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Rules tweaked, buyers to pay in 6 mths for properties sold by govt

Chandigarh, May 24 -- The Punjab cabinet on Friday approved an amendment to the Punjab Management and Transfer of Municipal Properties Rules, 2021, reducing the time period given to buyers of properti... Read More


Haryana appoints 5 state information commissioners

Chandigarh, May 24 -- The Haryana government on Friday appointed five persons as state information commissioners. The appointments will come into effect after they are administered oath by the governo... Read More


Jagdish Jhinda electedas HSGMC president

Karnal, May 24 -- Jagdish Singh Jhinda, 70, was elected president of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) on Friday. Jhinda was chosen to lead the committee at a meeting convened at ... Read More


Kaithal man accused of spying sent to judicial remand

Karnal, May 24 -- Days after he was arrested for alleged espionage, 25-year-old Devender Singh Dhillon was on Friday sent to judicial remand, Kaithal superintendent of police Astha Modi said. He was p... Read More


HC quashes Hry govt's 10-mark socio-economic criteria for jobs

Chandigarh, May 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has quashed the 2019 notification of the Haryana government, which gave an additional 10 marks on the basis of socio- economic criterion fo... Read More


Hry misleading people on its water share: Punjab minister

Chandigarh, May 24 -- Punjab water resources and soil & water conservation minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Friday strongly condemned Haryana's "misleading claims" regarding water allocation from the ... Read More


Hearing in water-sharing row deferred till Monday

Chandigarh, May 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred hearing in the plea from Punjab government, seeking recall of the May 6 order that allowed release of additional water to Har... Read More


Court questions state govt's 'failure' to act on ACS report

Shimla, May 24 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court questioned the delay on part of the state government in acting on an inquiry report filed by additional chief secretary (home) Onkar Chand Sharma into... Read More


Govt college principal held for sexually harassing girl student

Dharamshala, May 24 -- Himanshu Monga, the director-cum-principal of Government Hydro Engineering College, Bandla, Bilaspur, was arrested following a sexual harassment complaint filed by a student, po... Read More


'Appalled by manner of probe': HC pulls up Shimla SP-led SIT

Shimla, May 24 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court on Friday questioned Shimla superintendent of police (SP)-led special investigation team (SIT) for its probe into the death Himachal Pradesh Power Cor... Read More