Chandigarh: The Rs 5,700-crore World Bank-funded ‘Water Secure Haryana’ project has picked up momentum with work commencing on the preparation of the detailed project report (DPR). The irrigation and water resources dept has invited expressions of interest from agencies to prepare the DPR, along with detailed cost estimates for proposed works. Applications will be shortlisted…
Chandigarh: Starting mid-February, Chandigarh will be one of only 3 locations in the country where the first large-scale use of the Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI) central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-rupee (e₹), will be used for subsidy distribution.The pilot project aims to integrate “programmable” digital currency into the Public Distribution System (PDS), including…
Kullu: The police have arrested a Chinese national in Dharamshala’s Mcleodganj, the home of the Dalai Lama and the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), for living there illegally on an expired visa for the last 4 months. Police arrested Luo Wennian, 60, from a house in Mcleodganj, where he lived for around the…
Hisar: Lawyers in Hansi and Hisar districts of Haryana on Monday announced to suspended work in protest against Narnaund SDM Vikas Yadav, following a dispute over the construction of temporary sheds in the Narnaund court complex. In a meeting held on Monday evening, they announced they will meet the chief minister on Feb 4 to…
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…
