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 [...]
Expressing deep concern and terming the case, concerning chargesheeted police officers still being allowed to continue in service, as extremely significant, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab government to take it seriously.
The case pertains to a suo moto notice taken by a division bench of the High [...]
Chandigarh is all set to pay tribute to evergreen Bollywood star Dev Anand by hosting a festival of his films here from Aug 16.
Titled Evergreen Dev Anand Film Festival, it is being organised by the department of tourism, Chandigarh and Delhi-based Millionaires Trust. Four of Dev Anand’s hits — “Guide”, “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, “Jewel [...]
Ambitious projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) are moving at a snail’s pace in Amritsar and Ludhiana, while in small and medium towns these are yet to take off, though the detailed project reports (DPRs) have already been approved by the Union government.
In fact, work has not started at all but [...]
Expanding the retail presence of HP in B and C-class cities and aiming to provide exposure to partners in the retail arena, the vendor has opened HP World in Chandigarh in collaboration with Accord Computech. This is the first HP World in Punjab and Haryana. The vendor has more than 200 such stores across the [...]
The office of an LPG distributor in Phase V was ransacked during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
This, despite a sweet shop located right next to its office and a leading eatery a little distance away. Both the sweet shop and the eating joint are open almost till midnight and the employees of the [...]
Telecom company Idea Cellular Ltd on Monday said it is scouting for partners to operate mobile phone services in Punjab and Karnataka, after the government asked the company to either surrender its licences for the two circles or those of its newly acquired unit, Spice Communications Ltd, to avoid overlapping.
“Policy is very clear. What will [...]
It rained and rained destruction, with death giving company on Wednesday, after almost 20 years in Punjab with Saura village in Ropar flooded, three persons getting killed in 15 incidents of house collapse in Tarn Taran and Amritsar districts and sewage entering some homes in Phagwara, Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur. So devastative were the rains that [...]
As part of its nationwide protest against the cancellation of land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (ASS) blocked the busy National Highway-21 today.
The NH connects Chandigarh with major parts of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir via Mohali and Kharar.
The [...]
To honour shooter Abhinav Bindra for his Olympic gold medal at Beijing, the Panjab University has decided to set up a medal and a cash award of Rs.100,000 in his name at its forthcoming convocation ceremony.
“The award and the medal has been announced by R.C. Sobti, university vice-chancellor, in recognition of the victory and honour [...]