Back to campus: National Award-winning lyricist Irshad Kamil and Sufi singer-poet Satinder Sartaaj during ‘Lafz Sur Aur Safar’ at Panjab University in Chandigarh on Sunday Chandigarh: National Award-winning lyricist Dr Irshad Kamil and celebrated Sufi singer-poet Dr Satinder Sartaaj returned to their alma mater, Panjab University (PU), Sunday for Lafz Sur Aur Safar, an interactive…
Amritsar: Following Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, the Punjab BJP on Sunday demanded the resignations of the state’s education minister and health minister over recurring exam and recruitment controversies.Punjab BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh alleged AAP, which had come to power promising “honest politics”, had failed to uphold the very principles of morality and accountability…
Hisar: The body of a 17-year-old girl, who was reported missing from Fatehabad district two days ago, was recovered from the Kutiyana Minor canal near Makhosarani village in Sirsa’s Nathusari Chopta area on Saturday.A team retrieved the body and transferred it to the Sirsa civil hospital mortuary. The girl was identified as Soumya, a resident…
Chandigarh: BJP’s national general secretary Tarun Chugh has been nominated to two high-level parliamentary committees overseeing internal security and defence.Chugh, a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Punjab, will join the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Defence.The appointments come amid heightened national focus on border management,…
Green milestone: Chandigarh Tree Lovers’ members plant saplings at the Garden of Conifers in Sector 52 on Sunday Chandigarh: Marking 10 years of environmental awareness and conservation efforts, Chandigarh Tree Lovers (CTL) organised a plantation drive at the Garden of Conifers in Sector 52 Sunday, where more than 120 conifers were planted.Harjit Singh, former executive…
Chandigarh: Marking the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas, the Panjab University (PU) unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organised a march on the campus Sunday to honour soldiers who laid down their lives during the 1999 Kargil War.The march began from the department of evening studies and culminated at the Student Centre, with students,…
Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini accused Punjab’s AAP government of exam irregularities. PHAGWARA: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday accused the AAP government in Punjab of betraying the state’s youth by failing to ensure transparency in recruitment examinations.Referring to the recent excise inspector recruitment examination, the BJP leader alleged that the results…
CHANDIGARH: A day after Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned over the NEET paper leak issue, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Sunday claimed that not a single competitive examination paper had leaked in the state during the AAP government’s four-and-a-half years in office, amid opposition allegations of repeated paper leaks in Punjab.Speaking at…
Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police arrested a man for allegedly possessing heroin in Sector 29 on Friday night. He was produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody.The accused was identified as Mukesh Kumar alias Chikna, a resident of Sector 29.According to police, a team from Industrial Area Phase I police station was on…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: Chandigarh police have arrested a couple for allegedly stealing cash and valuables from a gift shop in Sector 35 in the guise of customers. The accused, Harpreet and his wife Tamanna, residents of Togan village in Mohali, were produced before a local court and remanded in one-day police custody.At around 5:40pm on…
