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Farmers to guv: Project likely to affect agri land, cause flooding

Ferozepur, Aug. 12 -- The row over the proposed 31-km Ditch-cum-Bundh (DCB) project along the India-Pakistan border in Fazilka district reached Punjab Lok Bhavan on Wednesday, with governor Gulab Chan... Read More


Parl clears bill to form national tribunal panel

NEW DELHI, Aug. 12 -- Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to improve the efficiency, transparency, independence and accountability of various tribunals as well as to establish a National T... Read More


Cong discusses K'taka cabinet portfolios, announcement likely soon

New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Congress central leadership held a meeting on Tuesday to finalise portfolio allocations for the newly inducted ministers in Karnataka government and also deliberated upon the... Read More


Hayer, Sukhanand named aap's pu election in-charges

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday appointed Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Bagha Purana MLA Amritpal Singh Sukhanand as election in-charges for the upcoming Panjab U... Read More


Mohali: Three get life term for guard's murder

Mohali, Aug. 12 -- Nearly six years after a security guard was fatally assaulted at an under-construction site in Sector 66, a Mohali court has sentenced three men to life imprisonment for his murder.... Read More


A little rain but a whole lot of fun

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- Residents enjoyed pleasant conditions amid light rain throughout the day on Tuesday. India Meteorological Department officials said similar conditions will continue in the comin... Read More


Rights panel takes note of Zirakpur schoolgirl's abduction, gangrape

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- Taking suo motu cognisance of a HT report on the alleged abduction and gangrape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Zirakpur, the Punjab State and Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commis... Read More


1 lakh+ voters flagged for scrutiny in city, 67% served notices so far

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Chandigarh has gathered pace, with 1,38,070 voters flagged for scrutiny and 93,193 (67%) already being served notices,... Read More


Zimbabwean student killed as two-wheeler rams into parked truck

Mohali, Aug. 12 -- A 24-year-oldZimbabwean national died after his scooter crashed into a stationary truck near a medical college in Zirakpur on Sunday. The deceased, OnwardMasimba Njanji, a resident ... Read More


238 Punjab, 7 Haryana Acts currently apply to UT, reveals Centre

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- As many as 245 Acts enacted by Punjab and Haryana are presently applicable in the Union territory of Chandigarh, the Uniongovernment informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. These inc... Read More