Power related demands The sun rise through electrical poles of power grid at Nunna village near Vijayawada on Wednesday. pic: Mahesh G. Chandigarh: Industrial consumers on Monday voiced serious concerns about rising electricity bills and billing-related issues during a meeting with officials of Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL) in Industrial Area, Phase-II.During the discussions, industrialists…
Times News NetworkMohali: A local court has denied bail to Rohit Kumar, one of the accused in the kidnapping and murder of 23‑year‑old Mithali, whose body was recovered from the fields near Banur earlier this year.Rohit, 20, a resident of Banur, had sought regular bail after being named by Zirakpur police in the case. After…
Times News NetworkMohali: During a meeting of panthic and farmer organisations convened on Monday at the call of Quami Insaf Morcha, participants deliberated upon political, social and religious issues concerning Punjab. The gathering concluded with a unanimous resolution to launch a large-scale public movement to address what leaders described as pressing concerns facing the state.Announcing…
Chandigarh: Shuvam Devgan emerged as the frontrunner in the Punjab Youth Congress organisational elections, securing 1,60,154 votes and edging past his nearest rival, Gagandeep Singh, by a margin of 3,883 votes in the race for the state president’s post.According to the results announced on Monday, Gagandeep Singh polled 1,56,271 votes, while Karanvir Singh Dhillon finished…
Shimla: Thousands of mid-day meal workers staged a protest here on Monday under the banner of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)-affiliated Mid-Day Meal Workers Union.The protesters claimed that around 21,000 mid-day meal workers received Rs 5,000 each per month, with no increase in their remuneration for the last 17 years. They demanded Rs…
Chandigarh: A special CBI court in Panchkula on Monday remanded suspended IAS officer Ram Kumar Singh and deputy superintendent (development and panchayats) Prince Sharma to judicial custody in connection with the alleged embezzlement of over Rs 79.6 crore in the IDFC First Bank-AU Small Finance Bank fraud case.The two were arrested by the CBI on…
Chandigarh: The Punjab cabinet on Monday approved amendments to the state’s capital subsidy and investment incentive guidelines, aiming to simplify subsidy disbursement and give a boost to industrial development.The amendments to the guidelines issued on Nov 13, 2019, are intended to streamline the process of releasing capital subsidies, improve administrative efficiency and ensure uniform implementation…
Amritsar: The Sehajdhari Sikh Party (SSP) has urged the Akal Takht to reconsider its June 15 edict summoning all of Punjab’s Sikh MLAs, ministers and assembly speaker, arguing that the directive could raise constitutional questions by conflicting with legislators’ privileges under Article 194 of the Constitution.Party chief president Paramjit Singh Ranu said they had written…
Jalandhar: A young woman from Jalandhar, who faced very harsh conditions in Oman and returned home through the efforts of Rajya Sabha member Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, claimed she saw many girls from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and India living in extremely poor conditions.According to her, girls were being sold from one employer to another…
Fatehgarh Sahib: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said the financial assistance under the Maavan Dheeyan Satkar Yojna may not make women “rich”, but would give them “dignity, self-respect and confidence”. Addressing a Lok Milni programme after inaugurating development works in Chanarthal Kalan village of Fatehgarh Sahib constituency, he reiterated that the first instalment…
