For months, Dera Sacha Sauda has been a target of hatred and violence because of the controversial attire and mannerisms that its chief Ram Rahim Singh adopted to emulate 10th Sikh guru Gobind Singh. Over a dozen people died and an attempt was made on Ram Rahim’s life after clashes broke out between Sikhs and [...]
Four gay couple in Chandigarh tied the knot on Friday after the Delhi HC decriminalised homosexuality last week.
Dressed in bridal attire, Deepak alias Sapna is delighted that he can enter into a marital affair with long time partner Jarnail Singh.
“Though the High Court order is not valid, we will fight for our rights,” [...]
For Sandeep Tahkur and Vaishali Thakur, the journey from the rural outskirts of Punjab to the CLTA’s Rural Programme means a lot. The two girls, who have been selected in the CLTA’s CHART scheme, have the privilege of being the first two girls selected in the scheme and are looking forward to their stint at [...]
Five and a half years ago Ajay Yadav was just another kid growing up in the dusty bylanes of Panipat. But there was something about Ajay that stood out—while other children were busy playing cricket, he enjoyed listening to endless stories about Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati from his tennis-addicted father.
“My father, an employee [...]
The Government Railway Police (GRP) today found the corpse of a seven-year-old girl in the toilet of a stationary train at the Amritsar railway station.
The GRP said that the body was found in the train that had come to Amritsar from Katihar, Bihar, last night.
The body was found in a toilet when the train was [...]
After witnessing two dengue deaths and 211 cases last year, Mohali has now geared up in time to meet the challenge lying ahead this monsoon
season. A cell separator machine is being procured to separate platelets from blood, while 11 teams have been formed to educate residents.
Health authorities are going to provide dengue test [...]
Claiming that it had already planted one million trees in the city last year, UT administration on Thursday launched yet anotherplantation drive to add 1.58 lakh more saplings to this figure.
The much-hyped Green Chandigarh campaign under the Partnership Initiative Programme was inaugurated by UT administrator Gen (Retd) SF Rodrigues in presence of eminent [...]
An eight member high powered Australian delegation headed by .Colin Walters,Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations late last evening called on S.C. Agarwal, Chief Secretary Punjab and assured him that the Indian students most of them are from Punjab origin were completely safe in Australia.
The meeting was aimed at strengthening the Australia-India [...]
Recent rain showers have exposed lack of preparedness on the part of Mohali municipal council to deal with the problem of water logging. Asmonsoon season is round the corner, municipal council has not been able to carry out work regarding the construction and repair of road gullies and water channels due to the model code [...]
Four gay couple in Chandigarh tied the knot on Friday after the Delhi HC decriminalised homosexuality last week.
Dressed in bridal attire, Deepak alias Sapna is delighted that he can enter into a marital affair with long time partner Jarnail Singh.
“Though the High Court order is not valid, we will fight for our rights,” [...]