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Shops at Panjab University to remain closed till 2 pm on Holi

Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:30 AM IST

As per an order issued by deputy registrar (estate), shops will remain closed in both the Sector 14 and Sector 25 campuses except for those which sell medicines and essential items like milk

Over 60 PU security personnel and 60 cops of Chandigarh Police and the traffic police will keep vigil inside the university. (HT)
By, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: After rain relief, brace for mercury soaring to 33°C this week

Gusty winds up to 40 km/h and trace rain (less than 0.1 mm) were recorded at both the IMD observatory in Sector 39 and the Chandigarh airport on Sunday

The minimum temperature also dipped from 17.2°C on Saturday to 16°C on Sunday, 0.3 degree below normal. (Keshav SIngh/HT)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:28 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Trio in taxi caught with cache of drugs in Chandigarh

A patrolling police party had laid a barrier behind the CTU workshop near Inter-State Bus Terminus in Sector 43, Chandigarh, and seized a cache of drugs from three drug peddlers

Further probe is underway to ascertain and the source and destination of the seized contraband. (HT)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:26 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Wife, her friend held for man’s murder in Yamunanagar

Police arrested two women, including the deceased man's wife, on murder charges in Yamunanagar. The women plotted with another man to kill him due to a family dispute.

Jagadhari station house officer, inspector Narender Kumar said Ajay’s body had been found with injury and burn marks. (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:18 AM IST
By, Karnal

SI held for graft in Nuh

The accused, SI Surjeet Singh, had demanded bribe in exchange for granting bail in an FIR registered at the city police station.

A government spokesperson said the complainant was named in the FIR. He had approached the ACB team saying that the accused SI was demanding <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7,000 bribe. Based on the complaint received, the facts were investigated and the accused was arrested. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:16 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Spice of Life: Pause, look up, appreciate the vibrant colours of life

The students sat on the garden benches and I sat on a chair facing them. Already intoxicated by the heady buzz of the bees romancing with the blooming buds, my wavering attention was caught by the bright yellow kite entangled in the topmost branches of a tall tree.

It was a lean day at college, a day when the student strength in classes was thin. I decided to meet my class outside in the spring sun. (AFP)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:12 AM IST
BySonika Sethi

Rewari factory boiler blast toll climbs to 14

While three of them died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, on Saturday, one passed away on Sunday, inspector Jagdish Chand, SHO of Dharuhera (Rewari) police station, said

Saini had said he had already ordered a magisterial probe into the incident and the government will take appropriate action-based on its findings. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:04 AM IST
ByPress Trust of India, Chandigarh

Congress ignored Mewat, BJP helped it shed ‘backward’ tag: Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini

Addressing the BJP’s ‘Vijay Sankalp’ rally in Tauru of Nuh district, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said the BJP’s “double engine government” had paid special attention to Nuh district.

Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini during the BJP Vijay Sankalp Rally at a grain market in Mewat on Sunday. (ANI)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 07:00 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Hisar shocker: Body of 19-yr-old youth found hanging from tree, nine booked

The victim’s uncle said that the 19-year-old had given a letter to the girl, which had invited the wrath of her family.

The victim was a student of Class 10. His family members alleged that he was murdered by the kin of a girl whom he had befriended. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:58 AM IST
By, Rohtak

Naveen Jindal, Ranjit Chautala join BJP, get ticket from Kurukshetra, Hisar

In yet another surprise, the BJP fielded Ranjit Singh Chautala, an Independent MLA from Rania segment and a cabinet minister in Haryana, from Hisar, also within hours of inducting him into the BJP fold in Sirsa on Sunday

Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal will contest the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, the party announced hours after the industrialist-turned-two-term MP joined the fold in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:56 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Former Rajya Sabha MP Fayaz Mir rejoins PDP

Mir, whose Rajya Sabha tenure had ended in February 2021, had become distant from PDP after 2019 constitutional changes in J&K and had joined the People’s Conference (PC) in August 2021

PDP spokesperson Mohit Bhan said that Mir met party president Mehbooba Mufti. (HT File)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:50 AM IST
ByAshiq Hussain/ Mir Ehsan, Srinagar

J&K govt urges officers to allow in-service employees leaves to appear in exam

The general administration department(GAD) issued instructions to all the deputy commissioners, senior superintendents of police and respective department heads to grant leave to candidates intending to appear in the J&K Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination, 2023

A communication by the deputy secretary to government to DCs, SSPs and HoDs stated that they received representations from various in-service candidates who are not being granted leave to appear in the CCE (Mains) Examination, 2023, which is scheduled to take place from March 26 to April 3, given their engagement in various assignments including election-related duties (iStock)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:44 AM IST
ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

JeM terror module busted in Srinagar, 4 held

A police spokesperson said that a joint mobile vehicle check post (MVCP) was jointly established by Srinagar Police, Army’s 50 RR, Valley’s QRT(quick response team) and 29Bn of CRPF in Kenihama area in the jurisdiction of Nowgam police on Saturday evening

Officials said that the arrests were made on Saturday based on a tip-off. (iStock)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:36 AM IST
By, Srinagar

Lok Sabha polls: Kangana, Rajeev are BJP faces from Mandi, Kangra

Earlier, sitting MPs Anurag Thakur and Suresh Kashyap were named as the candidates from Hamirpur and Shimla respectively

Rajeev Bhardwaj
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:34 AM IST
By, Dharamshala

Boman Irani exhorts youth to turn flaws into strengths

Recalling his childhood, when he used to stammer and shy away from people due to his speech impediment, Irani said he gradually overcame the challenge and transformed it into an asset. He copied his own style while playing the role of Viru Sahastrabudhhe in Bollywood hit “3 idiots”

Boman Irani, 64, revealed that he was set to make his directorial debut — a decade in the making. (Gurpreet Singh/ HT)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:38 AM IST
By, Chandigarh

Two die on unknown causes at dera camp in Una

Located around 40 km from Una, the fair is visited by a large number of people for the powers of the ‘dera’ (shrine) to cure people possessed by the “evil spirits”

Police are investigating the cause of both deaths and are waiting for post mortem reports. (iStock)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:30 AM IST
ByPress Trust of India, Una

Sangrur hooch tragedy: 2 more accused held, Punjab CM Mann assures all help to victim’s kin

With this a total of 10 people have been arrested in this case, deputy inspector general (Patiala Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar said while talking to mediapersons.

