PATHANKOT: The shortage of doctors at the local civil hospital is forcing patients from the town and surrounding areas to go for costlier private treatment. The 50-bedded hospital in this newly-formed district do not have many specialists. Several doctors have left their jobs or got transferred. Patients suffering from bone-related problems ...

PATHANKOT: The Pathankot Police have booked 10 persons after two groups supporting different political parties allegedly clashed on Saturday. Kapil Kaushal, SHO Division number 2, said the police had booked youth Congress leader Rohit Syal and others on the complaint of BJP councilor Gulshan. The SHO added no arrest had ...

PATHANKOT: The proposed visit of state Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh to Pathankot on Monday to quell rebellion in the party was cancelled due to heavy rainfall. The party candidate from Pathankot, Raman Bhalla, and the Congress nominee from Sujanpur, Vinay Mahajan, had jointly organised a function where Amarinder was expected ...

PATHANKOT: Former MLA Ashok Sharma has announced that he will contest from the Pathankot constituency as an independent. “I am feeling humiliated. I stood outside the Congress office in Delhi for twelve days and have been denied tickets. The candidate was chosen on the intervention of Central leaders. I have no ...

PATHANKOT: The Dinanagar police on Thursday impounded a bike in which the fuel tank was full of liquor. A bottle of petrol was attached on the outside and was attached to the engine to run the vehicle. Traffic in-charge Piara Singh told HT that police stopped a HOTO bike for routine ...

PATHANKOT: BJP workers welcomed Pathankot party candidate and state party president Ashwani Sharma on his return to the constituency after being nominated the party candidate on Wednesday. He was welcomed at Mirthal, a town on the border off Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Later, he was taken in an open van through ...

PATHANKOT: DC Siben C on Tuesday discussed poll arrangements with his officials to ensure the smooth polling in this newly formed district. Addressing media persons, the DC said that 483 poll booths were made in the area in which 67 booths were sensitive. He said that 45 booths in Pathankot, 4 ...

PATHANKOT: Madhuri sharma of the University Institute Of Legal Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, imparted information on the recently introduced Right To Service Act to students of remote areas. Addressing students and NSS volunteers of Shaheed Ram Singh Pathania Memorial (SRSPM) Guru Nanak Dev University College, Niari, Dhar Block, Pathankot, Madhuri said ...

PATHANKOT: A couple from Yamunanagar (Haryana) died on the spot while their two children were injured critically when the car in which they were returning from Vaishno Devi collided with a wrongly parked gas tanker near Sujanpur on Friday. CISF employee Vinod Saini was driving the car. SOURCE-HT

PATHANKOT: A man who is in jail on charges of rape married his alleged victim on Thursday, the marriage ceremony taking place in the premises of Pathankot jail. According to the FIR, he was booked under sections 376 (rape) 378 (theft) and 420(cheating) of the IPC in August after being accused ...

PATHANKOT: The District Employment Office has decided to take action against a private medical college under the Compulsory Notification of Vacancies Act, 1959, for flouting norms in the recruitment of206 employees. "Chintpurni Medical College director Sunil Joshi did not consider candidates registered at the employment office, which is compulsory under the ...

PATHANKOT:Lt Gen AK Choudhary, general officer commanding, 9 Corps, on Wednesday, inaugurated ambulance service for the ex-servicemen of Pathankot. The general officer handed over the keys of the ambulance to the officer-in-charge of ECHS Polyclinic, Pathankot, and reiterated the army's commitment to the welfare of its veterans. The ambulance has been arranged ...

PATHANKOT: Lt Gen AK Chaudhary, officer commanding of Rising Star Corps, on Friday inaugurated 300 brand new accommodations for the contingents’ families at Mammon Military station. He said that Mammun, Cantt was the largest cantonment of the country and its accommodation problem would be solved, as the troops family will get ...