Pakistan and Bangladesh establish direct maritime link

Pakistan and Bangladesh’s direct maritime link signals...

Indian equity market delivers stronger returns than China

New Delhi: Indian equity markets have delivered...

We are Fighting for freedom, says Dil Murad Baloch of BNM

‘Our movement continues to progress based on...

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‘Main tenu pher milagi’, Imroz met his immortal Amrita, passes away at 97

Inderjeet, also known as Imroz, an artist and poet, shared words that encapsulated a timeless reality about Amrita Pritam, the cherished poetess of undivided...

CM Bhagwant Mann brings government to people’s doorstep

Punjab is launching the ‘Bhagwant Mann Sarkar, Tuhade Dwaar’ scheme. CHANDIGARH In an era where accessibility and efficiency in public services stand as cornerstones of effective...

France calls out Chandigarh administration for negligence of heritage items

Chandigarh administration seems to have missed creating an ‘inventory’ for Le Corbusier furniture. CHANDIGARH The negligence and apparent failure of the Chandigarh administration in safeguarding World...

Art historian’s death marks end of an era

CHANDIGARH Renowned Indian art historian and esteemed authority on miniature paintings, Brijinder Nath Goswamy, passed away last week in Chandigarh after an extended period of...

Showdown between govt, Governor sparks constitutional concerns in Punjab

CHANDIGARH In the midst of an escalating dispute between the Punjab government and Governor Banwarilal Purohit, over the Governor withholding certain bills passed by the...

‘Stubble burning in Punjab is choking North India’

Punjab shattered the record for stubble burning cases over the past two years on Wednesday. In a single day (1 November 2023), a staggering...

Punjab sees fall in population growth rate in past decade

Data from Civil Registration System shows annual population growth falling by 50% from 2011 to 2020. Punjab has been witnessing a consistent decline in its...

Begum Munawwar-ul-Nisa, a picture ofenduring royal grace, passes away at 100

She had graciously bequeathed the 150-year-old Mubarak Manzil Palace of Malerkotla to the government. Begum Munawwar-ul-Nisa, the consort of the last Nawab of Malerkotla in...

Verka’s political roller-coaster rolls on in Punjab

CHANDIGARH Raj Kumar Verka, a former Punjab minister and a prominent Dalit leader from Amritsar, announced his departure from the BJP on Friday. He stated...

Chandigarh cops probing online sharing of female students’ ‘explicit photos’

Case involves a well-known private school and the dissemination of explicit photos of over 50 female students. CHANDIGARH Last year, on 17 September 2022, a female...

Rs 15 crore worth of iconic Chandigarh furniture lost to negligence in the past two years

CHANDIGARH Chandigarh, proudly touted as a “Smart City”, with its supposedly astute police force well-versed in managing chaotic situations, appears to have fallen remarkably short...

Rising cases of liquor smuggling from Chandigarh to Punjab

CHANDIGARH Punjab Governor and Chandigarh UT Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit often targets the Punjab government over drug issues and has constituted village-level committees in Punjab...

Pro-Khalistanis go dormant on social media after nationwide crackdown

CHANDIGARH A recent wave of crackdown across the country, particularly in Punjab, targeting sympathizers of Khalistan—including the revocation of OCI cards of pro-Khalistanis, and...

Ambulance services in Punjab in a pathetic state

CHANDIGARH There was an announcement in December 2022 by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to deploy 900 ambulances over all toll plazas...

Uttarakhand forest department uses drone to distribute seed balls

CHANDIGARH The Uttarakhand forest department’s Research Wing successfully conducted seed ball broadcasting, a first of its kind in the state, on 1 August, using a...

20,000 trees to be axed to lay water pipeline in Punjab, probe ordered

CHANDIGARH For laying a water pipeline in Amritsar, the Punjab Forest Department is going to axe 20,000 trees, Amritsar-based lawyer Ram Nath Seroha has...

Environment ministry sees red, flags Baddi rail line plan

Ministry has asked whether the ‘New Broad-gauge Railway Line from Chandi Mandir to Baddi’ is in an eco-sensitive zone. The Union Environment Ministry has raised...

Punjab’s activist celebrities nowhere to be seen during floods devastating the state

Remember all the celebrities who used to sing songs during the long farmers’ protest to highlight the “plight” of the farmers, amid reports that...

Flash floods: Punjab paying price for unplanned property development

Chandigarh After 1993, Punjab is again witnessing the same fear of losing their loved ones and assets to flash floods across the state. Incessant...

Braveheart women deputy commissioners doing stellar work in flood-hit Punjab

Chandigarh That women can multitask and manage well when it comes to natural disasters is being proven in Punjab, a state now suffering from...

SAD-BJP reunion buzz ‘ends’ as Jakhar appointed state BJP chief

The joining of Sunil Jakhar as Punjab BJP chief has made many in the BJP uncomfortable. After his joining, one BJP leader even showed...

After lumpy skin disease, Glanders virus hits Punjab, Himachal and Haryana

After lumpy skin, now Glanders virus has hit Punjab. Within a few days, after Bathinda, this virus that sick horses fall sick with, has...

