Iqbal Singh, an assistant sub-inspector from Punjab, tragically lost his life to violent assailants CHANDIGARH: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) with the counter-intelligence wing was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants while returning home after duty late Sunday evening. Iqbal Singh (55) is the fifth policeman to be murdered in Punjab this year.A resident of Naushera…
Leader of the opposition in Haryana assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda Rohtak: Police action against protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has triggered a political storm in Haryana, with Congress, JJP and other bodies’ functionaries and women’s organisations alleging mistreatment of demonstrators. Former Haryana agriculture minister Om Prakash Dhankhar, however, criticised the opposition.The protest, organised by the…
Official sources attributed the financial jump primarily to the introduction of citywide monthly passes Chandigarh: The paid parking lot at Elante Mall in the Industrial Area has emerged as the city’s top municipal earner, generating between ₹16 lakh and ₹20 lakh per month for the corporation.Official records covering the 75 paid parking lots that the…
Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta J Shimla: Himachal Pradesh governor Kavinder Gupta on Saturday called for strengthening the link between education, scientific research, innovation and societal needs to achieve the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047.Addressing the sixth edition of ‘Education Mahakumbh Abhiyan’ at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Hamirpur, on the theme ‘Vigyanmay Bharat-Viksit…
Mohali: The Kharar CIA has arrested a man and his son for the murder and beheading of 22-year-old Vishal, whose decapitated body was found at Nature Park in Pirmuchhalla, Zirakpur, on Thursday morning.The accused, Harpal and his son Rahul, are natives of Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh. They are currently living in a rented accommodation…
Jind: Members of the erstwhile Jind royal family, a municipal council official and revenue official have been booked in a land fraud case following allegations of tampering with digital land records and attempting to grab a disputed property in the city.The FIR was registered by Jind City police on a complaint filed by advocate Abhimanyu…
Mad Sandhu aka Madhusudan Singh was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants outside a car washing centre on Loharka Road in Amritsar on Oct 3 Amritsar/Ahmedabad: Amritsar police have arrested six men in connection with the murder of social media influencer and LGBTQ personality Mad Sandhu, including the alleged shooter, Parminder Singh alias Kaka, in a…
While some stakeholders backed densification to meet housing needs and use land more efficiently, opposition was stronger to most major residential proposals Chandigarh: Chandigarh residents have sent a clear message on the proposed Master Plan amendments: build the infrastructure before building higher. Representations before the Screening Committee show strong resistance to denser and taller housing,…
The administration recently cleared the matter at an internal meeting convened to address issues concerning the societies. It is also in the final stages of resolving the long-pending issue of unearned increase, while a decision on shifting the conversion process from CHB to the Estate Office is awaited. Chandigarh: After years of policy disputes and…
Former Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar Chandigarh: Former Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday said he would approach PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking adequate staff for the CBI to complete the Punjab and Haryana high court-ordered probe into alleged corruption linked to the Punjab CM’s office.“We too have grudges…
