Chandigarh: Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday said the administration will hold monthly review meetings with the Chandigarh Residents Associations Welfare Federation (Crawfed) to address civic concerns. The meetings will be chaired by Hitesh Puri and held for one hour every Wednesday of the month.Clarifying recent action by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), Kataria said…
Panchkula: Haryana Police have busted an organised immigration fraud racket and arrested three persons for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 35 lakh on the pretext of sending his son abroad.According to police, a case was registered at the Raipur Rani police station following a complaint by Krishan Lal, a resident of Garhi Kotaha village…
Chandigarh: The sudden postponement of PGI’s annual convocation — due to the unavailability of the Union health minister — has disturbed the medical community here.Originally slated for April 27, the event has been shifted to April 30. This has left nearly 600 DM and MD students from the last three batches facing significant financial losses…
CHANDIGARH: Two people were arrested and 6.5 kg of heroin was recovered by Punjab Police in a cross-border drugs and illegal weapons racket bust on Saturday, officials said.The Batala Police also recovered a .30 calibre pistol with six live cartridges, along with Rs 1 lakh in cash. “In a major breakthrough, @BatalaPolice busted a cross-border…
Chandigarh: The BJP and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday launched a scathing attack on Hardeep Singh Mundian after an entrepreneur from his ancestral Hyatpur Kotli village in the Mukerian assembly constituency accused the minister of “harassing” him over a “pending” payment for a trolley.Mundian allegedly got the trolley manufactured by entrepreneur Malkit Singh.Addressing…
Panchkula: Non-functional CCTV cameras across Panchkula have led to a sharp fall in traffic challans, effectively giving rule violators a free run on many city roads, police officials said.Official police data for the first three months of the year show a steep decline in challans issued through CCTV surveillance compared with the corresponding period over…
Chandigarh: Facing criticism over delays in salary disbursal, the Punjab govt has directed all departments to ensure that salary bills are submitted to treasury offices by the 7th of every month, warning of disciplinary action for lapses.The move follows repeated delays in processing monthly payrolls, with the finance department observing that many drawing and disbursing…
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Thursday suspended two IAS officers, RK Singh and Pradeep Kumar, for their alleged role in a Rs 500 crore IDFC First Bank scam.The government also handed over the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Last month, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had said it had frozen 90 bank accounts following…
Amritsar: Iran has extended an official invitation to the officiating jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Kuldip Singh Gargaj, and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami to attend an event in New Delhi on April 12 to mark the 40th day of martyrdom of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The invitation was handed over on Wednesday…
PANCHKULA: The failure of hospitals and dispensaries in Panchkula to mention the number of toothmarks in medico-legal reports of dog bite cases is delaying compensation under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Parivar Suraksha Yojana (DAYALU-II), being awarded in line with Punjab and Haryana high court directions.During the second meeting held to consider compensation claims under…
