High Court denies Tara’s custody to Chandigarh police

Chandigarh, July 13: The Punjab and Haryana high court has denied custody of militant Jagtar Singh Tara to Chandigarh police.Tara was one of those who had escaped from the Burail jail here through a tunnel eleven years ago and was arrested from Thailand some months back.

Power demand in region take a sharp dip

CHANDIGARH : With widespread rain across the region the demand for power has taken a sharp dip and all the state run thermal units are operating in Haryana. The power demand in state had earlier touched 1800 lakh units per day has come down drastically by 50 % and the power supplied was only 900 […]

Youth bodies ‘ban’ Akalis’ entry in Muktsar village

Muktsar : The Punjab Students’ Union (PSU) and Naujawan Bharat Sabha (NBS) today put up a hoarding at the entrance of Chak Gandha Singhwala village in the district “banning” the entry of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal. The student bodies are seeking the unconditional release of 11 students […]

Villagers allege inaction, hit out at Badals

Ropar : Irate over the alleged police inaction in the accident wherein a local resident was crushed to death reportedly by a bus of Dabwali Transport owned by the Badals, the villagers have decided to wage a war against the state government and district administration. They continued their dharna at the mishap site along with […]