Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Raninder Singh, the son of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, in connection with its probe against him for alleged forex contraventions and holding untaxed foreign assets. Official sources told IANS here Raninder has been summoned by the agency at its Jalandhar office on Tuesday to explain the alleged movement […]
Chandigarh: International wrestler Babita Phogat, who unsuccessfully contested the 2019 assembly polls, on Wednesday resigned as the Deputy Director in Haryana’s Sports Department. She is likely to contest the bypoll in the state as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. “I am going to take an active part in politics and campaign in the Baroda assembly […]
Chandigarh: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday announced he has tested positive for coronavirus. Announcing his infection on Twitter, he said that he was asymptomatic and has been isolated at home. The Jannayak Janta Party chief also urged those who had come in contact with him in the past week to get tested for […]
Chandigarh: Two days ahead of the Haryana Assembly’s Monsoon Session, Speaker Gian Chand Gupta has tested positive for coronavirus. Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwar will preside over the Assembly session starting on August 26 in Gupta’s absence. Two legislators too have tested corona positive. A day earlier, Gupta’s Political Secretary and his nephew were among the […]
Chandigarh: A letter to blow up the Indian Air Force station in Ambala, Haryana, where the first batch of five Rafale aircraft are stationed, was received by authorities, police said on Saturday. The letter was received on Friday after which the authorities lodged a complaint with the nearby police station, a police official told IANS. […]
Chandigarh: Calling for “war-like preparedness” to deal with the massive Covid-19 spike, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered a series of emergency measures, including extension of weekend lockdown with daily night curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. in all the 167 cities and towns from Friday. He also ordered a total ban on all […]
Chandigarh: As Covid-19 cases continued to spike amid fears of a peak in the next few weeks, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced extension of the night curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. to all cities, along with a slew of other measures to control the spread of the pandemic. The night […]
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ordered the suspension of, and inquiry against, seven Excise and Taxation Officers and Inspectors, along with two DSPs and four SHOs of Punjab Police, in connection with the hooch tragedy, which has so far claimed 86 lives in the three districts of Tarn Taran, Amritsar rural and […]
Chandigarh: Even as at least 21 persons died due to alleged consumption of spurious liquor in Amritsar, Batala and Tarn Taran districts of Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered a magisterial inquiry led by the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner into the matter. Five more deaths were reported on Friday in Batala. One person was […]
Chandigarh: It was the “happiest moment” in life for the Class XII topper from Haryana when she received a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, who greeted her telephonically for her feat. “It is the happiest moment for me as I received the call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji. I greeted him […]
