PU’s security checking (story pics) Chandigarh: With Panjab University announcing its student council elections for August 31, security has been stepped up on campus amid concerns over outsider movement and the seizure of bats, rods, baseball bats and other such items. PU security officials claimed that around 120 such items had been seized during checks…
Basement digging was underway at a depth of around 15 feet for a retaining wall when the mud wall caved in Mohali: Two labourers were killed and another injured after a portion of a mud wall collapsed on them at a construction site on Airport Road in Mohali on Thursday night.As per preliminary information, basement…
ASAP on Thursday announced Aadil Brar, a BA LLB student of the University Institute of Legal Studies, as its presidential candidate for the 2026 Panjab University Campus Students’ Council elections Chandigarh: After suffering its worst-ever performance in the Panjab University student council elections last year, the Aam Aadmi Party is seeking a comeback on campus…
Every day, families are spending Rs 400 to Rs 500 on private water tankers, residents claimed Mohali: For the past seven days, taps in hundreds of homes across Vikas Nagar, Kamaon Colony and adjoining areas of Nayagaon have run dry, turning a basic necessity into a daily struggle and forcing residents to spend hundreds of…
Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL) will now have to adhere to fixed timelines for a range of electricity-related services, from restoring power after faults to resolving billing and meter complaints, under a fresh Chandigarh administration notification issued under the Punjab Right to Service Act Chandigarh: Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL) will now have to adhere…
Residents of Kotbhara and Ramgarh Bhundar villages allege poor road construction quality. BATHINDA: Residents of Kotbhara and Ramgarh Bhundar villages in Bathinda district have alleged that substandard material was used in the construction of a newly laid road connecting the two villages.The villagers claimed that the quality of the road is so poor that portions…
Neel Kamal/TNNLongowal: The standoff between Shiromani Akali Dal and Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) over the venue to observe the 41st death anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal persisted on Thursday. Allegations and counter allegations remained paramount at the respective conferences organised separately by both the parties on Thursday. If SAD (Punar Surjit) accused Sukhbir…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday shared a promotional video for an upcoming Discovery Channel documentary on his life, titled Satauj To Sansad.Mann announced the documentary in a post on X, saying it would be aired in seven languages on Aug 30 at 7pm.“From Satauj to Sansad… This special show based on my…
Speaking to mediapersons after writing his final paper, Channi said he would have lost an academic year if he missed Thursday’s paper. Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister and Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday defended his decision to skip the Congress Working Committee meeting, saying he had taken permission from the party high command…
The youngest of the victims was a mere 16-year-old, and the oldest 45. Bathinda: Seven suspected drug overdose deaths were reported in Punjab’s Malwa region in the week April 11-18 — a grim indicator of the scale of menace Punjab faces.Three of the deaths were reported in Fazilka district in two days, two died on…
