Chandigarh : Envisioned to be operational by 2015, the Shahpur Kandi dam project, which was meant to boost irrigation and power generation, remains far from complete with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagging deficiencies in the execution of the project. There is a shortfall of 63 per cent in physical progress in the construction of […]
Chandigarh : Taking cognisance of marriages being performed by self-styled granthis, pandits, purohits and other “fake institutions” after charging “huge” amounts without following the legal procedure, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered clampdown on all such bogus bodies. “If need be or found guilty, such granthis, pandits and purohits be taken to task by […]
Chandigarh : State BJP president Shwait Malik is facing unrest within the party reportedly because of his style of functioning. While one group calls him authoritarian, the other says he is pushing workers hard while seeking discipline in the party. At least five mandal pradhans, of the total 19, have resigned in Amritsar, which happens to […]
Chandigarh : Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday made it clear that the Congress did not need any alliances to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, which it would win hands down on its own. Given the public sentiment in Punjab, where the Congress had won all the recent elections (including Gurdaspur and Shahkot) […]
Fatehabad : “Give me Rs 500 and we will fetch you heroin within minutes,” claimed one of the 18 patients in the government-run de-addiction centre at the Fatehabad Civil Hospital. As I looked askance, one of them, a 26-year-old from Ratta Khera village, rattled off: “Drug peddlers are ready to deliver chitta (heroin) right at […]