girls per 1,000 boys in Jan-Jun 2026, the state’s worst figure in eight years.Haryana is the state from where PM Narendra Modi had launched the Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao campaign in Jan 2015.SRB in Haryana was 923 in 2025 and 910 in 2024, with several…
Chandigarh: Haryana recorded 6,480 road accidents and 3,059 deaths in 2025, the highest in the seven years since 2019, according to data tabled in the state assembly on Monday.The figures, furnished in response to an unstarred question by Congress MLA Aditya Surjewala, show that deaths in road accidents have remained high despite efforts to identify…
Chandigarh: Haryana’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) fell to 900 girls per 1,000 boys in Jan-Jun 2026, the state’s worst figure in eight years.Haryana is the state from where PM Narendra Modi had launched the Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao campaign in Jan 2015.SRB in Haryana was 923 in 2025 and 910 in 2024, with several…
Bathinda: The four-month-long Southwest monsoon remained subdued across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh through the first three months, with Punjab recording the highest rainfall deficit of 36%, contributing to continued hot and humid conditions.Till the morning of Aug 31, Punjab received 230.5 mm rain against the normal 362.1 mm, Haryana 283.4 mm against 349.9 mm,…
Mohali/Chandigarh: People travelling between Mohali and Chandigarh, especially those heading to the airport, could face a harrowing week starting Tuesday as the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) launches a seven-day agitation from Sept 1, with a proposed blockade at the Jagatpura-Chandigarh border to press the Punjab govt to accept its demands.The protest is expected to put…
Chandigarh recorded an average maximum temperature of 34.5°C, the highest since 2020 Chandigarh: August ended on an unusual weather note for Chandigarh, with the city recording its highest average maximum temperature in six years and its lowest average minimum temperature in 16 years. The month was also relatively drier, with rainfall 13% below normal, the…
The MC’s proposal to construct a fairground on 24 acres at the Sector 20 mango grove near Kundi village has not gone down well with residents. Panchkula: The MC’s proposal to construct a fairground on 24 acres at the Sector 20 mango grove near Kundi village has not gone down well with residents.Mayor Sham Lal…
HC building forms part of Chandigarh’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Capitol Complex designed by Le Corbusier Chandigarh: The long-pending expansion of the Punjab and Haryana high court is set to move to the international stage, with the proposed development plan scheduled to be considered at a conference in Belgium in Nov under the aegis of the…
Bathinda: Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has conceded that while the Aam Aadmi Party govt fulfilled all the guarantees extended to the people, it could not deliver on its promise of eliminating the drug menace.“Saaria guarantteea pooria ho geiya pat main matava, bhaina vich khade ho ke kahna hai ke chitte wali guarantee sadde…
Chandigarh: Haryana Police is set to institutionalise artificial intelligence (AI) in policing, with an IPS-led AI Task Force driving technology-based investigations, particularly in cybercrime and financial fraud.The initiative comes amid the growing use of technology by criminals and increasing volumes of digital evidence, banking transactions, mobile records and online activity that investigators have to analyse.DGP…
