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Vacant educational seats deserve to be filled, waste of national resources if not done: HC

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has held that educational institutions should try and fill all vacant seats, especially in professional courses. The bench of justice Su... Read More


CREST funds misappropriation case: CBI files chargesheet against IFoS officer, wife

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet against Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer Navneet Srivastava, his wife and a private company in the R... Read More


HC seeks report on 'torture' of Sikh youth in Sangrur village

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought a report from the director general of police (DGP), Punjab, on an alleged incident in which a Sikh youth was assaulted by police pe... Read More


Punjab and Haryana high court strikes down Section 147A of Income Tax Act

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has declared Section 147-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, unconstitutional, holding that the legislature could not, through a retrospective "cla... Read More


2015 sacrilege, police firing cases: Sukhbir skips SIT appearance, seeks fresh date after Sept 30

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday did not appear before the special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2015 sacrilege and police firing cases.... Read More


Restaurant told to shell out rRs.r5k for levying rRs.r531 service charge

Chandigarh, Sept. 12 -- Forcing a consumer to pay service charge despite objection amounts to unfair trade practice and deficiency in service, the district consumer disputes redressal commission state... Read More


Give plots to Bluestar oustees in two months: HC to Punjab

Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- Forty-two years after the shops around the Golden Temple were badly damaged during Operation Bluestar, the high court has directed the Punjab government to allot booths/ sites ... Read More


Haryana announces financial relief to rural sanitation workers

Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- Haryana government on Thursday announced welfare measures for rural sanitation workers, including arrears of Rs. 2,100 on the increased honorarium with effect from January 2026... Read More


Haryana: Saini transfers rRs.r1,890 crore to 50 lakh beneficiaries under 26 schemes

Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday released Rs.1,890 crore directly into the bank accounts of 50,28,208 eligible beneficiaries under 26 different welfare sche... Read More


SKM opposes release of gene-edited rice varieties

Chandigarh, Sept. 11 -- The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday opposed the release and multiplication of patented seed technologies and gene-edited (GEd) rice varieties, saying they could threaten... Read More