Last year, Maharashtra became the country’s first state to ban plastic use. However, the milk sector was affected by the ban as it uses plastic pouches to pack and deliver milk to consumers.

Anjali Maydeo said that there have been a series of events over the years that has “shaken the democratic fabric”, such as the killing of Mohsin Shaikh, Dabholkar murder, and connecting Elgaar Parishad with Koregaon Bhima violence and Maoists.“

BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to address the party’s booth committee members on Saturday. A day before that, Congress chief Ashok Chavan will launch his party’s series of rallies in the state with a Jansangharsh Sabha in the city.

Conducted with the help of hi-tech elements such as a drone survey and geospatial technologies, the exercise will give civic departments the chance to plan infrastructure and utilities more efficiently and collaborate with each other more effectively.

According to road safety experts, low visibility, long night hours and increased use of four-wheelers during winter are some of the reasons behind increase in mortality in road accidents during the period.

The officials of the local MeT department said sky on Thursday will remain generally cloudy and a light rainfall is also expected during the day. However, there will not be any major change in the temperatures.

“We have the same candidate which is Kamal ka phool,” Abhimanyu said without naming incumbent MP Kirron Kher. The minister was here at the Chandigarh BJP headquarters to flag off the rath which will take feedback from residents.

The woman’s body was found lying on a quilt on the ground and another quilt was on her body. Sources said injury marks were visible around the woman’s neck and there was bleeding from her mouth.

Two suspects, who were caught on CCTV cameras installed inside PGI, robbed the victim of Rs 20,000. Police said more than 15 sharp injuries were visible on the victim’s body.

Pramod Kumar, accused in the case involving inspector Baljit Singh and constable Surinder Kumar, moved the application for anticipatory bail in the court of Sanjiv Joshi, ADJ, special CBI court.

Nagpal’s counsel before the court argued that it was a motivated case and the two had been in a consensual relationship. However, the Chandigarh Police in the court submitted that the accused time and again circulated the “morphed” pictures of the victim

The tournament was postponed due to the revised scheduling of BCCI domestic matches and we decided to hold the tournament in this window. Clubs and corporate teams will take part in the tournament and a total of nine teams have been divided into two groups.

Even as the ruling Congress in the state is buoyed by a few surveys indicating chances for them in 12 out of 13 seats, the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee has received only 40 applications from ticket aspirants so far.

University vice-chancellor Prof Raj Kumar will inaugurate the three-day event to be held at an estimated of Rs 15 lakh at 2pm on February 8. Professor Karamjeet Singh, registrar, Panjab University, will be the guest of honor.

PGIMER is the one of the most sought after institute for medical education. At present, there are 930 students pursuing MD/MS courses. About 250 students are pursuing DM/MCh. Courses, while about 210 PhD courses.

The accused were arrested when they were going towards Landran on their bike. Inspector Jagdev Singh said that they recovered 5 gm heroin each from both the accused and a .315 bore pistol and three live cartridges from accused Gurjeet Singh.

A rape and murder convict’s plea for freedom based on sole ground revolving around a ‘comma’ in the policy on premature release of life convicts has been turned down by Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has accorded approval to a long pending demand to construct ring roads in six cities in Punjab, including Mohali/Chandigarh, and two cities in Haryana.

While activities related to the Kartarpur Corridor on the Indian side have so far been limited to visits by officials of different departments of the Union and the state government, work on the Pakistan side, according to their media reports, is almost 40 per cent complete.

Having completed 12,000 km of her tour, Rongala said, “Punjab was the most welcoming state for me till now. I faced lot of difficulties in Madhya Pradesh.”

The team inspected the site of Bhakra Main Line intake, wherein it was found that the intake connection being provided by the irrigation department, is being carried out on war footing level.

BJP president Amit Shah, who addressed the booth workers before leaving for Bulandshahr, asked the Congress, SP and BSP to clarify their stand on the Ram temple.

The handle, which has around 39,800 followers, gained more than 33,000 of them on Wednesday after the official announcement came.

The saffron-coloured motorised vehicles were flagged off by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani from the party headquarters Shree Kamlam here.