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High drama in Sec 45 as mayor, councillors join protesters

CHANDIGARH, April 9 -- The demolition drive against violations in Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) flats in Sector 45 continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, triggering strong protests fro... Read More


HC junks Haryana notification on reducing SC seats in P'kula MC

Chandigarh, April 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has quashed the Haryana government's 2025 notification, whereby Scheduled Caste (SC) category seats in the Panchkula municipal corporation... Read More


Contract for cleaning southern sectors awarded at Rs.6 cr/month

Chandigarh, April 9 -- The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) house on Wednesday witnessed heated exchanges between councillors and officials over multiple civic issues, including fire safety clear... Read More


Hallomajra Man gets 20-yr jail for raping niece

Chandigarh, April 9 -- A 26-year-old resident of Hallomajra has been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) forraping his niece in 2024. The incident took place in April 2024 when the vic... Read More


HC questions delay in land usage survey by Punjab

Chandigarh, April 9 -- In a sharp rebuke of the Punjab government's enforcement record, the high court on Tuesday questioned the Punjab government about the delay in taking action against illegal acti... Read More


Arhtiyas call off strike after Mann assures talks with Centre

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Commission agents (arhtiyas) in Punjab on Wednesday called off their strike, citing solidarity with farmers whose wheat crop has been damaged by recent rainfall and hailstorms a... Read More


Arms smuggling ring busted in Amritsar, four held with 7 pistols

AMRITSAR, April 9 -- The commissionerate police, Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with the arrest of four persons, including a juvenile, and recovered seven sophistica... Read More


State govt seeks Centre's help as rains hit wheat on 35L hectares

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Punjab agriculture minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian on Wednesday urged the Centre to immediately send a high-level team to assess the damage caused to wheat and other rabi crops b... Read More


Pargat calls govt's sacrilege law move 'misleading'

Chandigarh, April 9 -- Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantt Pargat Singh has raised concerns over the Punjab government's intent to deliver justice in sacrilege cases, terming its proposed legislative mo... Read More


State to extend young entrepreneurs programme for students of class 9, 10

Chandigarh, April 9 -- The Punjab government, which introduced entrepreneurship as a graded subject for classes 11 and 12 students, is now expanding the programme to classes 9 and 10 in government sch... Read More