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‘Zero tolerance for gangsters’: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann at task force meeting

CHANDIGARH: Underlining zero tolerance towards gangsterism, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asked the anti-gangster task force (AGTF) “to stamp out gangsters from the state in order to repose people’s full faith and confidence in the law and order machinery”.

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Tricity reports 7 new Covid cases

CHANDIGARH/MOHALI/PANCHKULA: The Tricity reported seven new Covid-19 cases on Friday. Mohali registered three cases. Of the 95,704 cases, 94,545 have been cured.

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UT proposes lump sum fine up to ₹2L for bldg misuse violations

CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has proposed to impose lump sum building misuse penalty amount up to Rs 2 lakh instead of area-wise violation that was being demanded by traders and industrialists.

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No seat queries for students back from Ukraine at GMCH-32 so far

CHANDIGARH: Till now, GMCH-32 has not received any query for MBBS intake for students who have returned from Ukraine. Also, with lecture halls filled to capacity, no place for hostellers and only one teacher for 150 students, there is not enough infrastructure to accommodate more than 50 students.

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Just 50% kids in 15-17 group jabbed in 3 months

CHANDIGARH: Covid shots among children have not picked up pace in the city. Since January, when the vaccination was started for 15-17 years old, only 50% have been fully jabbed, while in 12-14 years category, 20% have been jabbed with the first dose in a month.

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HC: Don’t look for proof, but for lack of mala fide in case withdrawal plea

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that while hearing an application filed by a public prosecutor for withdrawal of prosecution in a criminal case, the trial court judge should see if the application for withdrawal is free from any taint of mala fides. The HC…

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Covid: Haryana logs 96 cases, Himachal Pradesh 11 & Punjab 6

CHANDIGARH/SHIMLA: Haryana reported 96 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday. The state’s Covid count has reached 9,85,634 and the death toll is at 10,617. Meanwhile Himachal Pradesh reported 11 cases and Punjab six.

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Centre gave Rs 3,828 crore to Punjab in 4 years

CHANDIGARH: The central government has released over Rs 3,828 crore to the Punjab government under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between 2018-19 and 2021-22. The state government received Rs 598 crore in 2018-19, Rs 776 crore in 2019-20, Rs 1,287 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 1,167 crore…

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Allow Gurbani broadcast on other platforms, says Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann

CHANDIGARH: Urging the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to allow the state government to install advanced broadcast and communication technologies at the Golden Temple, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said they (government) can provide all possible help in disseminating the ‘Sarb Sanji Gurbani’ across the globe.

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Punjab: CPCB finds 86% of sewage treatment plants in Satluj catchment area non-compliant

CHANDIGARH: Inspection undertaken by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found 86% of the sewage treatment plants (STPs) in catchment of the Satluj to be non-compliant with the laid down norms, pointing to the lax attitude of the Punjab government towards discharge of pollutants in rivers.

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Learn from the Dutch to tackle climate change, save resources

CHANDIGARH: As key food-growing states of Punjab and Haryana face the onslaught of climate change, erratic rainfall, dwindling water availability, excessive use of chemicals and lack of crop diversification, they can learn from the tiny European nation, the Netherlands, that has successfully reclaimed land from sea, nourished its soil and…

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Haryana government to allot plots to 182 Kashmiri Pandit families

CHANDIGARH/ROHTAK: Putting an end to three-decade-long wait of the families of Kashmiri Pandits who, between 1991 and 1993, had purchased land in Sector 2 of Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district, the Haryana government on Thursday announced ‘Vachanpurti’ scheme to allot plots to 182 families in Bahadurgarh.

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Convicted for 2 murders & 2 rapes, Dera chief Ram Rahim 'not hardcore prisoner', says Punjab and Haryana high court

CHANDIGARH: In a major respite to Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the controversial chief of Dera Sacha Sauda who is undergoing imprisonment in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail after being convicted for two murders and two rapes, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held that he does not fall in the category of…

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UT plans policy on limiting vehicles per household

CHANDIGARH: With the city struggling for parking space, the Chandigarh administration is planning to come out with an idea to limit registration of vehicles per household. The proposal was discussed during the review meeting on the progress report of Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) on the comprehensive mobility…

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MC house for independent UT status, assembly for Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Amid huge uproar, the municipal corporation (MC) general house gave a nod for complete Union Territory (UT) status to Chandigarh with its own Vidhan Sabha, so that there was no interference from Punjab and Haryana. The house resolved that assembly should be constituted in Chandigarh to enable people to…

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‘Punjab, Haryana neither give us funds nor jobs’

Chandigarh: The councillors of the BJP and the Congress lambasted the Punjab and Haryana governments for using Chandigarh’s facilities without giving a single penny in financial support. During a special general house held on Thursday, the ruling and opposition councillors said the state governments always set their agendas on the…

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Chandigarh civic body jumps into fight over city’s UT status

City should get its own Legislative Assembly so that residents can decide policies themselves, it says

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I-League: Punjab FC strike thrice in second half to notch 3-1 win over Indian Arrows

CHANDIGARH: In a repeat of their previous outing against Sudeva Delhi FC, RoundGlass Punjab FC struck thrice in the second half to register a comfortable 3-1 win over Indian Arrows in an I-League contest at Naihati in Bengal on Wednesday. This was the Punjab side’s second win in a row.

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Punjab CM announces taskforce to deal with gangsters

CHANDIGARH: To combat the network of gangsters operating in the state, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday directed DGP Punjab VK Bhawra to set up a full-fledged Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) headed by an ADGP rank officer.

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Discus Thrower Kirpal Singh ends 6-year wait to breach 60m barrier

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Kirpal Singh Batth is finally a relieved man. After all, the discus thrower’s years of struggle and patience bore fruit on Tuesday when he managed to hurl the discus past the 61m mark, thereby breaking a two-decade meet record at Kozhikode.

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Punjab’s claim over Chandigarh ‘not acceptable to the people of Haryana’

Haryana Assembly passes resolution urging Centre to settle ‘all the issues emanating from the reorganisation of Punjab’

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Chandigarh belongs to Punjab: Navjot Sidhu

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said Chandigarh belongs to Punjab and will always remain so and predicted that its next big battle with Haryana will be over river waters.

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Malayalis seek train home via UT

MOHALI: Malayalee Samajam, Mohali a socio-cultural organisation comprising residents of Kerala in the city, demanded diversion of Amritsar-Kochuveli express train via Chandigarh. Sivaramakrishnan K S, president, Malayalee Samajam, Mohali wrote a letter to divisional railway manager, Ambala Division making the request.

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UT denies 10 acres at Capitol Complex for Haryana assembly house

CHANDIGARH: Arguing that Le Corbusier’s composition can’t be altered under the Chandigarh Master Plan 2031 and the dossier submitted with Unesco for heritage site status, the UT administration has declined to give Haryana 10 acres out of Capitol Complex for either a new assembly house or extending the old building.

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Summer of 1966: When tempers rose before Punjab’s reorganisation

JALANDHAR: When the vexed issues of Bhakra Beas Management Board and Chandigarh are back in discourse as the Punjab assembly has passed a resolution for capital’s transfer, many are thinking of 1966 when tempers ran high in the region over the proposal for reorganising the state. There were not just…

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