BJP MP from Kurukshetra Naveen Jindal Chandigarh: Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal has urged Union health minister J P Nadda to expand skin banking infrastructure across the country, citing the acute shortage of facilities for treating severe burn victims.In a representation to Nadda, Jindal sought the establishment of a dedicated skin bank in Kurukshetra to cater…
Amritsar: The Amritsar police claims to have dismantled three illegal arms and drug trafficking networks with the arrest of five persons, including one juvenile, and recovery of nine illegal pistols and 6.311 kg heroin from their possession.While talking to media persons here on Monday, police commissioner Harmanbir Singh Gill informed that those arrested have been…
Chandigarh: Justice NS Shekhawat, chairman of the Punjab and Haryana high court’s Justice Juvenile Monitoring Committee, called for assessing the juvenile justice system by its outcomes for children rather than numbers and procedures.Addressing a state-level stakeholders’ consultation on “10 Years of Juvenile Justice Act, 2015” at the Chandigarh Judicial Academy on Saturday, Justice Shekhawat said…
Happy Passia is currently reported to be in US custody. AMRITSAR: Amritsar Rural police have arrested Harpinder Kaur, mother of gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, in connection with the grenade attack on a house in Jattan village of Ajnala tehsil and secured her two-day police remand for questioning.Passia is currently reported to be in…
From Hooda’s deputy to his outspoken critic: Satpal Brahmachari’s pointed swipe at Kuldeep Sharma Jind: Sonipat MP Satpal Brahmachari on Monday hit out at former Haryana assembly speaker Kuldeep Sharma for seeking the removal of Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda from the Congress Working Committee, accusing him of “speaking BJP’s language” for personal interests and…
Graffiti in support of Dilawar Singh at some places in Bathinda Bathinda: The Bathinda Police was on its toes when it found graffiti in support of Dilawar Singh, who was the assassin of former chief minister Beant Singh, on the walls of a govt school, sports stadium and at other places in Bathinda district. One…
Bathinda: Irrigated paddy fields and a narrow link road foiled a transformer theft in Punjab‘s Moga district late Saturday night.The suspects arrived in Takhtpura village with a car and a truck, intending to dismantle an electricity transformer under the cover of darkness. As the main approach from the link road was too narrow, the thieves…
Congress protests Gurugram FIRs, seeks withdrawal of cases against youth workers Congress protests Gurugram FIRs, seeks withdrawal of cases against youth workers Congress protests Gurugram FIRs, seeks withdrawal of cases against youth workers Congress protests Gurugram FIRs, seeks withdrawal of cases against youth workers Congress protests Gurugram FIRs, seeks withdrawal of cases against youth workers…
Haryana minister Krishan Kumar Bedi in Fatehabad on Monday Fatehabad: Haryana minister Krishan Kumar Bedi on Monday warned striking sanitation workers of “strict action” if they obstruct the administration’s ongoing garbage-clearance drive, as the govt stepped up efforts to restore sanitation services amid a prolonged statewide strike.Speaking to mediapersons after a district public grievance committee…
Representational image for unsegregated waste Chandigarh: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) for failing to recover Rs 8.4 crore in environmental compensation imposed for violations of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, at Jalandhar’s Wariana dumpsite.A bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr Afroz Ahmad…
