Just about a fortnight after it’s decision to dissolve gram panchayats in Punjab came under judicial scanner, the government on Thursday announced its decision to withdraw the notification in this regard.Appearing before the Bench headed by Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha, Punjab Advocate-General Vinod Ghai submitted that the notification would be withdrawn in the next […]
Due to heavy rain on Wednesday morning, traffic was stopped at Chakki Mor on the Chandigarh-Shimla highway for safety reasons. The damage will be assessed after the rain. Police have diverted the traffic through alternative routes.Also, traffic has been put on hold over the Baddi bridge after it bent in the middle and a pier […]
Police have registered an FIR against unidentified people for allegedly making provocative speeches at the August 13 ‘Sarv Hindu Samaj mahapanchayat’ in Haryana’s Palwal, officials said.The FIR was registered based on a complaint by Probationer Sub-Inspector (PSI) Sachin, who alleged that some people gave provocative speeches against the people of another community during the gathering […]
Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force, Army and the BSF have been pressed into service for rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur and Rupnagar districts. Large parts of these three districts have been inundated following the release of excess water from the Bhakra and the Pong dams, said officials. The […]
The rescue operation to retrieve the technician who was buried under 80 feet of soil at the Delhi-Katra Expressway construction site on the Kartarpur-Kapurthala road here on Saturday evening received a setback on Monday morning as soil further caved in at the rescue site.This further set the rescue operations back by several hours even as […]
Forty-one people were killed and 1,616 are living in 173 relief camps following the floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said.Nineteen districts — Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot — were affected by the floods. The government […]
Popular Punjabi singer Surinder Shinda passed away on Wednesday.Shinda, who had been receiving treatment at DMCH, Ludhiana, died on Wednesday morning, as confirmed by a hospital official. He was 64. Had been on ventilator for the past many days.He had numerous hot songs like ‘Jatt Jeona Morh’, ‘Putt Jattan de’ and ‘Truck Billiya’. He had […]
Days after the Punjab Governor said the calling of a special Assembly session last month was likely a breach of law and procedure, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday said it is “very unfortunate” that Banwarilal Purohit does not know whether the June 19-20 session was legal or illegal.Mann said during the previous Amarinder Singh […]
The Punjab government has tied up with National Institute of Fashion Technology to impart training to 125 women artisans at five locations across the state.Special Chief Secretary, Cooperation, Anurag Aggarwal, after inaugurating first training session here, said the articles prepared by these artisans will be sold by Markfed through its online e-commerce portal as well […]
One person has died and three were injured after a cloudburst near Kais village in Kullu’s Raison at 3.55 am Monday. The incident happened following heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh. Kullu DEOC informed the incident occurred near Kais village at Raison in Kullu district.The person killed has been identified as Badal Sharma of Chansari village […]