Chandigarh : ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ best sums up the plight of border area residents. Once famous as the foundry hub of the state, Batala today is just another descript town plagued with the flight of industry, poor infrastructure and lack of job opportunities. Business boomed as migrants set up industrial units in the […]
Chandigarh : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has found some private banks guilty of having given excess agriculture loans worth Rs 17,600 crore. These banks then claimed interest subvention on the money disbursed as crop loans. The loan amount sanctioned by the banks was more than the actual value of crops sold each year. […]
Chandigarh : Acting on a petition filed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in a case pertaining to Bunga Mazhabian adjoining ‘parkarma’ of the Golden Temple, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed the execution of warrants of possession issued by the executing court — till the next date of hearing. In the […]
Jalandhar : Goraya resident Reena (34) returned home today after a harrowing time in Saudi Arabia, where she was underpaid and tortured by her employers. Her return was facilitated by the External Affairs Ministry after her video, in which she appealed to AAP MP Bhagwant Mann to rescue her, went viral. Talking to The Tribune, […]
Chandigarh : The UT police have confirmed that the death of an Electricity Department employee on Friday was a case of murder. Five persons, including a juvenile and two eunuchs, have been arrested in the case while another accused, also an eunuch, is at large. Harwinder, Singh, a substation attendant, along with his colleagues, had […]