SIR to kick off in Chandigarh on June 15 Mohali: State Election Commission, Punjab, has issued directions regarding deferment of the elections to Kharar municipal council in compliance with the orders of the Punjab and Haryana high court.Deputy commissioner-cum-district election officer Komal Mittal said as per the communication received from the State Election Commission, Punjab,…
A yellow heat alert — advising residents to stay updated and take precautions — is in force from Monday onward Chandigarh: After a brief spell of relative ease, summer returned with a vengeance to the Tricity on Sunday, pushing the mercury past the 40°C mark for the first time this May. Chandigarh recorded a maximum…
Chandigarh: Sixteen years after the Centre enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act to regulate healthcare facilities and curb unethical medical practices, Punjab is yet to implement the law. Though Punjab notified its own Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in Oct 2020, the state govt has still not framed the rules needed to…
UT Police suspended head constable Jai Pal, who rammed into two scooterists, leaving them injured in Manimajra on Saturday. Medical report of head constable Jai Pal confirmed that he was under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident. Police have registered an FIR against him under relevant sections of BNS.The cop, who…
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…
