Amritsar: An abandoned vehicle with suspicious items was found in Chheharta, 9km from the site of the blast that took place in Amritsar’s Khasa neighbourhood on Tuesday night.Shopkeepers said the vehicle, parked outside a shop, contained wires, pipes and drum-like objects, and its roof appeared partially cut. Suspecting foul play, they alerted police.A local shopkeeper…
Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Wednesday said the state DGP had not attributed the recent low-intensity blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar to Pakistan’s ISI, stressing that the investigation was still at an early stage.“The DGP did not say that. He said the probe into the blasts is at an initial stage. Forensic…
Bathinda: Punjab govt has put on hold its April 7 decision to increase crop loan limits for farmers by 53%, following objections from cooperative banks, and will continue with last year’s rates for now.State govt had recently raised the per-acre loan amount for paddy from Rs 25,400 to Rs 39,000 under the scale of finance…
Chandigarh: A political war erupted in Punjab after chief minister Bhagwant Mann accused the BJP of attempting to turn the state into a “laboratory of fear and violence” ahead of assembly elections early next year, alleging that the twin blasts in Amritsar and Jalandhar were part of a “deliberate strategy” to destabilise the state following…
Chandigarh: Blaming the Centre for the shortage of storage space for food grains in the state, Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Wednesday claimed that the required number of special trains for transporting wheat grain had not been deployed, resulting in a “glut-like” situation in mandis.The minister said the…
Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has objected to ‘unnecessary questioning’ of devotees visiting the Parikrama of Golden Temple by some vloggers and media personnel. In a statement issued here on Wednesday, SGPC chief secretary Kulwant Singh Mannan said that lakhs of devotees visit Golden Temple every day with devotion. ” During this time, questioning…
Amritsar/Jalandhar: Back-to-back explosions near security installations in Punjab have triggered panic, raised fresh security concerns and put agencies on high alert. Within three hours of a blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters in Jalandhar, a powerful explosion occurred near the Army cantonment in the Khasa area of Amritsar around 11 pm on Tuesday. Officials…
Panchkula: The upcoming municipal corporation elections in Panchkula are witnessing no or subdued presence from the INLD and the JJP, both of which stem from Chaudhary Devi Lal’s clan, that was once a dominant political force in Haryana.The JJP, which last time contested Panchkula civic body elections in alliance with the BJP, has completely stayed…
Kullu: Amid allegations of environmental damage and regulatory violations, Dinesh Butail, a prominent tea grower from Palampur, has disclosed to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the hydroelectricity project he owned in Kasol had been transferred to a new firm.In an affidavit submitted recently to the NGT, Butail stated that the Grahan Kasol hydro project…
Hisar: A 26-year-old assistant lineman (ALM) died after being electrocuted while repairing a power line in HSVP Sector on Tuesday. Aman, a resident of Dadri village, was working as an ALM for the past two- to two-and-a-half years.According to initial reports, Aman, along with two other employees, went to attend to a fault in the…
