Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy has once again hinted at the possibility of petrol price hike. ...
07:01 PM, May 22, 2012
Haven't we always talked about things with people we know and sometimes with people we don't know that well? Isn't that what being human is ...
04:37 PM, May 18, 2012
Chandigarh: It is not just a shortage of storage space that is the problem. In Punjab, investigations by CNN-IBN reveal that space to store seven lakh tonnes of wheat grain has already been created by private godown owners and another five lakh tonnes space would be created in the next three months. However, the Punjab government is not using the new godowns and has left its grain out in the...
10:07 PM, May 09, 2012
Narnaul: The government-run Industrial Training Institute in Narnaul, Haryana, found itself in the centre of a controversy on Saturday. The institute has allegedly created a separate wing for SC/STs, calling it "special privileges". The students, however, call it discriminatory. The institute was set up by the government with the aim of providing technical skill training to students of all categories. The institute has now built two buildings. While one of...
07:28 AM, May 06, 2012
Chandigarh: On what could well be his farewell visit to the strategic Western Command headquarters based at Chandimandir, adjoining Chandigarh, Army Chief General VK Singh met up with a large number of one, two and three star generals of the command. Singh retires on May 31. General VK Singh also awarded COAS Commendation to four officers of 103 Engineer Regiment for their exemplary courage and devotion to duty during relief...
07:34 PM, May 05, 2012
Chandigarh: Punjab Agriculture Minister Tota Singh was found guilty in a corruption case by a trial court in Mohali adjoining Chandigarh on Saturday. He has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 30,000. However, Tota Singh will not be arrested till July 2 by which time he can file an appeal in the superior court. Tota Singh is the second minister in the newly formed Akali Government...
07:21 PM, May 05, 2012
Chandigarh: With happiness writ large on her face Rukmani Riar has realised what she had set out to achieve. Having completed her post-graduation in social entrepreneurship in 2010 and winning a gold medal from The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai she wanted to carry out social service. Her father BS Riar, a lawyer in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, suggested that she should try the civil services if she wanted...
03:36 PM, May 05, 2012
Chandigarh: In states that have been in the news for discriminating against the girl child, two women have done Punjab and Haryana proud by topping the civil services examination and bagging the first and second positions. The first position in the civil services exam has gone to Shena Aggarwal of Yamunanagar in Haryana, while the second position has gone to Rukmani Riar of Hoshiarpur in Punjab. The final results of...
02:32 PM, May 05, 2012
The police are not sure as to what led to the incident but have arrested the TTE for not reporting it. ...
09:21 PM, May 03, 2012
Karnal: In a shocking incident in Karnal in Haryana, a French national, who was allegedly beaten up by fellow passengers on board the Amritsar-bound Sachkhand Express, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday night. The incident had occurred on board the train on Sunday. French national Frank Wilfred, 23, was found lying unconscious and bleeding at the Karnal Station. The Government Railway Police called an ambulance. However, some people who had...
01:20 PM, May 03, 2012
After struggling to make his way out from the Chandigarh Airport where a media contingent and eager fans made it difficult for him and other passengers from the same flight to exit, Yuvraj Singh reached his duplex home on May 1 in Mani Majra in a Mercedes car. Returning to Chandigarh for the first time after coming back from the US where he had received chemotherapy for a germ cell...
07:01 PM, May 02, 2012
In the first incident of its kind, two women BSF constables shot dead a Pakistani intruder on the India-Pakistan border in Punjab. The incident took place at 1.30 pm on Sunday, April 29, near an observation post at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. The women constables Arti Kaur and Rina Kaur belong to the 74 battalion of the Border Security Force posted at Dera Baba Nanak. Constable...
05:20 PM, May 02, 2012
Jalandhar: In a building collapse in Jalandhar, as many as 20 lives were lost while hundreds of people were saved, thanks to the rescue workers who worked tirelessly for a week. Here's the story of the heroes of Jalandhar. Directing the team of rescue workers was Des Raj of the Shah Satnam Green Welfare Force. An arm of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda, the body of volunteers had rushed to...
09:35 AM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: The police on Saturday said the collapsed blanket factory in Jalandhar which led the the death of 21 people does not exist in government records. This was revealed by the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner who said the the factory does not figure in the records of the director factories. This is surprising as a full fledged factory was officially invisible. The three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed...
05:35 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Jalandhar: It has been 72 hours since the factory building collapse in Jalandhar. Ten people have died, 61 people have been rescued and over 90 people are still believed to be trapped inside. While hopes of finding survivors are now dimming, one man was pulled out of the rubble alive on Wednesday. Pachho Devi, whose 17-year-old son died pinned under a heavy beam at the collapsed factory, has little tears...
08:27 PM, Apr 18, 2012
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