Rice crisis in Karnataka gives AAP a chance to woo Congress on ordinance

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has flayed the BJP for playing ‘vendetta politics’ over the rice crisis. Karnataka Congress’ poll manifesto promise to provide free rice to...

Punjab passes bill to replace governor with CM as chancellor of state varsities

Amid a conflict between the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, the Punjab Assembly under Chief Minister Mann saw...

Pigeons’ faecal matter helps identify heavy metals in Punjab locations: Study

CHANDIGARH: In Punjab, local pigeons are proving to be “bio-indicators” to detect heavy metals in the soil or water. As per a latest study,...

Punjab industrialists keen to invest in U.P.

CHANDIGARH: In a bid to “turn” Uttar Pradesh to “Uttam Pradesh”, the UP government held a Global Investors’ Summit in Chandigarh, wherein Punjab Industrialists...

Teenagers as assassins troubling Punjab’s future

Punjab Police found the role of two juveniles in the recent rocket-propelled grenade attack at Tarn Taran police station.   NEW DELHI: In the recent past,...

Punjab sees second rocket-propelled grenade terror attack in seven months

Terrorists execute a rocket propelled grenade attack at Tarn Tarn police station; no casualty was reported.   Chandigarh: Within just seven months, Punjab has seen the...

Security agencies on edge after Hindu leader’s killing in Amritsar

Law and order has collapsed here, says AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay Partap.   CHANDIGARH: The killing of a Hindu leader in Amritsar on Friday, a day...

‘Pakistan’s ISI pushing drugs, ammunition into Punjab’

NEW DELHI: This year seems tough for Punjab as people are frequently encountering numerous terrorist-related news. On Thursday, the Punjab police caught three terrorists...

MMS row throws light on dubious dating sites, apps

CHANDIGARH: The massive uproar over the alleged Chandigarh University case of leaked private video has thrown light on the dark underbelly of dubious activities...

Mumbai cops in Punjab to probe Salman Khan’s recce case, will interrogate gangster Kapil Pandit

Kapil Pandit has been arrested in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case.   NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police has reached Punjab to investigate the recce case of actor...

‘Case against Sikh sect for trying to stop conversion’

People are being ‘persuaded’ to convert on a large scale in the border villages of Punjab.   CHANDIGARH: Missionaries’ “Mission Conversion” has gained momentum in Punjab,...

‘Punjab Vigilance Bureau now more active than before’

Chandigarh: Be it the case of IAS Sanjay Popli’s son’s alleged suicide or arresting ex-Forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot at the wee hours, the...

Sippy Sidhu’s 2015 murder story is no less than a tragic film

Himachal HC Acting Chief Justice’s daughter Kalyani Singh has been arrested by the CBI in the Sidhu murder case.   Chandigarh: Almost seven years on, the...

‘Need to censor Punjabi songs glorifying weapons’

‘Weapons are a favourite topic for many Punjabi folk singers. The state government should control this trend’.   Chandigarh: Punjabi songs glorifying weapons have been attracting...

Punjab becomes target of Khalistani ideology, gangster culture

Chandigarh: Punjab is in the news for all the wrong reasons, be it drone attacks from across the border, ammunition supply, or its youths’...

Sidhu’s new identity is Inmate Number 241383

Chandigarh: Navjot Singh Sidhu—ex-Member of Parliament, ex-Cabinet minister, sportsman, and ex-Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President—now has a new identity—Inmate number 241383. As a murderer,...

The real-life ‘Nayak’ in Punjab Vidhan Sabha

Gurdev Singh ‘Dev’ Mann cycled for four-and-a-half hours to reach the Assembly in Chandigarh, all the way from Nabha.   New Delhi: Remember “Shivaji Rao” in...

Punjab parties urged to include ‘green agenda’ in manifesto

Chandigarh: The forest cover in Punjab which was about 40% in 1947 has been reduced to 6% today. Ahead of Punjab Assembly elections next...

‘Green soldiers’ risk their lives to save forests, wildlife

‘It could be just crocodile eggs for many, but for me, it’s life worth saving’.   Geruwa River is a rivulet of the Ghaggar River passing...

12-year-old girl is an inspiration for amputees

Chandigarh: Shrishti, now 12-year-old, got an electric shock when she was just 5 years of age, and both her arms got amputated. Her mother’s...

India’s ‘green warriors’ still deprived of their due rights

Chandigarh: The National Forest Martyrs’ Day was marked on 11 September. It is meant for those people who sacrificed their lives for wildlife and...

MPs, MLAs shun PGIMER’s poor patients’ fund

Chandigarh: PGIMER is a premier healthcare institute of this region and sees almost 40 lakh patients annually from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. There...

In disuse since 1962, historic wooden bridge reopens

High-altitude bridge on the ancient Indo-Tibetan trade route was renovated and has been turned into a new skywalk.   Chandigarh: You are at 11,000 feet above...

Reverse boring: Tubewell spewing blood red water

Chandigarh: In the first week of July, a viral video of a Sangrur tubewell spewing out chemically contaminated water (blood red water) in Aloarakh...

Chandigarh maps urban areas as per monkeys’ routes

Chandigarh: Yes, they have a routine, time pattern, and routes to follow. They have fixed time for their breakfast, lunch, and dinner and they...

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