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann meeting kin of hooch tragedy victims at Gujran village in Sangrur on Sunday. (HT)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:28 AM IST
ByKaram Prakash, Sangrur

A masterstroke: New additions to Sobha Singh museum shed light on the hand holding the brush

Family of the late artist have donated more works to the facility, located in the picturesque Andretta village, 11 km from Palampur, in the Kangra valley

UK-based art conservator Ian Barrand inaugurated the refurbished sections of Sobha Singh Museum on Saturday (HT Photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:24 AM IST
By, Palampur

Arms, drug smuggling racket: Four more arrested, 7 pistols, cartridges, opium recovered

The Jalandhar commissionerate police have arrested four members of arms and drug smuggling racket backed by US-based gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa, officials said on Sunday

The Jalandhar commissionerate police have arrested four members of arms and drug smuggling racket backed by US-based gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa, officials said on Sunday.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:22 AM IST

Flights operations to resume from Adampur from March 31

Flight operations from Adampur airport, Jalandhar, to start on March 31. PM Modi inaugurates new terminal buildings. Star Air to connect Adampur to Delhi, Nanded, Bengaluru.

On March 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Adampur Airport’s new terminal buildings. As per the schedule, a private airline company, Star Air, will start flights from Adampur to Hindon airport in New Delhi and further connect Nanded and Bengaluru.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:16 AM IST
By, Jalandhar

Clogged sewage, open drains choke Ghoda Colony

Water accumulates on the streets due to clogged sewerage systems even after a short spell of rainfall before expressing concern over the deplorable condition of public washrooms in the area, which have become hotspots for drug addicts

Residents say open drains, common in the colony, are the major cause of concern. At the time of rain, the water also accumulates in the streets due to the clogging of the sewerage systems. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:14 AM IST
BySukhpreet Singh, Ludhiana

Sangrur hooch tragedy: CM Mann, Cheema have lost moral authority to remain in office, says Jakhar

Sharpening his attack on the Punjab government in the aftermath of Sangrur hooch tragedy, which has claimed 20 lives so far, state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said chief minister Bhagwant Mann and excise and taxation Harpal Cheema have lost the moral authority to remain in office

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said chief minister Bhagwant Mann and excise and taxation Harpal Cheema have lost the moral authority to remain in office.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:12 AM IST

4.5-lakh litres ‘lahan’ recovered in Jalandhar

The Jalandhar rural police seized 4.5 lakh litres of ‘lahan’ (raw material used for making liquor) from Jalandhar’s Mehatpur area on Sunday

The Jalandhar rural police seized 4.5 lakh litres of ‘lahan’ (raw material used for making liquor) from Jalandhar’s Mehatpur area on Sunday.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:10 AM IST

Opposition leader struggling like a fish out of water: Bali

He said that in the Assembly elections-2020, the voters of the state gave the mandate to BJP to sit in the opposition, but the Leader of Opposition is not able to digest this

Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation chairman Raghubir Singh Bali
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:08 AM IST
By, Dharamshala

Will build a movement against ‘dictatorial’ actions of BJP: Punjab AAP

The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday decided to go to people of the state with the issue of arrest of party’s national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged role in his government’s controversial 2021-22 excise policy

The Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday decided to go to people of the state with the issue of arrest of party’s national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged role in his government’s controversial 2021-22 excise policy.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:06 AM IST

EC orders disciplinary action against Amloh SDM for being absent

The election commission (EC) has issued directions to take disciplinary action against the subdivisional magistrate (SDM) of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district for being absent from poll duty

The election commission (EC) has issued directions to take disciplinary action against the subdivisional magistrate (SDM) of Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib district for being absent from poll duty.
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:04 AM IST

BJP’s moves, face and character exposed before the people of the state: Congress

Health minister Dhani Ram Shandil said that the tactics, face and character of the BJP has been exposed before the people of Himachal Pradesh

Health minister Dhani Ram Shandil (HT File)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:00 AM IST
By, Dharamshala

One held for betting on IPL matches

The arrested have been identified as Rahul Goyal of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, while Saifi Goyal, alias Shanty, of Punjab Mata Nagar and Rajesh Bahal of Chhabra Colony managed to escape

Police have said that the accused received bets on mobile phones and kept all the records of bets in their laptops. (HT file photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:58 AM IST
By, Ludhiana

30L unaccounted cash recovered from luxury car near Circuit House

Earlier, on March 22, occupants of a car fled after abandoning the vehicle in Jagraon on seeing the police team. Police had at the time recovered ₹40.25 lakh from the car

Commissioner of police Kuldeep Singh Chahal said the flying squad team number 8 stopped a Volvo car near the Circuit house for checking and recovered <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>30,33,400 from the it. (HT file photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 05:54 AM IST
By, Ludhiana

Vet varsity starts online course on homoeopathy

The course has been started while keeping in view the efficacy of alternative medicine in the treatment of animals, which has been found equally effective as in humans

The university has also collaborated with eminent experts, four from India and three from abroad, who have extensive experience in the subject matter. (HT photo)
Updated on Mar 25, 2024 06:20 AM IST
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