Coaches have been customised to meet Bangladesh Railway’s operational and passenger requirements, said Rail Coach Factory officials Kapurthala: Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, will roll out its first rake of 19 Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) broad gauge passenger coaches for Bangladesh Railway on Wednesday, including three AC sleeper cars, three AC chair cars, 11 non-AC chair cars…
Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla Amritsar: Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and sought a special financial package to revive economic activity, industry and trade in the district’s border belt.In a letter to Sitharaman, Aujla said Attari, Ajnala, Ramdas and adjoining villages had faced prolonged economic challenges, with the closure…
Harbhajan Singh highlighted the severe effects of drug addiction on Punjab’s youth through a video. The Punjab Police quickly responded by identifying the clip as originating from Rajasthan CHANDIGARH: Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh‘s post about a viral video depicting two men appearing to behave like “zombies” has drawn a fact-check from…
CM Bhagwant Mann on the last day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha’s monsoon session in Chandigarh on Monday Chandigarh: The Punjab assembly on Monday unanimously passed Punjab State Outsourced Personnel (Transition to Contractual Engagement) Bill, 2026, paving the way for the transition of over 26,000 outsourced workers in govt departments and entities into direct contractual…
The proposed bridge will replace the existing causeway that connects Chandigarh with Manimajra and other surrounding areas. Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has received an overwhelming response to its plan to construct a high-level bridge over the Sukhna Choe near Bapudham Colony in Sector 26, with nine firms submitting bids for the project.Officials said the strong…
The library, one of Kalka’s oldest public institutions, is grappling with inadequate furniture, a shortage of staff and a lack of updated books, particularly for competitive examinations Panchkula: For generations of students in Kalka, the Gandhi Memorial Municipal Library has been more than just a building lined with books. It has been a quiet refuge…
Every year, nearly 50,000 new vehicles are added to Chandigarh’s roads. Yet, even as congestion steadily worsens, the city’s search for a mass transit solution stretches endlessly. CHANDIGARH: Having a private vehicle is essential for anyone who wants to travel in Chandigarh. Private vehicles now account for nearly four out of five passenger trips in…
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal chairs a meeting with senior party functionaries on the immediate implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, in Chandigarh on Saturday Chandigarh: A day after SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party on Saturday backed the Centre’s proposal for a uniform 50% increase in…
The impact severely damaged the car, with all three occupants dying on the spot, police said. JALANDHAR: Three people were killed after the car they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck on the Jalandhar-Maksudan Bypass Highway in Punjab on Saturday morning, police said.Visuals from the accident site show the Swift car extensively mangled…
Hisar: The district and sessions court in Fatehabad has convicted five men in the 2021 Aherwan village culpable homicide case and sentenced each to six years’ rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 13,000.The judgement was delivered by the court of district and sessions judge Deepak Aggarwal on a complaint filed by Prabhjit Kaur,…
