Chandigarh: Congress MLA and former IAS officer Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal on Monday accused both the Punjab and central govts of failing farmers, alleging that erratic power supply and shortage of fertilisers were hurting paddy cultivation.Dhaliwal said that despite the Punjab government’s claim of surplus electricity, farmers were not getting power during the scheduled hours for…
Ferozepur: Police, with the help of a cow vigilante group, on Monday busted an illegal slaughterhouse being run under the guise of a knacker’s yard in the Basti Nizamdin area of Ferozepur. The cops recovered a large quantity of beef, along with deep-fat fryers, and rescued nine cows and some calves.Police have sent the suspected…
Youth Akali Dal, SOI activists held sit-in at BFUHS demanding resignationof education, health ministerPics: Youth Akali activists into protest at FaridkotNeel Kamal/TNNBathinda: Taking a cue from the protests by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against paper leaks, members of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) and Students Organisation of India (SOI) held a sit-in protest at…
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Vidhan Sabha Secretariat on Monday held a one-day capacity-building workshop on the Centre’s National Language Technology Mission, Bhashini, and AI-based interpretation, transcription and translation tools to make legislative functioning faster and more efficient.Officers and staff of the Publication, Translation and NeVA branches were given hands-on training on Bhashini services and their practical…
Cross border smuggling module busted, 4 held with arms TIMES NEWS NETWORKAmritsar: The Amritsar commissionerate police claims to have busted across-border illegal arms and narcotics smuggling module with the arrest offour persons and recovery of five sophisticated .30 bore pistols, 2kgheroin, and Rs 5 lakh drug money. This was stated by commissioner of police (CP)Gurpreet…
Pathankot experienced heightened security after receiving threatening emails about planned IED blasts (Representative image) Pathankot: Security was heightened across Pathankot on Monday after threatening emails claiming planned IED blasts at the Pathankot Municipal Corporation office, a school and other sensitive installations triggered precautionary checks by police and security agencies.According to police sources, the threat email…
Mohali: To mark World Hepatitis Day, Punjab Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (PILBS), Mohali — the state’s premier super-specialty institute dedicated to liver care — is organising a comprehensive liver health camp on July 28 (Tuesday). The camp will start at 9am in the institute OPD.In line with this year’s global theme, “Let’s break…
Fragmentation had undoubtedly split the traditional Akali vote bank but not the underlying Akali ideology or support base. (Representative Image) AMRITSAR: With Punjab assembly elections approaching, quiet backchannel discussions are reportedly exploring the possibility of an understanding between Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) , Member Parliament Amritpal Singh ,currently in jail, led Akali Dal Waris Punjab…
Punjab BJP office attacked with petrol bomb in Sangrur SANGRUR: A petrol bomb was allegedly hurled at the BJP office in Sangrur late on Monday night, following which police officials reached the spot and launched an investigation. CCTV footage from the area is also being examined as part of the probe.Sangrur SP-D Davinder Atri said…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday paid tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil War, reaffirming the state’s commitment to serving personnel, ex-servicemen and the families of fallen heroes while urging young people to join the armed forces.Marking Kargil Vijay Diwas at the War Memorial, Mann laid a…
