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Transferred in the middle of an inquiry into a kidney scam, additional deputy commissioner of police (investigation) J Elanchezhian (34) is back in the city and back on the case on the deputy chief minister’s directive.He also remains part of the special investigation team (SIT) with deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Sandeep Kumar Sharma, ADCP…[Read more]

Is cricketer Yuvraj Singh off the market (again)? Is he dating a Bollywood actor (again)?
Well, we can’t confirm what the real deal is, but rumours are doing the rounds that the Indian cricket heartthrob and British model-turned-actor, Hazel Keech are more than “just friends”. According to reports, the two are dating.Hazel starred in Salman Kha…[Read more]

Though residents across the state are reeling under the stray dog menace, the Punjab government has managed to get rid of over four lakh stray dogs in the last three years, at least on paper.The state government’s affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana high court stating that Punjab has only 59,806 stray dogs has left many animal rights activists…[Read more]

Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, has issued memos to two senior employees of its pension cell, asking them to explain why they had failed in detecting the fraud, the quantum of which has reached Rs 1.63 crore.”I have issued memos to assistant registrar and superintendent of pension cell. They have to explain how such a big scam escaped their…[Read more]

A 70-year-old physically-challenged woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Sector 21 on Sunday. The family members alleged she was murdered, while police claim she died of a natural death as the postmortem report suggest she suffered a heart attack. The family members also stated `30,000, gold earrings, gold…[Read more]

The All India Kisan Federation has demanded a separate budget for agriculture sector budget on the lines of the rail budget.The demand was raised during a seminar organised by the federation here. As many as 130 activists took part in the seminar. Farm experts said over 60% population was dependent on agriculture, but it was contributing 13%…[Read more]

Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday asked the State Technical Education and Industrial Training department to rope in world-class agencies to equip unemployed youth with the latest technological skills.Presiding over a high-level meeting to finalise the modalities to train the unemployed youth in various fields like healthcare and…[Read more]

Amritsar is going to celebrate Janmashtami in the Mumbai way this time as a group of women from Pallavi Foundation, Mumbai is going to form a five-layer human pyramid at Gol Bagh ground near Durgiana Temple on September 6.Dahi Handi event, which is popular in Maharashtra is based on the legend of the child-god Krishna stealing butter from the…[Read more]

In yet another instance of unhygienic midday meal, Chandigarh mayor Poonam Sharma found a dead lizard in the meal during her visit to anganwadi centre number 7 in Mauli Jagran on Thursday.The mayor was talking to some visitors at her office on Thursday when one of the visitors received a call that a dead lizard had been found in the meal at the…[Read more]

On Thursday, World War-2 veteran Amar Singh, 91, who was sitting on protest over “delayed justice” outside the Punjab and Haryana High Court was physically removed by the Chandigarh police. He had protested outside the court on August 31 also.The police dropped Amar Singh back at his house.The placards which talk about “judicial corru…[Read more]

It was on this day 50 years ago that Major Sat Parkash Varma laid down his life while fighting in the India-Pakistan war of 1965 in Jammu and Kashmir.Varma, who was just 23-yearold at that time, was awarded Vir Chakra for his heroic act. “I was just 15-year-old when the telegram came. The wording of the telegram is still stored in my brain… Onl…[Read more]

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to inaugurate the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB’s) housing complex in Sector 63, one of the board’s existing colonies in adjoining Sector 49-D — launched six years ago with much hype — is crying for maintenance.Residents have complaining about the broken roads, the wild growth of grass and increasing and dan…[Read more]

Protesting against the drug menace in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday claimed that the state has become a “drug haven” due to “connivance” of ruling SAD-BJP coalition.”Punjab has become a drug haven due to the connivance of both the partners of this corrupt SAD-BJP ruling coalition,” Zonal Incharge of AAP, Col C M Lakhanpal (retd)…[Read more]

State-run buses services were affected in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh following the all-India strike call given by various trade organizations on Wednesday.People faced problems as Haryana Roadways buses went off the roads. The employees of Punjab Roadways also joined the strike and stopped plying buses.”We are opposing the new labour laws. We…[Read more]

Peeved at non-implementation of the promised One Rank, One Pension (OROP) formula for the armed forces, a section of ex-servicemen would start a relay hunger strike in Mohali this week.
Ex-servicemen from Mohali and neighbouring areas would be participating in the protest, which would be on the lines as the ongoing hunger strike being held by…[Read more]

As a shocked nation continues to be transfixed by the story of how Indrani Mukerjea allegedly killed her daughter, the riveting filmlike account brings back memories of similar stories played out in Punjab not so long ago.
In these cases of murders most foul, where mothers, have been either convicted or charged with killing their daughters,…[Read more]

Kulwinder Kaur, daughter-in-law of Pearl Group owner Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, has dragged Bhangoo and five other members of the family to Punjab and Haryana high court over a property dispute.Kaur, wife of late Harvinder Singh, Bhangoo’s son, has alleged that she had been deprived of all economic, financial resources and properties to which she was…[Read more]

Punjab Medical Council (PMC) chief GS Grewal has accused minister for medical education and research Anil Joshi of protecting corrupt doctors. In a letter to Joshi, Grewal said the minister had virtually given a clean chit to ghost teachers in various medical colleges by stalling inquiry against them. He also resented the minister’s alleged…[Read more]

The Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded resignation of revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia and a CBI probe against him after the counsel of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Niranjan Singh in the Punjab and Haryana high court mentioned the alleged pressure tactics adopted by the minister for his transfer.AAP’s Punjab convener Sucha…[Read more]

In order to facilitate city residents to pay property tax conveniently, the department of information technology through the Society for Promotion of Information Technology (SPIC) on Monday launched an online facility to pay the same over here.UT adviser Vijay Dev inaugurated the facility at Tagore Theatre on Monday.The online payment facility for…[Read more]