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Rape case: Ex-MLA Bains’ brother remanded in 2-day police custody

Police said as the former MLA, the key accused in the case, and five others are yet to be arrested, they need Karamjit Bains’ five-day remand.

Published on Jul 04, 2022 01:06 AM IST

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CM Mann to induct 5 more ministers into cabinet on July 4

Names of first-timers Anmol Gagan Maan, Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar and Fauja Singh Sarari have been confirmed; Aman Arora, Chetan Singh Jouramajra likely to be inducted too

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will expand his council of ministers on Monday. Mann is likely to induct five new ministers in his cabinet, including Kharar MLA Anmol Gagan Maan (32), Amritsar South MLA Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar (66) and Guru Har Sahai MLA Fauja Singh Sarari (61).

Published on Jul 04, 2022 01:01 AM IST

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Instagram account of Dal Khalsa spokesperson suspended

Last month, Facebook removed the account of Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh, while Twitter banned his account last week following a complaint from the Centre

Published on Jul 04, 2022 01:00 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Amritsar

Warring accuses AAP govt of trying to hush up Bargari sacrilege cases

Warring said that handing over the report to religious leaders does not certify it of any sanctity or truthfulness

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab was trying to hush up the Bargari sacrilege cases.

Published on Jul 04, 2022 01:00 AM IST

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Drug racket kingpin arrested from Baramulla, 9.4-kg ice recovered

Ludhiana: Five days after the arrest of two drivers with 20

Drug racket kingpin Vishal, alias Vinay.

Published on Jul 04, 2022 12:54 AM IST

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Punjab govt to upgrade polytechnic colleges

The polytechnic colleges in Punjab will be upgraded under the ‘modernisation of polytechnics’ scheme

Published on Jul 04, 2022 12:53 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Sangrur

Whitefly scare: Farm experts against cultivating moong to save cotton crop in Malwa

After a gap of seven years, the state agriculture department is on its toes again to battle the whitefly threat and the experts say moong cultivation is a key factor contributing to the current pest alert for cotton crop in the Malwa belt

Published on Jul 04, 2022 12:41 AM IST

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ByVishal Joshi, Bathinda

Sukhpal Khaira visits Mattewara forest, terms proposed textile park ecological disaster

Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira said the Mattewara textile park is being set up on the flood plains, which would stop groundwater recharge, thus spelling an ecological disaster

Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira during a visit to Mattewara forest in Ludhiana on Sunday. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 04, 2022 12:36 AM IST

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ByMohit Khanna, Ludhiana

No concrete action! Construction material strewn on Ludhiana roads

The construction material strewn on Ludhiana roads are set to pose a risk for motorists & pedestrians during monsoon season, besides choking the drains and causing waterlogging

Construction material scattered on roads in Civil Lines in Ludhiana on Sunday. (HT Photos)

Published on Jul 04, 2022 12:30 AM IST

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ByMohit Khanna, Ludhiana

Spice of Life | Respect, all that our doctor needs for selfless service

I must confess that not once did the thought of being paid for my services cross my mind. The overwhelming feeling was to help a patient at a difficult time, writes Dr Gulbahar S Sidhu

Almost every doctor has had experiences many times in his/her career wherein the patient was given appropriate emergency treatment without considering the financial aspect even once. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 05:06 PM IST

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ByDr Gulbahar S Sidhu

Seeking HC for Punjab in New Chandigarh against state’s interest: Partap Bajwa

Bhagwant Mann, as per Khattar’s letter, raised this issue in the conference of chief ministers and chief justices of the high court on April 30, 2022

Leader of opposition in Punjab assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Saturday said the high court complex built by Le Corbusier in Chandigarh should be given to the state of Punjab as Chandigarh was primarily built to be its capital. (IMage for representational purpose)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 05:27 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Haryana ADGP shares action plan on anti-drug campaign

The Friday meeting was attended by Ambala Range commissioner Renu Phulia along with DCs, SPs, civil surgeons and other officials concerned of Ambala, Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra

The action plan was officially launched by CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Karnal last week. It is also being claimed that Haryana is the first state to launch such a plan. (HT Photo)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 05:15 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Ambala

Haryanvi song on SYL removed from YouTube

Kundu claimed Haryanvi singer Jeewan Puria had taken a video clip from his YouTube channel ‘The Ink’ and ‘The Agro’ and falsely used it

Ramkesh had released his song to counter Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s posthumously released song on the SYL, which was also taken down by the YouTube. (HT file photo)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 05:12 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Panipat man kills three within 8 hours; arrested

The accused, Ashu, a resident of Panipat’s Nara village, killed the victims, reportedly his friends, between 8pm and 4am and travelled around 60km from the first crime scene in Matlauda of Panipat to Titawi in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli.

Panipat additional superintendent of police (ASP) Vijay Singh said the arrest of Ashu (accused) helped them in solving three blind murder cases reported from three different locations.(Image for representational purpose)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 04:58 AM IST

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ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Haryana: Karnal breeding centre all set to introduce 2 varieties of sugarcane

As per the available information, both the varieties are in the pipeline and it is expected that ‘Co 16034’ variety might be made available to the farmers right before the sowing season in September this year

Even the newly released ‘Co 15023’, which is also called the ‘super early variety’, has evoked a good response from the farmers as it can be planted during summer and spring months, but not in autumn. (Image for representational purpose)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 04:46 AM IST

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ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Fruit growers protest at Sopore mandi over halting of trucks on national highway

Fruit growers at the Asia’s largest fruit mandi, Sopore, held a protest against the forces for stopping their fruit-laden trucks on the national highway resulting in damage to the fruit.

