CHANDIGARH, Sep 7 : Himachal Pradesh has suffered a loss of Rs 4,079 crore following rain-related incidents in the state. The heavy rainfall in this monsoon season which started from June 20 triggered 45 cloudbursts, 95 flash floods and 135 major landslides. As per the data from the State Emergency Operation Centre, 366 people have […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, MAY 27 : Seven members of a family from Dehradun were found dead inside a car parked in Haryana’s Panchkula, police on Tuesday said. The car was parked in a residential area in Panchkula’s Sector 27. The incident came to light late last night. When police arrived, they found dead inside the car a […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, MAY 13 : At least 14 people have died in five villages in Punjab’s Amritsar after allegedly consuming spurious liquor, police said on Tuesday. A few persons have been arrested in connection with the case. Police said six people have been hospitalised with complications caused by hooch. The deaths have occurred in five villages, […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, FEB 16 : 117 Indians deported from the United States (US) landed at the Amritsar International Airport at 11.40 pm on Saturday. Deportees alleged that the men had their hands cuffed and legs chained while the women and minor children aboard the second US Air Force plane, C-17 Globemaster III were let free. Additionally, […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH,JAN 21 : This year, the 13th Indo-Pak peace calendar by Aaghaz-e-Dosti features a painting of India’s Javelin star Neeraj Chopra’s mother with her hands draped across the shoulders of Neeraj and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem; the men had claimed the silver and gold medals respectively at the Paris Olympics 2024. A letter exchange program took […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, DEC 30 : Farmers blocked roads at many places across the state on Monday as part of their Punjab bandh call, hamstringing the commuter traffic. A call for a shutdown was given last week by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha over the Centre not accepting the demands of protesting farmers. The […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, DEC 3 : Chandigarh has become the first Union Territory in the country where the three new criminal laws Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have been 100 per cent implemented. Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today dedicated to the nation the successful implementation of the three new criminal […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH,OCT 5 : Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said. The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat, besides the JJP’s Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates, will be decided in the polls in which […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH, SEPT 1 : A month before the assembly elections in Haryana, Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday pledged her unstinted support to the protesting farmers at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana, who marked the 200th day of their agitation there. The farmers were on a ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation demanding legal guarantee for […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH,JULY 17 : Months ahead of the assembly polls, Haryana’s BJP government announced Wednesday a 10 per cent reservation for Agniveers in the recruitment of constables, forest guards and jail wardens, along with quotas in other posts. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini also said that the government will provide interest-free loans of up to Rs […]Continue Reading
