- Caste pot stirred in poll - bound state - The Tribune
It has taken 40 years since the first movement to consolidate the largest population group in Punjab — the Dalits — to come out of the shadows of the dominant Sikh and Hindu upper castes and be handed over the reins of a ruling party to lead it into a multi-cornered election.
- Manohar Lal Khattar: Budget seeks to ensure holistic development of Haryana - The Tribune India
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the pre-Budget consultation meeting was held with ministers and administrative secretaries to prepare a democratic budget aimed at holistic development of the state.
- Kumari Selja flays Haryana govt for ?stopping? pension - The Tribune India
Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Kumari Selja said those who took votes from senior citizens by promising to give old-age pension of Rs 5,100 per month, were now exploiting them.
- Opposition sharpens attack on PCC chief - The Tribune India
Day after Navjot Singh Sidhu was pushed out of the race for the CM face, Opposition parties sharpened their attack on the PCC chief even as no senior Congress leader is rallying behind him. On the other hand, former AAP MP Dharamvira Gandhi has come out in Sidhu’s support.
- National Lok Adalat can?t direct further probe: Punjab and Haryana High Court - The Tribune
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside an order passed by the National Lok Adalat after ruling that it did not have the jurisdiction to direct further investigation in a criminal case. The High Court made it clear that the Lok Adalat would be competent to pass only an order based on a compr
- Power privatisation: Dharna to be held in Sector 17 on February 15 - The Tribune
A dharna will be held at Sector 17 by Opposition parties, trade unions, public representatives and employees’ organisations against the privatisation of the UT Electricity Department on February 15.
- PU campus to open after online exams - The Tribune
Amid pressure to start physical classes for all students, the Panjab University (PU) authorities today announced that the campus would be opened soon after the conclusion of the online examinations.
- Unattended garbage heaps eyesore for Panchkula residents - The Tribune
Though the Panchkula Municipal Corporation recently launched a cleanliness campaign, “Mera Panchkula-Meri Pehchan”, to improve its rankings in the Swachh Survekshan-2022, heaps of garbage can be seen lying unattended in several parts of the city.
- Chandigarh: Get set for Rose Fest this year - The Tribune India
With Covid-19 cases going down and fewer fatalities being reported, the much-awaited Rose Festival is back in the city this year.
- Vitamin A deficiency in 35% Chandigarh?s preschoolers: PGI study - The Tribune
A PGI study found prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency in 35.14 per cent of the preschoolers of Chandigarh.
- Chandigarh all set to get its third material recovery facility - The Tribune
In a boost to its plan to make the city “bin-free”, the MC is set to get the third and final material recovery facility-cum-garbage transfer station at Dadu Majra within 10 days.
- 518 families of Covid victims given Rs50K each by Chandigarh Administration - The Tribune India
As many as 518 families of those who died of Covid have been given an ex gratia of Rs50,000 each till now. As many as 1,141 patients have died of the virus in Chandigarh so far since March 2020. The claim settlement rate of the scheme is 45 per cent in the city. This has already cost the UT Administ
- Chandigarh MC to tap into central schemes to fund ?200 - crore projects - Hindustan Times
Chandigarh MC to tap into central schemes to fund ?200 - crore projects
- Sirsa dera chief gets furlough ahead of Punjab elections - The Tribune India
Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted a 21-day (February 7-27) furlough to enable him to meet his family in Gurugram. He was shifted from the Sunaria jail to Gurugram under tight security this afternoon.
- Preneet meets BJP, PLC cadre to seek support for Capt - Times of India
Congress’s Patiala MP Preneet Kaur has been meeting workers of BJP and Punjab Lok Congress (PLC), the party her husband and former CM Captain Amarind
