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7 officials booked for Rs80-crore bungling

Amritsar : An embezzlement of public money worth crores of rupees allegedly by seven Amritsar Improvement Trust officials has come to the fore during an investigation by the Chief Vigilance Office of the Local Bodies Department. The district police have registered an FIR against three Estate Officers Arvind Sharma, DC Garg and Paramjit Singh, besides […]

Akalis hail PGI study, Cong says it may be influenced

Chandigarh : The latest survey on the extent of drug addiction in Punjab by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh (PGIMER) has the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party at loggerheads, while the Congress maintained whatever the extent of problem could be, its drive against drugs would continue. While […]

Boy rapes 8-yr-old girl

Zirakpur : Highlighting the sorry state of child safety in the tricity region, an incident was reported from Dhakoli, near Zirakpur town, where an eight-year-old girl was raped by a 12-year-old boy this morning. The boy, who hails from UP and at present lives at Dhakoli, has been charged under the Indian Penal Code as […]

Insolvency case: SC directs Jaypee Infratech to deposit Rs 2,000 crore

New Delhi, September 11 : The Supreme Court on Monday directed the embattled real estate firm Jaypee associates to deposit Rs 2,000 crore by October 27 with its registry and asked the NCLT-appointed interim resolution professional (IRP) to take over its management and work out a plan to protect the interests of homebuyers and creditors.The […]