Police use tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters belonging to the Quami Insaaf Morcha. CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Police used tear gas shells and water cannons to stop supporters of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha from entering the city from the Mohali-Chandigarh border on Independence Day, August 15.The Morcha had called for a march towards…
The deceased was identified as Des Raj, a resident of Una, Himachal Pradesh. (Representative Image) CHANDIGARH: A 43-year-old vegetable trader was allegedly stabbed to death following a dispute over parking a vegetable-laden pickup vehicle at the Sector 26 grain and vegetable market late on Friday night.The deceased was identified as Des Raj, a resident of…
Qaumi Insaaf Morcha activists clashed with police while attempting to breach barricades near Chandigarh MOHALI: Tension prevailed at the Chandigarh-Mohali border on Saturday as Qaumi Insaaf Morcha activists attempted to breach police barricades and march towards Chandigarh. Security personnel stopped them, leading to a clash in which police used tear gas and water cannons to…
During an Independence Day celebration at NIS Patiala, a lightweight false ceiling unexpectedly collapsed, causing a moment of chaos PATIALA: A portion of the lightweight false ceiling inside a wrestling hall at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) in Patiala caved in on Saturday during a special Independence Day function organised to honour…
Sukhbir Singh Badal stated he would never allow anti-national forces to disturb Punjab’s peace. CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal Friday said he would never allow anti-national and anti-Punjab forces to disturb peace in the state, in his first public reaction after surviving a kirpan attack at a gurdwara on the outskirts…
Punjab’s Sadak Surakhya Force (SSF), a dedicated highway patrol launched in 2024, is planning to use artificial intelligence, drones, satellite imagery and geospatial technology to build what the state police describes as India’s first 3D policing model for road safety.The force attended 43,983 road accidents between February 2024 and January 2026 and helped 47,386 people,…
The accused attacked the woman and her child with his slipper KAPURTHALA: After a video clip of a man assaulting a woman beggar, who was holding her child, with his slipper just outside a temple in Kapurthala emerged on social media, police booked the accused for assaulting and attempting to outrage her modesty.Accused Pawan Sharma…
The Punjab and Haryana court has mandated that the NTA present the original OMR sheet for examination CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered National Testing Agency (NTA) to produce the original OMR sheet and scorecards of an applicant in a sealed cover after she filed a petition alleging that her OMR sheet and…
Attack on Sukhbir Badal outside the Golden Temple in December 2024 (L); Badal being taken to hospital after the Nanded attack on Thursday.(R) BATHINDA: Twenty months after an attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar, he came under another attack at a gurdwara in Nanded Sahib…
Sukhbir Badal was attacked by the man around 1.45 pm. CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was fine and in “high spirits” after a man dressed in ‘Nihang’ attire attacked him with a knife inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra’s Nanded.Badal, the former deputy chief minister of Punjab,…
