Malerkotla: A blast shook a locality in Punjab’s Malerkotla city on Friday evening, alarming residents and putting police on heightened alert.The explosion occurred around 5:30pm in a garbage pile near Lasara Drain bridge. The residence of former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former cabinet minister Razia Sultana, is around 500m from the site.Witnesses…
Jalandhar: A Jalandhar court on Friday remanded two suspects arrested in connection with the May 5 blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters to seven days of police custody.While sources said the accused, Anil Kumar of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Umardin of Mohali, were assigned independent roles by their handlers and did not know each…
Chandigarh: With its eyes set on the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, the Congress has taken inspiration from national rival BJP’s election playbook of booth-level management. In an emulation of the saffron party’s ‘Panna Pramukh’ strategy, the Congress has decided to appoint ‘booth sevaks’ across the state.The Congress, which has been positioning itself as the principal…
Chandigarh: Three burglars broke into a sports showroom in Sector 7 and decamped with cash estimated between ₹30 lakh and ₹35 lakh, along with two iPhones, on the intervening night of May 13/14.On the complaint of the showroom owner, Sector 26 police registered a case against unidentified persons and have begun scanning CCTV footage from…
Jalandhar: Amid the ongoing political slugfest between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over the recent blasts in Punjab, the Congress has now targeted the Bhagwant Mann govt over the 2017 Maur bomb blast case after AAP leaders invoked the incident while attacking the BJP.The controversy began after chief minister Bhagwant Mann linked the…
BJP Mayoral candidate Shyam Lal Bansal wins the Municipal Corporation election at Panchkula Panchkula: Fresh from a landslide victory in the mayoral polls, Sham Lal Bansal credited the BJP leadership for the win while blaming Congress’s “internal factionalism” for its poor showing. In an interaction with TOI, the newly elected mayor said sustained grassroots connect…
Ambala: BJP candidate Akshita Saini won the Ambala City municipal corporation mayoral election by 21,358 votes on Wednesday, securing 52,794 votes against Congress candidate Kulwinder Kaur Saini’s 31,436. Independent candidate Sonia Chaudhary polled 21,730 votes.The BJP also dominated the ward elections, winning 16 of the 20 seats. Congress won three wards, while one seat went…
Panchkula: Special Lok Adalats for cheque bounce cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act will be held on May 30 and July 18 at the District Courts Complex here.The announcement was made by Ajay Kumar Ghanghas, chief judicial magistrate and secretary, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), during a legal awareness camp organised at…
BATHINDA: Raghav Goyal allegedly arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a Rs 20 lakh bribery case from a five-star hotel in Chandigarh late on Monday belongs to Malout town in Punjab’s Muktsar district. Malout resident Raghav Goyal is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). He was reportedly in Chandigarh with…
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Board’s Class X results this year presented a mixed picture, with the overall pass percentage declining from last year even as rural students significantly outperformed urban candidates and girls maintained their lead over boys.The PSEB declared results on Monday, with 2.5 lakh students clearing the examination out of nearly 2.7 lakh…
