Chandigarh: The average resident of Chandigarh enjoys a significantly higher standard of living than the national average, consuming more water, milk, calories, and electricity, while also recording higher income and more vehicle purchases. However, the UT grapples with greater bureaucratic hurdles and elevated crime rates, according to multiple official data sources.According to the latest NSSO…
Chandigarh: A biker was killed and the woman riding pillion injured when a motorcycle in front of them took a sudden turn, leading to a collision near the roundabout of sectors 39/40/55/56. The deceased is Mandeep, 24, a resident of Ambala, Haryana. Antima Pal, 23, resident of Behlolpur village in Mohali, said Mandeep picked her…
Chandigarh: The city’s Nandani Sharma, 24, has earned her maiden call-up to India’s squad for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales starting June 12. The reality hasn’t fully sunk in yet.“I am so excited, it’s taking me a while to process it,” Nandani says, her voice reflecting incredulity at the achievement….
Panchkula: Police claimed to have busted a well-organised inter-state cyber fraud racket being operated through a fake call centre in Delhi with the arrest of seven individuals.Police said the gang allegedly duped people by posing as officials of insurance companies and collecting money on the pretext of policy maturity dues and taxes.Four of the accused…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation has constituted a water management cell for the city to work on short-term and long-term water sustainability. The cell will focus on detecting non-revenue water — treated water lost before reaching consumers — identifying and resolving low-pressure areas, checking illegal borewells, ensuring the effective functioning of tubewells, and addressing machinery and…
Patiala: The Punjab State Information Commission (PSIC) has issued a showcause notice under Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, to the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the office the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO), Nabha, for continued failure to furnish complete information to an RTI appellant, and warned that a bailable…
Qadian (Gurdaspur): Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, headquartered in Qadian, has issued a strong call for greater focus on scientific education and rational thinking and urged Ahmadi Muslims to engage deeply with modern knowledge systems and challenge misconceptions through evidence-based reasoning.Addressing a large gathering of youth, the global head of the…
Amritsar: Akali Dal Waris Punjab De activists on Saturday organised protests against former Congress minister Sukhjinder Randhawa over his remarks on Amritpal Singh. The party leaders and members gathered in large numbers, raised slogans against Sukhjinder Randhawa and the Congress party. They also carried a symbolic bier before burning his effigy at the District Courts…
Ropar: The entry tax dispute between Punjab and Himachal Pradesh escalated on Saturday, with a group of Nihang Singhs issuing a seven-day ultimatum to the Punjab government, warning they would set up encampments along the inter-state border and impose a reciprocal levy on Himachal-registered vehicles if no action is taken.At a gathering at Moura toll…
Shimla: Leader of the opposition in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Saturday criticised the state govt over reports that nearly 20% of trainee students at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Nursing Institute in Rampur-Khaneri, Shimla district, had been infected with tuberculosis (TB).Thakur termed the situation alarming and blamed the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu dispensation…
