Chandigarh : The ruling Congress on Tuesday won Punjab’s cash-rich Ludhiana Municipal Corporation polls with an absolute majority by winning 62 out of 95 wards. The Shiromani Akali Dal won 11 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party got 10 seats. The Lok Insaaf Party won seven seats and its ally Aam Aadmi Party got just […]
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PGIMER doctor commits suicide
Chandigarh : A junior resident doctor of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here has committed suicide, police said on Monday. The young doctor, Krishna Prasath R, 24, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hotel room on the institute campus. Prasath, who hailed from Tamil Nadu, was a junior resident […]
After ‘Bhagwad Gita’, Haryana school kids to recite ‘Gayatri Mantra’
Chandigarh : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Haryana is all set to make students in government schools of Haryana recite the “Gayatri Mantra” during morning prayers. Haryana’s Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on Saturday that the state government is going to make recitation of Gayatri Mantra mandatory in morning prayers in schools. […]
Punjab gangster held in Hong Kong, Police to seek his extradition
Chandigarh : Notorious criminal Ramanjit Singh alias Romi — a mastermind of the sensational November 2016 Nabha jailbreak case — has been arrested in Hong Kong and the Punjab Police will seek his extradition, official sources said on Friday. Romi — against whom Interpol issued a red-corner notice earlier — was arrested in connection with […]
World Cup cricketer set to bat for Punjab Police
Chandigarh : Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, who helped India storm into the final of the Womens World Cup with her unbeaten 171 against Australia, is all set to join Punjab Police next month following the waiver of her previous employment bond by the Indian Railways, it was announced on Thursday. A communication in this regard was […]
Tight security in Amritsar ahead of Trudeau visit
Amritsar/Chandigarh : Tight security was in place in and around this holy city for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Golden Temple complex on Wednesday. Government security agencies and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials were on Tuesday working to ensure the visit to the Sikh shrine goes without hindrance or controversy since […]
Transgender student invited to dinner with Canadian PM
Chandigarh : A transgender student of Panjab University (PU), Dhananjay Chauhan, has been invited by the Canadian authorities to have dinner with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in New Delhi, a University official said here. Dhananjay is the first transgender student of the Department of Human Rights and Duties at Panjab University, Chandigarh. The […]
Punjabi singer, accomplice held for possessing drugs, arms
Chandigarh : The Punjab Police on Saturday arrested a Punjabi singer and his accomplice and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from their possession. Those arrested by the Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) include Punjabi singer Gurjant Singh, 24, and his accomplice Surjit Singh. They have been booked under the NDPS Act and Arms Act. […]
Haryana hikes ministers’ grant
Chandigarh : The Haryana cabinet on Saturday approved enhancement of the petty grant of Member of Council of Ministers from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 25 lakh per annum from the current financial year, officials said. The Haryana cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, approved the enhancement. The Ministers […]
Plot for widow 18 years after soldier’s death
Chandigarh : The Haryana government on Saturday decided to gift a residential plot to the widow of a soldier who was martyred in an anti-militancy operation in Jammu and Kashmir nearly 18 years ago. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet here, presided over by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. “The Cabinet […]