IAS officer arrested in Rs 79-cr Panchkula MC fund scam | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: CBI Thursday arrested former Panchkula municipal corporation commissioner Ram Kumar Singh in the Haryana govt funds misappropriation case, making him the first IAS officer to be arrested in the scam.Singh’s arrest has intensified the probe into the alleged siphoning of public funds from the corporation’s account maintained at Chandigarh’s Sector 32 branch of IDFC…

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Entire Pkl to get mechanised road sweeping; MC hiring 6 more for Rs 18 cr | Chandigarh News

Sandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Almost entire Panchkula will get covered with mechanized road sweeping as the civic body is for the first time going to expand its vehicles strength from current two to eight.The corporation body has sent about Rs 18 crore proposal to the state government to hire six more mechanized sweeping vehicles. Currently, the corporation has…

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Ahead of BJP chief’s visit, Kewal Dhillon & Tarun Chugh hold outreach in Amritsar | Chandigarh News

Amritsar: Two days ahead of BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s maiden visit to Punjab after taking over as party chief, new Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon and BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Chugh visited Amritsar on Thursday, paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and held a public outreach programme.Nabin is…

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Education minister must resign over paper leaks: Bhupinder Singh Hooda | Chandigarh News

Sonipat: Haryana leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday demanded the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, holding him morally responsible for recurring incidents of exam paper leaks.Speaking to reporters in Sonipat, Hooda said the education minister had “completely failed” to safeguard the integrity of the examination system and should step down on…

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Cheema demands central legislation to regulate methanol, prevent hooch tragedies | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Punjab excise and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema has urged the Centre to enact a law regulating methyl alcohol (methanol), saying tighter controls are needed to prevent its diversion for liquor adulteration and avert hooch tragedies.Chairing a review meeting with additional chief secretary (excise) D K Tiwari and excise and taxation commissioner Jitendra Jorwal,…

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