Chandigarh: The Punjab State Information Commission has directed the commissioner of the Amritsar municipal corporation to appear before it and submit a compliance report, while imposing a Rs 25,000 penalty on the public information officer (PIO) for repeatedly ignoring its directions in an RTI case.Information commissioner Harpreet Singh Sandhu passed the order while hearing an…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh govt will hold block-level interaction programmes, named Jan Samvad, from Aug 6 to 8 under its Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana to engage directly with nearly 1.78 lakh ultra-poor families identified across the state.Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the initiative while reviewing the rural development and panchayati raj department. The…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh students from Classes VI to VIII will study the state’s history, geography, economy, dialects, culture and political system under a revamped curriculum to be introduced from the 2027-28 academic session.The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by education minister Rohit Thakur on Thursday to revise school textbooks and give students a…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Punjab govt for opposing the Centre’s proposed cashless settlement of Himachal Pradesh’s long-pending dues from the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), asking it to clarify its stand within two weeks.A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant was informed by the Centre that it had…
Patiala: Having travelled from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to Patiala in Punjab, 68-year-old Sundari broke down on seeing the son she had searched for over 23 years. Overcome with emotion, she bent down to touch Prakasam’s feet.Prakasam, or Prakash, had walked out of his Coimbatore home at 16 in 2003 after a quarrel with his…
Rewari: Six people suffered burn injuries, two of them critically, after an LPG cylinder allegedly exploded during a refilling operation inside a rented premises in Dharuhera town of Haryana’s Rewari district on Wednesday. The powerful blast ripped through a room, shattered a wall and hurled the cylinder into an adjoining grocery shop, triggering panic in…
Panchkula: The Panchkula welfare association (Sector 8) has urged the district administration to regulate street vendors and order an impartial inquiry into municipal corporation-run vending zones, citing security concerns and alleged irregularities.In a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, the association said many vendors, including those operating handcarts, tractor-trolleys and “jugaad” vehicles, were functioning without adequate…
Panchkula: Eligible voters in Panchkula can file claims and objections, correct errors in electoral rolls and apply for inclusion in the voter list till Aug 30 under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Hearings on claims and objections will be held from July 31 to Aug 30. Voters whose names, parents’ names or other details contain…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Congress Thursday held two meetings to discuss organisational expansion, preparations for the coming municipal corporation elections and key civic issues affecting the city.Party leaders resolved to strengthen the organisation at the booth level and intensify public outreach in their respective areas. Workers were asked to focus on local issues and take the…
Chandigarh: Cyber fraudsters duped four city residents of nearly Rs 14 lakh in separate online scams using fake gas account update requests and a fraudulent e-challan payment link.Two senior citizens lost over Rs 9.8 lakh after callers posing as Adani Gas officials asked them to download APK files and make nominal verification payments. Another resident…
