Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress has expressed concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted by the Election Commission of India in the state.A delegation led by Fatehgarh Sahib MP Dr Amar Singh and Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary-organisation Capt Sandeep Sandhu raised various issues during an all-party meeting convened by the…
JALANDHAR: A four-year-old child fell into a borewell while playing near his home in Chak Samana village, around 20 km from Hoshiarpur, on Friday evening, triggering a massive multi-agency rescue operation that lasted nearly nine hours. Hoshiarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sandeep Kumar Malik told TOI around 11 pm that rescue teams had reached…
HOSHIARPUR:A four-year-old boy who fell into a newly dug borewell while playing near his home in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district was rescued safely after a massive nine-hour operation involving multiple rescue agencies and local volunteers, officials said.The incident took place on Friday night in Chak Samana village near Bhikhowal on the Hoshiarpur-Dasuya road.The child, identified as…
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab president Aman Arora on Friday condemned the BJP-led Centre over the hike in fuel prices and inflation, accusing it of pushing common people, farmers and small businesses into financial distress while favouring a handful of corporate houses.Addressing a press conference, Arora said the country was suffering due to inflation…
Amritsar: The fuel price hike by the Centre triggered panic buying in Amritsar on Friday, leading to long queues, traffic congestion and temporary shortages at some petrol pumps before supplies stabilised later in the day. Motorists rushed to stock fuel, with some carrying extra containers, while a few filling stations briefly ran out of petrol…
Amritsar: Amritsar is preparing to enter a new era of AI-driven traffic enforcement with the upcoming launch of automatic e-challaning at seven key locations across the city, a move aimed at tightening road discipline and curbing the long-entrenched “sifarashi culture” often associated with traffic violations.Backed by more than 1,300 high-resolution surveillance cameras installed across the…
Jalandhar: A Jalandhar court on Friday remanded two suspects arrested in connection with the May 5 blast outside the BSF Punjab Frontier headquarters to seven days of police custody.While sources said the accused, Anil Kumar of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and Umardin of Mohali, were assigned independent roles by their handlers and did not know each…
Shimla: The weather department has forecast light rain in the mid-hills and snowfall in high-altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh, while issuing a yellow alert for thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds in parts of the state on May 16.According to the Meteorological Centre in Shimla, light rain is likely at isolated places in the mid-hills, while…
Chandigarh: With its eyes set on the 2027 Punjab assembly elections, the Congress has taken inspiration from national rival BJP’s election playbook of booth-level management. In an emulation of the saffron party’s ‘Panna Pramukh’ strategy, the Congress has decided to appoint ‘booth sevaks’ across the state.The Congress, which has been positioning itself as the principal…
