Chandigarh: A petition has been filed before the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking directions to exclude the constituencies falling within Haryana for the purpose of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) polls. The petition is expected to come up for hearing on Wednesday, Baldev Singh Sirsa (75), a resident of Khanwal village in Punjab’s Amritsar […]
Chandigarh: Punjab has witnessed a 385% surge in identification and cancellation of fake job cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the last two fiscal years.The state contributes to over 71% of such identified fraudulent cards in the region under the demand-driven wage employment scheme aimed at enhancing the livelihood security […]
Chandigarh: Contrary to the road and rail safety claims, the National Crime Records Bureau’s report has exposed Haryana to have the fourth maximum death rate in these and other accidents.Haryana (53.5) is placed after Ladakh(78.7), Puducherry (65.7), and Chhattisgarh (56.4) on this chart, followed by Maharashtra (53), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (51.8), and Madhya Pradesh […]
Chandigarh: With the Punjab government employees yet to receive their November salary due to the ongoing strike by the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union (PSMSU), the cabinet sub-committee headed by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema finally called the union for a meeting on Tuesday.The employees of over 50 departments have been on a pen-down strike […]
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday issued notice to Punjab and Haryana on a plea against alleged illegal travel agents operating in the two states. A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Ritu Bahri issued the notice after taking cognizance of two public interest litigations (PILs) filed by Arvind Kumar Kadian, […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab recorded the highest number of 144 drug overdose deaths in the country last year, followed by 117 in Rajasthan and 74 in Madhya Pradesh, according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) report released on Monday.Overall, as many as 681 persons, including 116 women, lost their lives due to drug overdose in the […]
Amritsar: India is set to bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships after dropping its earlier intention to host the 2027 edition of the prestigious tournament, a top official of the national federation said on Sunday. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was earlier considering to bid for the hosting rights of the 2027 World […]
Amritsar: Panthic representatives have decided not to withdraw the mercy petition filed by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana. They have also appealed to Rajoana, convicted for the 1995 assassination of former CM Beant Singh, to withdraw his proposed hunger strike in jail.Talking to media after a meeting of […]
Chandigarh: Election results of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan have given the faction-ridden Haryana Congress a serious reason for introspection.Be it state Congress legislature party (CLP) leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda or his detractors — party’s general secretary Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, and former minister Kiran Choudhary — no one can now overlook the […]
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a mere breach of contract or agreement, in absence of a dishonest intention from the beginning of the transaction, cannot give rise to criminal proceedings.“Unless and until the dishonest intention is present right at the beginning for the performance or entrustment in terms of any […]
