The Punjab and Haryana High Court fined a Fazilka-based BEd institution and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Rs 20 lakh for awarding conditional recognition against a Supreme Court direction. The payment was shared evenly. The institution, which is administered by the Syon Educational and Welfare Society, applied for Panjab University affiliation in 2022 […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in engineering courses at the University Institute of Engineering Technology (UIET) and Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET). The plea was filed by a student seeking admission under the OBC category, but the court ruled that the reservation […]
The Chandigarh Police apprehended the main suspect in a Rs 1.65 crore immigration fraud case. The culprit, 26-year-old Ravinder Singh Brar of Mohali, was nabbed on Wednesday on a tip. Brar, the proprietor of BB Council, an immigration consultancy based in Sector 17, Chandigarh, was caught while driving a white Mahindra Scorpio. During the search […]
In a bid to resolve long-standing sewer and stormwater pipeline issues in Mohali, MLA Kulwant Singh inaugurated a Rs 2.62-crore infrastructure project on Friday. The comprehensive program involves the construction and maintenance of new and existing sewage lines, with work commencing in Phase 4 near the Kalgidhar Sahib Gurdwara. The project is intended to alleviate […]
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport will open its newly renovated Terminal 1 today, August 17, marking a crucial milestone in the airport’s growth plans. The terminal’s reopening comes weeks after it was closed due to a canopy collapse in late June, which resulted in a heartbreaking death. On 14 August 2024, Delhi Airport Limited […]
In reaction to the savage rape and murder of a trainee women doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a 24-hour countrywide strike beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 17. Non-emergency medical services will be stopped nationwide during the walkout as physicians seek justice […]
Udaipur, Rajasthan, saw a massive security clampdown on Friday, August 17, 2024, when internet connections were banned for 24 hours due to violent communal confrontations. The rioting began after a knife assault at a local government school. Incident Details: The assault began when a fellow student reportedly stabbed a Class 10 student in the morning. […]
According to a major development, the Special Judge of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Chandigarh has summoned Mr Ravi Sekhar Sinha, Principal Chief Material Manager of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, and two directors of EC Blades and Tools Pvt Ltd who are based in Chandigarh to stand trial for offences under Section […]
In a highly impactful legal turn of events, a U.S. court has determined that Pakistani-born Canadian entrepreneur Tahawwur Hussain Rana can be extradited to India owing to his purported implication in the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made this ruling as it supported the decision from an […]
In a high-profile case of suspected fraud, Mohali police detained three important members of the Chandigarh Congress, including the vice-president, his wife, and their son. The arrests come from allegations of defrauding a resident of ₹2.30 crore through a fraudulent sale of an industrial site. The Vice President of Congress Women Wing, Chandigarh Ms. Balwinder […]