Chandigarh: Haryana has completed all 773 rural road projects sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), covering 8,111 km at an estimated cost of Rs 3,718 crore, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session.Replying to a question by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Bhatia, the Union ministry of rural development…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh govt has approved the implementation of the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for the procurement of processing-grade mangoes, citrus fruits and c-grade apples during 2026, ensuring assured prices and market support to fruit growers. The procurement will be conducted through the Himachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC), with Himachal…
Rewari: The Rewari District Bar Association on Monday warned of a statewide boycott of judicial work if the Haryana govt failed to act on its demand for the transfer of the local SDM, as lawyers’ strike entered its eighth day.The association has announced a protest march through Rewari on Tuesday, after which it will decide…
Shimla: The police have registered two separate cases under the NDPS Act following a major operation against illegal cannabis cultivation in Dodra Kwar area of Rohru region. In the first case, police found 1,550 cannabis plants growing on a land allegedly in the possession ofone Surya Dev of Dhandrawadi village. While 1,530 plants were destroyed,…
Bathinda: Inspired by the Cockroach Janta Party’s anti-paper-leak protests, the Youth Akali Dal and Students Organisation of India (SOI) held a sit-in at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) in Faridkot on Monday, demanding the resignations of Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains and health minister Balbir Singh. The protesters alleged the July 19…
Pathankot: Security was tightened across Pathankot on Monday after threatening emails claiming planned IED blasts at the municipal corporation (MC) office, a school and other sensitive installations prompted police to launch extensive searches.The emails, received at three locations in the district, triggered precautionary checks. No suspicious object or explosive material was found.SSP Daljinder Singh Dhillon…
Chandigarh: Punjab will introduce a bill in the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly to pave the way for digital universities, with edtech platform Physics Wallah set to establish the state’s first such institution, education minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Monday. The minister said the proposed legislation will enable the establishment of AI-driven digital…
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon on Monday slammed the AAP-led govt over the “deteriorating law and order situation” in the state, citing the petrol bomb attack on the BJP office in Sangrur and a similar attack on a house in Patiala. He questioned the govt’s ability to ensure the safety of people.“The daily…
Amritsar: A devastating fire has destroyed Gurdwara Dashmesh Darbar in Virginia, north of Adelaide, Australia, causing over $1 million in damage.Emergency services were alerted around 9:40pm on Sunday, prompting a massive response. Approximately 60 firefighters and 20 trucks from the Country Fire Service responded, supported by the Metropolitan Fire Service, SA Ambulance Service, SA Police…
New Delhi/Shimla: The Supreme Court Monday directed immediate transfer of Kullu deputy commissioner Anurag Chander Sharma, superintendent of police Madan Lal and sub-divisional magistrate Nishant Kumar by agreeing with Himachal Pradesh high court that had ordered their transfers along for failing to maintain public order by not preventing large-scale rave parties in Kasol from June…