Sopore fruit mandi president Fayaz Ahmad Malik, alias Kakaji, who was leading the protest, said that for the last couple of days, the fruit-laden trucks bound for various states are being stopped and halted for hours. (Reuters File Photo)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 03:15 AM IST

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ByMir Ehsan, Srinagar

Random forays | Time, distance cannot ravage old friendships

I have a couple of friends who have always made me feel utterly chilled out in their company, over the decades. People in public life who have to put on an air and some layers necessarily because of the nature of their profile, but when their closest friends are around the years vanish and distances dissipate.

The most selfless forms of human relationships are friendships without pretences, agendas and jealousies. Our most delightful moments are often spent with friends who have no romantic or business-like inclinations, but are just there for us, anytime and every time we need them. (Represenatat)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 03:02 AM IST

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ByVivek Atray

Wildbuzz | Tales & tails from Raj Bhawan

The Chandigarh forest and wildlife department’s rescue squad strives to reach the spot as speedily as possible; last Sunday’s Wildbuzz dwelt upon house lizards being bioagents of insect control.

A Russell’s viper in a pond at the Vidhan Sabha complex, Chandigarh. (FILE PHOTO: SANTANSHU SHARMA)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 03:01 AM IST

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ByVikram Jit Singh

Guest column | Making hay in muddled middle age

Standing at this crossroads of life, quietly crooning Malika Pukhraj’s eternal anthem ‘Abhi toh main jawaan hoon’ (I am still youthful), I came to the rude realisation that the world had already labelled me as old.

It was undeniable that I had hit middle age: I could no longer be called young, but I was yet to qualify as a senior citizen, and the energy to take on daunting tasks was intact, but overshadowed by the onslaught of age. (Representative Image/HT File)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:58 AM IST

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ByAlka Kashyap

Rare lung procedure performed in Kashmir hospital

A group of doctors at a Kashmir hospital performed a rare and complicated lung procedure for the treatment of a rare lung disease giving a new lease of life to a 50-year-old patient

The team of some 20 doctors and paramedics performed whole lung lavage – a process to wash out lungs – at the Chest Diseases(CD) Hospital of Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, taking some three hours to clean the lungs of the patient using 15 litres of sterile normal saline. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/ Representational image)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:57 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

2 terror operatives booked under Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda

On the orders of a district magistrate, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday booked two terror operatives under the Public Safety Act in Doda district, said officials.

In a statement issued by district police, Doda, Saqib Hussain Mir and Adil Iqbal Batt were found running a terror module to revive militancy in the Doda region of Jammu and Kashmir at the behest of a local terrorist. They were booked under the Public Safety Act. (PTI File Photo)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 02:52 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Jammu

Roundabout | Filmmaker of the soil ever in search of characters

Rajeev Kumar’s journey as a filmmaker has been closely entwined to the Punjabi soil and the turbulent times that nurtured him

When renowned Punjabi filmmaker Rajeev Kumar, an alum of the department of Indian Theatre at Panjab University, was asked to create the set of a famous play for his final assignment, he chose Italian dramatist Luigi Pirandello’s Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore (Six Characters in Search of an Author). (Representative Image/HT File)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByNirupama Dutt

Rickshaw puller snatches 80-year-old passenger’s money in Chandigarh, caught in 30 minutes

The victim informed the police control room that the rickshaw puller was wearing a yellow T-shirt; acting promptly, police sent out search teams and caught the accused in 30 minutes

The rickshaw puller pushed the 80-year-old passenger down. He then snatched <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>7,220 from his pocket and pedalled off. He was arrested near Sector 46, Chandigarh, soon after. (HT Photo) — The rickshaw puller pushed the 80-year-old passenger down. He then snatched ₹7,220 from his pocket and pedalled off. He was arrested near Sector 46, Chandigarh, soon after. (HT Photo)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Leopard spotted in NABI’s CCTV cameras, panic grips Mohali’s Sector 81

Springing into action, the Mohali wildlife department set up a cage to trap the wild cat and through announcements, advised people studying at NABI and those living around it not to venture out

A wildlife department team, along with police personnel, was also deployed in the area near National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Sector 81, Mohali. (HT Photo/for representation only)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Mohali

Covid claims another life in Mohali

A 52-year-old woman became Covid’s sixth victim in Mohali in the past 19 days; the daily infections also rose from 28 to 36 between Friday and Saturday

The deceased patient, a resident of Sunny Enclave, Kharar, was also suffering from comorbidities and had received only one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. (AP File Photo)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula

Single-use plastic ban: 164 challaned in Chandigarh tricity in 2 days

A total of 164 people were challaned across Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula on Friday and Saturday for using single-use plastic items

Any person violating the ban orders will be punishable with imprisonment up to five years or fine up to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 lakh, or both. (HT Photo) — Any person violating the ban orders will be punishable with imprisonment up to five years or fine up to ₹1 lakh, or both. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondents, Chandigarh/mohali/panchkula

Cakewalk! All 15 members elected unopposed to Panjab University syndicate

Seven of 15 members of Panjab University’s executive body are faculty members from the varsity campus in Chandigarh

The newly elected members of Panjab University syndicate at the varsity’s administrative block in Chandigarh on Saturday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Published on Jul 03, 2022 02:47 AM IST

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ByDar Ovais, Chandigarh

Mohali police unearth drug cartel with links to Lawrence Bishnoi

Three gang members, all aides of Lawrence Bishnoi’s associate who provided hideout to killers of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, arrested, say Mohali police

The accused were identified as Devraj Sharma, and his sons Bunty Sharma and Gaurav Sharma, all residents of Raja Ram Colony, Badmajra. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jul 03, 2022 02:46 AM IST

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ByHT Correspondent, Mohali