Chandigarh: Punjab leader of opposition and Congress functionary Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday expressed concern over the Union govt’s claims of export-led growth for Punjab following the India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA), stating that rhetoric without infrastructure and policy support would leave Punjab excluded from its benefits.Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to…
Radha Soami Satsang Beas chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon visited SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia in New Nabha Jail. PATIALA: Gurinder Singh Dhillon, head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), met senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia at the New Nabha Jail today, in a development that stirred political and religious circles in…
Hisar: A local court sentenced a man to life imprisonment and fined him Rs 40,000 for the murder of a nine-year-old boy by drowning him in a canal nearly five years ago. According to the prosecution, Sunil, a resident of Bhana village, carried out the murder over suspicion of an illicit relationship between the victim’s…
Panchkula: The Anti-Immigration Fraud Unit of the Panchkula Police has arrested four persons in two separate visa fraud cases, exposing organised rackets that duped job aspirants with fake promises of overseas employment. The cases involve scams related to Luxembourg and New Zealand work visas.In the first case, three accused — including a husband-wife duo —…
Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday slammed the Haryana government after a disturbing incident in Faridabad, where a labourer was forced to take his wife’s body home on a vegetable cart due to the unavailability of a government ambulance. The woman had died during treatment at a civil hospital, and her family could not…
Amritsar: In a major crackdown on cross-border narco-smuggling, the Amritsar (Rural) police on Friday recovered 51.5 kg of heroin from close to the international border with Pakistan.The seizure comes a day after recovery of 42 kg of the contraband in another operation, signaling an intensified push of narcotics by drug syndicates from across the border.Suhail…
Chandigarh: In what is widely seen as an outreach to the Ravidassia community — whose numbers form a major share of Dalit voters in Punjab’s Doaba region — the BJP’s recent overtures, from a Padma Shri for Dera Sachkhand Ballan head Sant Niranjan Dass to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to the Dera on…
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana HC has directed Punjab DGP to file a specific affidavit setting out the details of shooting incidents in state since 2023, with a focus on those captured on CCTV/mobile phone cameras.The affidavit shall also set out whether the shooters had been arrested and what was done to nab the fugitives. HC…
Chandigarh: A divided opposition gave a walkover to BJP in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election Thursday, with the saffron party snapping up the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, reports Deepak Yadav.Saurabh Joshi (46) was elected the city’s new mayor while Jasmanpreet Singh (33) won the vote to be his senior deputy. Suman…
CHANDIGARH: Saurabh Joshi of the BJP was elected the new mayor of Chandigarh on Thursday as the Municipal Corporation conducted elections for the posts of mayor, senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor under heavy security and strict administrative supervision. With 18 councillors in the 36-member House, the BJP enjoyed a numerical advantage over the AAP…
