The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday granted a stay against the order of the Punjab State Information Commission dated March 12, vide which the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) was declared a public authority under the Right to Information Act.
Olympian Prithipal Singh Hockey tournament is going to start from Monday at Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Stadium Jarkhar.
Reacting to the shooting incidents during the zila parishad and block samiti elections, state Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa on Sunday accused rival counterpart Sukhbir Singh Badal of promoting "gun culture" in Punjab.
The sudden rise in temperature showed its impact on the polling for the zila parishad and block samiti elections in the district on Sunday.
Women voters, especially young, seemed an enthusiastic lot during the zila parishad and panchayat samiti polls as they turned up in hordes, braving the sultry weather.
To monitor polling process and to conduct polling fair and peacefully, police commissioner Ishwar Singh has formed block wise teams of police officials. Officers of the rank of additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP) have been given the rein of blocks and officers of the rank of assistant commissioner of police (ACP) would assist them.
Sushma Mehta, councillor of ward number 36, said 'suvidha centers' in all sub zones of the local body should be renovated instead of constructing new areas. Mehta said MC had floated tenders for the construction of new areas for these suvidha centers, but no contractor turned up knowing the financial condition of the MC.
Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) has appealed for help to a patient whose feet were amputated in an accident with a train recently at Ludhiana railway station. Subhash, 36, is undergoing treatment at CMCH, but his family is unable to afford the cost.
Around three months after the arrest of a dreaded gangster, Ravi Deol, police arrested his one of the accomplices on Friday and claimed to have recovered illegal weapon from his possession. The accused has been identified by police as Parminder Singh, 27, of Chhajawal village.
The two disputed gates installed by 'some unscrupulous residents' of Rishi Nagar locality were finally removed by the Municipal Corporation on Friday.
Union minister of state for information and broadcasting (independent charge) Manish Tewari on Friday warned against “criminalisation of politics in Punjab”.
The Shimlapuri police have booked two travel agents for allegedly duping a resident of Ajit Nagar of Rs. 3.50 lakh and sending him abroad using fake documents.
The city police booked a 22-year-old man of Mundiyan Kalan for allegedly abducting a minor girl on the pretext of marriage on Thursday. The accused Ajay Kumar is a labourer.
Khushmeet Kaur Bains, a final year student of MSc botany, has been selected for the National Youth Award for the year 2011-12, a press note here on Thursday.
With as many as 27 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidates declared elected unopposed in four out of 12 block samitis, the party seems to be getting an edge over Congress in the block samiti polls.