Chandigarh: Family members of a 20-year-old road accident victim from Ambala gave two terminally ill patients a second lease of life by donating his organs at PGI. Karan, a Class XII student from Ram Dass Nagar, Ambala City, was fatally injured in a road accident on April 28 while crossing the street. Despite intensive medical…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: The city witnessed peaceful and incident-free polling during the MC elections on Sunday, with heavy police deployment and strict security arrangements ensuring smooth conduct of voting across the district.The polling process remained largely peaceful throughout the day, barring a minor stray incident, and no major untoward situation was reported from any part…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: An electrician was found dead in the forest area of Sector 38 on Sunday morning. He had been missing since Saturday noon. Police have not found any suicide note at the crime scene and they suspect that he overdosed on drugs. The exact cause of death will be revealed after the postmortem.The…
Chandigarh: A Punjab and Haryana high court advocate was allegedly duped of Rs 85,000 by a caller posing as a bank employee, police said. A case has been registered at the cyber police station, and efforts are on to trace the accused. No arrests have been made so far.According to the complaint, Kirpal Singh Thakur,…
Panchkula: While most polling booths in the sectors saw thin crowds, those in rural and colony areas witnessed heavy turnout. Long queues were seen at a polling booth in Sector 17, where residents of Rajiv and Indira colonies cast their votes. At a polling booth in ward 8, some voters had to wait for nearly…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: UT Police arrested a man sitting in a private car wearing an Indian Air Force (IAF) uniform from near the gate of the Air Force station, Sector 31. Police said the accused, Sumit Kumar, is a resident of Hoshiarpur, Punjab.The complainant, Flight Lieutenant Manish Deo Singh, station security officer, Main Gate 3BRD,…
Panchkula: Reflecting strong faith in the democratic process, many elderly citizens defied age-related issues to cast their votes in the MC election on Sunday.“This could be my last poll, please take me to the polling booth this time,” said 93-year-old Bharto Devi to her family members. Bharto, a resident of Billa village, could not go…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: UT Police filed a case against four women for allegedly assaulting a police team, obstructing them from discharging their duty and forcibly freeing a suspect from police custody.In his complaint, sub-inspector Jaswinder Singh of the Anti Narcotics Task Force, Sector 11, said he was patrolling Sector 28 with his team, when they…
Bathinda: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday evening that the state’s peace and communal harmony are sacrosanct and will never be allowed to be disturbed.Addressing a “Lok Milni” programme at Saahib Chand village in the Gidderbaha constituency of Muktsar, the CM asserted that divisive forces seeking to polarise the state would never succeed.Addressing…
Hisar: A 46-year-old mason who had been missing for several days was allegedly murdered by his son and buried in a vacant plot in Barwala to conceal the crime, police said on Sunday.The body of Kulwant, a resident of Ravidas Nagar, was recovered from a plot near a colony behind a gas agency on Daulatpur…
