Chandigarh : THOUGH chief minister Amarinder Singh’s government claimed recently that crop residue bur-ning in Punjab has come down by a significant 30 per cent, smoke emanating from the ground indicates otherwise. MAIL TODAY visited Punjab and Haryana and found vast swathes of agricultural land on both sides of NH-1 — traversing Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal, […]
Chandigarh, November 4 : Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ — the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev. The holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandir Sahib’, popularly […]
Chandigarh : Not smugglers, anti-socials or effluents from tanneries. Pakistan is complaining of thick smog from across the border. Quoting experts, Pakistan media claims that smog originating from India has engulfed Pakistan’s cities, especially Lahore. Large-scale burning (estimated at 3,500 fields per day) of paddy residual has left Pakistan residents gasping for breath, their reports […]
Amritsar : The All-India Sikh Students’ Federation (AISSF) launched a signature campaign at the Golden Temple plaza today, seeking justice for the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. Some relatives of the victims also turned up seeking justice that has been long delayed. The signature petition will be submitted to the US President. The aim is to collect […]
Chandigarh, November 2 : The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition against the merger of 800 government schools in Punjab. The order came after Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda told the bench that the petition was filed to favour teachers to be relocated. Nanda said in some schools two teachers were […]