Chandigarh : The Punjab government’s move to slam shut the chapter of 800 primary schools with student strength of less than 20 today came under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner, with an advocate filing a petition in public interest against the decision. In his petition placed before the Bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal […]
Jalandhar : Despite 40 Congress MLAs repeatedly demanding action against former Akali minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia for his alleged role in a high-profile drugs case, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today said he could not override the investigations already underway by Central agencies. Ignoring Local Bodies Minister Navjot Sidhu’s ‘jija-sala dak deyange’ (will put […]
Washington, October 27 : The Trump administration has communicated to Pakistan that it must take “decisive” action against terrorist groups and dismantle their safe havens on its soil, a State Department official said on Friday as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wrapped up his maiden South Asia visit. “We have communicated our expectations to Pakistan […]
Mohali : Thirtythree days after the brutal murder of senior journalist KJ Singh (65) and his mother Gurcharan Kaur (92) at their residence here, the Mohali police today claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of an unemployed youth from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, Gaurav Kumar, residing in Chandigarh’s Kajheri village. The police […]
New Delhi, October 27 : Private sector lender HDFC Bank has been given green signal for setting up of a call centre cum residential training centre in Mohali district in Punjab at a cost of Rs 194 crore, a government official said on Friday. The proposed commercial project, to come up in a build-up area […]