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In A first-of-its-kind development in the Tricity, a road corridor has been established between the Command Hospital, Western Command, Chandimandir, and the Chandigarh airport in order to transport the organs meant to be transplanted in another city. Also on the anvil is an air corridor which is to be established between Chandigarh and New Delhi…[Read more]

Aiming to familiarize himself with the problems faced by students at government schools, Punjab education minister Daljit Singh Cheema visited two government schools in Banur sector on Wednesday and said that the government would provide free coaching for competitive exams to students who could not afford them.Cheema, who visited Government Senior…[Read more]

Former Punjab director general of police (DGP), prisons, Shashi Kant on Wednesday claimed before the Punjab and Haryana high court that the drug menace problem in Punjab had “deliberately been shrunk by the state and that the drug business was worth Rs 1 lakh crore per year”.In his application given to the high court, Kant has demanded that…[Read more]

Former President APJ Abdul Kalam was not only a renowned scientist and the ‘People’s President’, but also a bestselling author, who inspired many through books such as ‘Wings of Fire’, ‘Ignited Minds’ and ‘Vision 2020’, among others. His books sold a huge number of copies in multiple languages and although the demand for his texts remained hi…[Read more]

The UT health department is all geared up to launch the evening out patient departments (OPDs) at the Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector-16 (GMSH-16) from August 15. The hospital had first started evening OPD two years back but was unable to keep it functioning.The OPD will be initially started in five specialties- medicine, paediatrics,…[Read more]

As a last-ditch effort, the Panchkula municipal corporation has resent a fresh proposal to the Haryana government to be reconsidered for the smart city project after failing to make a cut in the list of the proposed smart cities in the state. The MC has rectified the mistakes that were committed in the previous proposal submissions.

Former minister and senior Dalit leader Choudhary Jagjit Singh passed away following cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. He was 81.A five-time MLA from Kartarpur assembly segment of Jalandhar district, Chaudhary served as local bodies minister in Captain Amarinder Singh led Congress government between 2002 to 2007 and was counted as one of the…[Read more]

Rains lashed many parts of Punjab and Haryana for the second consecutive day on Sunday, a MeT department official said.Chandigarh received incessant rains leading to a dip in temperature, a MeT Department official said here.Most parts of Punjab, including Patiala, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Ropar and Jalandhar also received rainfall, the…[Read more]

Punjab’s food and drugs administration in order to curb the menace of spurious and substandard animal drugs carried statewide raids in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Moga and seized 157 samples from different manufacturing units, drug stores and chemist shops in these districts in the past 24 hours.The raids were…[Read more]

It is that time of the year again when preparations are underway for the elections to the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) and similar bodies in city colleges.Protests over issues ranging from problems faced by students in hostel admissions to increase in prices of food items are being held almost every day on the campus. S…[Read more]

Recognising the gallantry deed of slain SP Baljit Singh who laid down his life in the Dina Nagar terror attack, the Punjab government has decided to appoint his son as Deputy Superintendent of Police besides allowing ex-gratia grant of Rs. 25 lakh to his bereaved family.The decision was taken by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal during a…[Read more]

THE SECURITY drills being conducted by the Chandigarh police, Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP) at the railway station in the run-up to Independence Day are evidently a mere eyewash. The entrance of the station is still unmanned and unguarded. As one enters the station, the first sign of laxity on part of the…[Read more]

Babbar Khalsa International chief Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjit Singh Bheora and Jagtar Singh Tara – under-trials in the Beant Singh assassination case – were given VIP treatment by the jail official accused in the jail break case.These allegations were made by public prosecutor JP Singh while submitting final arguments in the ongoing Burail jail…[Read more]

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday welcomed a Polish proposal to turn farmers into food entrepreneurs by investing in food processing technologies and farm machinery in Punjab.Addressing a gathering at a business seminar organised by the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce at the agriculture ministry in Warsaw in Poland,…[Read more]

A 26-year-old woman died after she allegedly jumped from third floor of a hotel here, police said today.Some passersby saw the woman fall yesterday and informed the police, who reached the spot and shifted the woman to local Civil hospital here, police said.She was declared brought dead, they said.Police said the deceased had checked into the…[Read more]

The Panchkula administration on Monday launched a mobile application for local residents to avail of the district-level services.The city map is one of the congenial features of the application, through which citizens can know about the city. Through the ‘Contact us’ option, residents can contact deputy commissioner, commissioner, the municipal…[Read more]

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday condemned the terror attack in Gurdaspur district, saying he was taking stock of the situation every 15 minutes despite being unwell.The attack is very sad. Militancy is a national problem, not state problem. Being a national problem, it needs to be tackled with national policies,” Badal said.He…[Read more]

Hundreds of ex-servicemen held a black-flag protest over the delay in implementing one rank, one pension (OROP) in Mohali on Saturday as defence minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the Mai Bhago Armed Forces Preparatory Institute.The ex-servicemen from Mohali, Chandigarh and Panchkula owing allegiance to different associations gathered at…[Read more]

Hundreds of candidates took the retest of the All India Pre Medical Entrance Test at select centres in the region under unprecedented security on Saturday.Despite instructions from the Central Board of Security Education (CBSE) not to wear earrings, watches, rings, belts and wristbands, candidates at various AIPMT centres did not adhere to the…[Read more]

None of the 65 Sikh convicts, for whose release Surat Singh Khalsa is on hunger strike for almost 190 days, is eligible for remission of sentence after today’s order by the Supreme Court, vacating stay over the power of the state governments to remit sentences.Though the stay was vacated, as per the conditions about the category of convicts to b…[Read more]