Chandigarh: The Punjab government on Friday issued an alert in the state after a forecast of heavy rainfall in the next 48 to 72 hours. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed all deputy commissioners in the state to closely monitor the situation. He asked them to be prepared to deal with any exigency in view of […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Peoplewere evacuated from a popular mall here on Monday afternoon after police received a call claiming that a bomb may have been planted on the premises, a senior police official said. Local police units, anti-sabotage check team along with bomb disposal squad were carrying out searches in the mall, which was teeming with people […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his medal-winning daughter Babita Phogat, who inspired the Bollywood film ‘Dangal’, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. Mahavir Phogat, who was chief of the Jannayak Janata Party’s sports cell, switched sides from the JJP, which was floated last year by former Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala following a vertical […]
Read MoreLudhiana: Rakhis and greeting cards made by schoolchildren will be sent to the security personnel deployed at the border and remote areas by the Punjab Income Tax Department. The department’s Additional Commissioner Manav Bansal said under the programme, ‘Ek Rishta School Se Sarhad Tak’, rakhis would be sent to soldiers for protecting the country. These […]
Read MoreChandigarh: Rains lashed most parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, bringing down maximum temperatures below normal levels in the two states. Chandigarh and Ludhiana received 27.3 mm and 16 mm rainfall, respectively, the MeT Department said. Bhiwani recorded 15 mm rainfall, followed by Narnaul 8 mm, Patiala and Ambala 3 mm each, 1.8 mm […]
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