The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of alleged custodial torture (File photo) CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Human Rights Commission (HHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of alleged custodial torture of an accused in Sohna, Gurgaon, directing the director general of police to ensure an independent inquiry by an officer not below the…
Naveen Jindal inaugurated an international skill centre at RKSD College in Kaithal CHANDIGARH: BJP MP Naveen Jindal on inaugurated the RKSD Naveen Avsar International Skill Centre at RKSD College in Kaithal and said projects worth over Rs 520 crore had been approved under the Prime Minister SETU (PM SETU) scheme to modernise Industrial Training Institutes…
CHANDIGARH: BJP MP Naveen Jindal on Thursday inaugurated the RKSD Naveen Avsar International Skill Centre at RKSD College in Kaithal and said projects worth over ?520 crore had been approved under the Prime Minister SETU (PM SETU) scheme to modernise Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts.Speaking at the event, the three-time Lok…
Patiala: A woman and her alleged paramour have been booked for the murder of her 42-year-old husband in Punjab’s Patiala district after he died from injuries that the family claims were initially passed off as the result of a fall from a staircase.The deceased, Sukhwinder Singh of Harimajra village in Ghanaur, died at PGIMER, Chandigarh,…
Patiala: Death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana has written to the acting Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj, urging the Sikh clergy to either get the SGPC’s mercy petition withdrawn immediately or summon Sikh leaders in the BJP to explain the prolonged delay in deciding it.In the letter, Rajoana said the…
Fazilka: Two people were killed and two others injured following a clash over a plot of land in the border village of Teja Ruhela in Fazilka district, police said on Wednesday.A boundary demarcation dispute had been ongoing between neighbours Raj Singh and Harbhajan Singh. Raj’s son Gurpreet Singh said Harbhajan and his accomplices forcibly entered…
Patiala: Seeking to streamline fish trade in the city, District Planning Committee chairperson Tejinder Mehta on Wednesday urged the district administration and municipal corporation to shift all fish markets operating across Patiala to the Punjab govt’s newly developed fish market at Ghalori village.In separate communications to the corporation commissioner and the deputy commissioner, Mehta sought…
Bahadurgarh: Jhajjar police have arrested the brother of the main accused in the murder of toll security contractor Neeraj, the first breakthrough in the case in which five people have been named. Yogesh, 24, was produced before a court and remanded to two days’ police custody.Police said the murder stemmed from an old rivalry after…
Chandigarh: Protests against the police action on students at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar spread across Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday, with farmers, student groups and the Congress holding demonstrations at multiple locations. Haryana police detained senior Congress leaders and prevented a group of Punjab farmers from travelling to Delhi, while the Congress in Chandigarh staged a…
Jhajjar: Olympics medallist and Congress functionary Bajrang Punia on Wednesday condemned the alleged police crackdown on students protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, calling the reported lathicharge “reprehensible” and accusing the authorities of suppressing peaceful democratic dissent.In a video message posted on X and in a telephonic conversation with TOI, Punia said students, including women, were…
