SAD-BJP alliance is solid and unbreakable: Yashwant Sinha

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday said the alliance between his party and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab was solid and unbreakable.

“I want to tell you that the alliance will continue. There is no misunderstanding bet

Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack in Bastar region

Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region early Sunday, police said.

“Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force (BSF), District Force (DF)

Abhinav Bindra’s father asked to pay Rs.27.25 crore dues

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra’s father A.S. Bindra has been asked by the high court here to pay long-pending dues amounting to Rs.27.25 crore to Asset Reconstruction India within the next four weeks.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court earlier this we

S.P.S. Rathore applies for parole to look after crops

Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra and currently lodged at the Burail jail, has applied for nearly two weeks parole for looking after crops in his farmhouses, jail officials said here Friday.

Rathor

Bhakra to allow 1,680 feet water level by Sep 10

The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Thursday said it will continue to release water into the Satluj river from the Bhakra Dam and allow the water level in the reservoir to reach the maximum height of 1,680 feet by Sep 10.

As per the guidelines approved

Haryana varsity makes Hindi compulsory for foreign students

Foreign students at the Chaudhry Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) in Hisar will now have to study Hindi as a compulsory subject, a varsity official said Sunday.

The academic council of CCSHAU decided to make Hindi language a compulsory

750 liquor cartons on way to Gujarat seized, one held

An attempt to smuggle 750 cartons of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth over Rs.5 lakh to Gujarat has been foiled and one person arrested from this Haryana town, police said Saturday.

The cartons were recovered from a truck during a regular search oper

Process to release water from Bhakra Dam starts

The Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB) Saturday morning started the process of releasing nearly 55,000 cusecs of water from the Bhakra Dam.

The release of water from the 225 metre high dam, which is located in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh along the border

Car race ends in fatal accident, two killed in Chandigarh

A car race between two groups of youngsters ended in a fatal accident Tuesday night, killing two people on a motorcycle including a seven-year-old boy, police said.

According to police, the accident occurred near the dividing road of upscale Sectors 2 and 3

High court reserves decision on S.P.S. Rathore’s revision petition

The Punjab and Haryana High Court here Tuesday reserved its decision pertaining to the revision petition filed by disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra who later committed suicide.

Rathore, 6

Chandigarh-based Father, son held for duping bank of Rs.54.70 mn

A Chandigarh-based industrialist and his son have been arrested for duping the IDBI Bank of Rs.5.47 crore, police here said Tuesday.

The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Chandigarh Police arrested Rakesh Goel and his son Akash Goel, both owners

Constables injured in freak firing incident

Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) Two security personnel were injured Tuesday in a freak firing incident, police said here.

According to the police, both the officials were injured after the rifle of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable went

Chandigarh projects under scanner after graft case against ex-officia

Chandigarh, July 19 (IANS) The stink around mega projects worth millions of rupees has become worse with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registering a corruption case against an army officer who served as an aide of a former Chandigarh administrator.

No threat to food security: Punjab agriculture officials

Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Agriculture officials in Punjab say there will be no threat to the country’s food security despite the loss of crops worth lakhs of rupees in the recent floods as additional seeds have been provided to all affected farmers for re-sow

Doctor gets four years jail for wife’s suicide

Chandigarh, July 12 (IANS) A leading cardiologist of Chandigarh was Monday sentenced by a local court to four years rigorous imprisonment for abetting the suicide of his doctor wife five years ago.

Additional District and Sessions Judge R.N Bhart

CBI arrests three for defrauding bank

Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three people from New Delhi for defrauding a bank here of over Rs. 1.30 crore, officials said Thursday.

From Oct 15 to 27 last year, 15 cheques amounting to Rs.1,31,

Fresh breaches, more rain in Haryana, Punjab

Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) The army was Thursday called for rescue and relief work in Haryana’s Kaithal district Thursday as fresh breaches in rivers and canals in Haryana and Punjab flooded more areas.

At least 10 people have been killed by dro