Chandigarh | The Chandigarh administration on Monday ordered all schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the Union Territory to close until March 31 and ordered ban festivities relating to Holi. An order from the Chandigarh Administration’s Director of Education said that it would revisit its decision to hold in-person exams for Classes 9 and 11. […]
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Haryana Assembly passes Bill to make protesters liable for property loss
Chandigarh | Amid protests by the Opposition Congress, the Manohar Lal Khattar BJP-JJP government on Thursday got the Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property During Disturbance to Public Order Bill of 2021 passed by a voice vote in the Assembly. On the pattern of Uttar Pradesh, the Bill provides for recovery of damages to property caused […]
Sidhu meets Amarinder over tea, patch-up on menu?
Chandigarh Ahead of the crucial Assembly elections in Punjab scheduled in less than a year’s time, a much-awaited meeting was held between Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu at the former’s private resort near here on Wednesday. This was the second meeting between the two leaders after Sidhu resigned from the state Cabinet in […]
Punjab Assembly flays ED raid on Sukhpal Khaira’s house
Chandigarh: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday unanimously condemned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at legislator Sukhpal Khaira’s house, terming it as “unwarranted and unconstitutional”. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Brahm Mohindra said the House expressed its concern in one voice against the use of Central agencies like CBI, ED and NIA to harass innocent people, including the farmers, […]
ED searches Punjab MLA Sukhpal Khaira’s properties
Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight locations linked to Punjab Ekta Party MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi in connection with drugs money laundering and fake passport racket case, officials said. An ED official related to the probe told IANS, “Searches are going on since morning on […]
Body of six-year-old missing girl found in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: The semi-nude body of a six-year-old missing girl was found in the forest adjoining Hallomajra on the city’s outskirts on Saturday, the police said. The police are suspecting sexual assault of the victim, whose body was allegedly dumped after the crime. The child, the eldest among three siblings, went missing a day earlier and the […]
Akali Dal alleges attack on party chief Sukhbir Badal
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has alleged its party President Sukhbir Badal was attacked on Tuesday and claimed three party workers had been injured in the firing. It alleged that police-backed attackers were led by brother of a Congress legislator. The incident was reported in Jalalabad town in Fazilka district. The party demanded Chief Minister […]
Haryana to cull 166,128 poultry birds to prevent spread of Avian Influenza
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Friday declared the area within the radius of one km from two poultry farms in Panchkula district where birds tested avian influenza (H5N8), as “infected zone” and announced culling of 166,128 birds, state Animal Husbandry Minister J.P. Dalal said. The state has restricted the movement of poultry goods from these areas. […]
Don’t vandalise telecom towers, farmers’ leaders appeal from Delhi
Chandigarh (1 Min Read): With more than 1,500 mobile phone towers having been vandalised in Punjab amid protests over the three farm laws, farmer leaders at the agitation site on the Delhi border on Tuesday appealed that these vital infrastructure should not be damaged. Denying any role in the damaging the telecom towers, farmer leaders, in […]
ED summons Punjab CM’s son in forex case
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 […]