A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of Air India flight ‘Kanishka’ in 1985.
The five-member team is on a visit to Chandigarh and Punjab to probe a few leads in connection with the incident in which […]
CHANDIGARH scripted an emphatic win over Jalandhar on the third day of the final of the Punjab Inter-District (Under 15) Cricket Tournament for the Sushil Bali Trophy on Sunday.
They defeated Jalandhar on the basis of a first innings lead of 241 runs at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium, Phase IX here on Sunday.
Starting the […]
The Punjab government and the union ministry of forests and environment are clearly headed for a showdown over environment clearances for mega infrastructure projects coming up in the state. At stake is an investment of nearly Rs.600 billion.
Chief minister Amarinder Singh has asked the Punjab pollution control board (PPCB) to issue provisional environment clearance certificates […]
RESIDENTS of the new Mohali district are facing heavy power shortage with daily power cuts of more than four to five hours. When Mohali was announced a district on April 14, the Chief Minister had also announced that Mohali city would be a No Power Cut Zone. And true, it was; for a week.
Thereafter, however, […]
THE city is headed for a severe water crisis in the next 10 years if the government doesn’t take immediate steps to make rainwater harvesting mandatory.
A study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has found that groundwater levels are dropping all across the city, with the decline being the sharpest in the southern […]
AT a rally organised today at Anardana Chowk, the Punjab Vikas Manch flayed the working of the Punjab government.
Congress leader and advocate Jagmohan Singh Saini made a fervent plea to all congressmen of Patiala to join the Vikas Manch for the development of the city. He complimented those who had joined the Manch for the […]
As many as 15 passengers received serious burn and other injuries when a “powerful explosion” put an Una-bound PRTC bus into flames at the local Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) at about 4 p.m. today.
The cause of fire was yet to be ascertained. Preliminary investigations by the bomb disposal squads of the PAP, the Army […]
OVER 1,000 luxury flats - all fully furnished, centrally air-conditioned and with swimming pools and lawns - will be up for grabs in Sector 20 shortly.
The first phase of the housing project features as many as 168 three bedroom flats. Each flat will have an area of 1,500 square feet and be brought up within […]
ON a call given by the joint front of the Punjab Government and Semi-Government Pensioners’ Welfare Association, a large number of pensioners from across the state today staged a dharna at YPS Chowk, near Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s residence against non-fulfillment of the demands of the senior citizens.
Sat Paul Rahi, senior vice-president of the […]
Pakistan and India are planning to extend the Lahore-Amritsar train service to Delhi to meet the increased demand for trade and passengers traffic.
A government official told Daily Times on Thursday that an amendment would be made to the existing Pak-India Rail Agreement on the Lahore-Wagah-Attari route to allow the extended rail service. He said the […]