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Just 25% waste left to be cleared: MC

Chandigarh, July 22 -- Only 59,000 metric tonnes of legacy waste, from the third and final mountain of garbage, is left for bioremediation at the Dadumajra landfill, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporati... Read More


Reversing tractor-trolley crushes pedestrian to death in Kharar

Mohali, July 22 -- A tractor-trolley crushed a pedestrian to death near Amandeep Eye Hospital in Kharar's Garden Colony on Saturday. The victim, Dinesh, 45, a daily wage labourer and a resident of Jag... Read More


8 dead as rains batter J&K, HP, U'khand

Jammu/Shimla/Dehradun, July 22 -- Landslides and torrential rains wreaked havoc in parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Monday, leaving eight people, including a 5-year-old,... Read More


Don't become political tool, top court warns ED

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Supreme Court on Monday warned the ED about being used as a political tool and likening the trend to a "virus" that must not spread across the country. Dismissing the agency'... Read More


4 college students among six killed in twin mishaps

Bathinda/Hoshiarpur, July 22 -- As many as six persons, including four college students, lost their lives and four others sustained injuries in two road mishaps in Bathinda and Hoshiarpur districts, o... Read More


Asst prof jobs: Channi govt ignored red flags raised by then GNDU VC

Chandigarh, July 22 -- The recruitment of 1,158 assistant professors in Punjab's government colleges, which were struck down by the Supreme Court recently, was carried out despite a clear warning from... Read More


Opposition misleading people on land pooling scheme, says CM

Sangrur/Chandigarh/Amritsar, July 22 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann urged the people not to be swayed by what he termed as misleading propaganda from the Opposition regarding the land pooling scheme,... Read More


Five-year-old girl crushed under wheels of school bus

Jalandhar, July 22 -- A five-year-old girl was crushed to death after she was run over by her school bus on the school premises in Jalandhar's Adampur on Monday morning, police said. Kirat Kaur, a stu... Read More


Check corruption in tehsils, DCs told

Chandigarh, July 22 -- In a communication sent to all the deputy commissioners, the revenue department, Punjab, on Monday asked them to take measures to check corruption in the tehsils. Additional chi... Read More


Landa Harike gang member held after encounter

TARN TARAN, July 22 -- The Tarn Taran police on Sunday night arrested an alleged gangster associated with the Landa Harike gang along with illegal weapons after an encounter at Bhullar village of the ... Read More