Garbage piles up in Hisar as 18-day sanitation workers’ strike triggers clash Hisar: An 18-day strike by sanitation workers turned tense on Sunday when municipal authorities, backed by police, moved to clear garbage piled up at ITI Chowk around 5am. Striking workers opposed the operation, prompting police to detain several protesters.A confrontation also broke out…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife, Gurpreet Kaur, on Saturday sent a legal notice to former Punjab and Haryana high court judge Ranjit Singh CHANDIGARH: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Punjab govt and its police chief over a complaint alleging that CM Bhagwant Mann’s wife Gurpreet Kaur sought Rs 5…
SC Closes Vending Appeals Chandigarh: The Supreme Court has disposed of all pending appeals related to Chandigarh’s street vending issue after noting that the municipal corporation had made “sufficient progress” in regulating vending zones across the city. However, it has directed the Punjab and Haryana high court to continue monitoring the matter.The detailed order, pronounced…
Chandigarh: Sector 40 Market is set to become Chandigarh’s first fully green market, with the municipal corporation launching a plantation drive aimed at transforming vacant and neglected spaces into landscaped green zones.The initiative, which involves planting around 2,500 saplings, was inaugurated by joint municipal commissioner Balbir Raj Singh and area councillor Gurbaksh Rawat in the…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday alleged discrepancies in the handling of legacy waste at the Dadumajra dumping ground, citing an Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) feasibility study that it claimed found 9 to 13 metres of legacy waste still present at the site.AAP councillor Yogesh Dhingra said the reported…
Chandigarh: The Lyngdoh guidelines governing Panjab University’s student elections appear to be under increasing strain this year, with printed campaign stickers openly visible on vehicles across campus and the Rs 5,000 expenditure ceiling appearing increasingly out of sync with campaign realities.The issue is not new. What stands out this year is the apparent lack of…
Chandigarh: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Saturday announced Ankit Bidhan as its candidate for the post of president in the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) elections scheduled for Aug 31.A member of ABVP since 2021, Bidhan is a research scholar at the Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion, Panjab University. He completed…
Chandigarh: A protest broke out outside Girls’ Hostel No. 4 at Panjab University Friday night after members of AISA and SATH alleged selective enforcement of campaign rules during the ongoing student election process.According to party members, some students were initially stopped from entering the hostel premises. After discussions with authorities, they were allowed entry but…
Amritpal Singh’s close aide Papalpreet Singh Amritsar: Jailed MP Amritpal Singh-led Akali Dal Waris Punjab De has announced Papalpreet Singh as the party candidate from the Majitha assembly constituency for the upcoming Punjab assembly elections.Papalpreet is currently lodged in Goindwal jail.Shamsher Singh Padhri, the party’s chief spokesperson, informed on Saturday that the Akali Dal Waris…
Tourists enjoy the sunshine after a spell of light rain in Shimla on Saturday Shimla: The meteorological department has forecast light to moderate rainfall at a few places across Himachal Pradesh on Aug 23 and 24.Light rain is also likely at isolated places in the state during the remaining days of the week. No weather…
