AMRITSAR: Recognizing the performance of its star athlete Jagdeep Singh, who recently set a new high jump record of 2.15 meters in the All-India Inter­ University Athletics Meet held in Karnataka, Khalsa College has awarded him a certificate of excellence, Jagdeep had bro­ ken his own record of2.11 metres he ...

KARNAL: Sikh leader’s of Haryana seeking a separate gurdwara management committee for the state have decided to campaign against the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) in the forthcoming elections of the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). Didar Singh Nalvi, president of a faction of the Haryana SGPC (ad hoc), told HT, "Religious ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government on Monday sought a month's time from the Punjab and Haryana high court to submit its final report about the constitution of a state human rights commission. The counsel for the state told the division bench headed by Justice MM Kumar that the meeting to discuss ...

AMRITSAR: With the Attari border witnessing long queues of trucks on both the sides, customs officials of India and Pakistan have decided to continue with the practice of keeping the border route for trade between the two countries open on Sunday as well till further orders. A decision in this regard ...

CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday advocated greater say for the state government in urban development projects implemented with the Centre's assistance. While the plan for Haryana towns of the national capital region (NCR) proposes to develop Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Sonepat on a par with Delhi, the Haryana ...

LUDHIANA: There was chaos outside the district court in Ludhiana on Monday when a group of policemen thrashed an accused in lock-up. Navjot Singh, 23, who was being brought to court for a hearing, was beaten with batons. Seeing this, other undertrials started shouting. Navjot's wife Ramandeep Kaur, 22, alleged that a police­man ...

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the union home ministry to take immediate decision on Punjab government's plea for deputing a specialized team for destroying RDX and other explosives piled up in various police malkhanas. The directions came from a division bench headed by Justice MM Kumar during ...

CHANDIGARH: State health minister, Roa Narender Singh on Sunday said 20 eye donation centers’ have been set up in state under the Nehru Drishti scheme. The minister said an eye specialist each has been appointed in these 20 centers’. He was speaking at the 36th annual function of blind girl’s school, Narnaul. Counselors’ ...

CHANDIGARH: The state government has constituted the right to education and protection authority (REPA) to ensure compliance of right of children to free and compulsory education (RTE) Act 2009. A school education department spokesperson said students or their parents or guardians could lodge complaints relating to the act on toll free ...

CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday urged the union human resources development minister Kapil Sibal to enact legislation on Right to Play on the pattern of Right to Education. The chief minister made this suggestion at a sports award function in New Delhi. Earlier, the chief minister had ...

AMRITSAR: The local police have booked more than 10 persons for allegedly beating up two persons in separate incidents. In his complaint to the police, Vijay Kumar, a resident of Jandiala town under Amritsar rural police district, alleged that Dilbagh Singh, Sukhwinder Goldy, Bittu, Amardeep and two other persons barged ...

AMRITSAR: Rotary Club, Amritsar North East, organized a blood investigation camp in collaboration with Tuli’s Diagnostic Centre, Majitha Road, on Sunday. The camp was inaugurated by club president Rotarian Taminder Singh. Tests on 200 patients were conducted free of cost. Singh said such camps are organised on the first Sunday ...

PANAJI: BJP president Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday that the Akali-BJP alliance would retain power in Punjab. He said the elections in five states were a “semifinal” ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He also said the party would win in Uttarakhand. While voting has already taken place in ...