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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Forest officials attacked during raid on illegal logging in Kalka

A team of Haryana forest officials was assaulted during a raid to check illegal logging in Kalka on Friday morning. Forest guard Gyan Dev suffered facial injuries inflicted by nails. Forest range officer Yogender Dalal had received information about illegal felling of khair trees in Kahniwala/Khola Fateh Singh village by one Gulzar, who reportedly planned to transport the wood out …

Assault Forest Singh Gulzar Sukhvinder

2 months ago

Kalka cop booked for thrashing dog, throwing it in stream

Hindustan Times

A special police officer was booked for thrashing a dog with a stick and throwing it in a stream in Kalka on Monday. Meanwhile, Panchkula police confirmed that the special police officer has been sent to police lines. Hired on ad-hoc basis by the Panchkula police and posted in Kalka, Kismat was booked on the complaint of Anurag Kumar, a …

Panchkula Kalka Panchkula Police

3 months ago

Haryana polls: Congress reclaims Panchkula, BJP triumphs in Kalka

Hindustan Times

In a dramatic election day for Panchkula district, Congress candidate Chander Mohan Bishnoi secured a narrow victory in Panchkula, ending a decade-long political exile with a margin of just 1,976 votes. Bishnoi, 58, who garnered 67,253 votes, making up 47.97% vote share, defeated incumbent BJP MLA and Haryana assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta, 76, who was gunning for a hat-trick, …

Congress Haryana Panchkula Votes Vote Bjp Round

3 months ago

Shakti Rani’s parachute lands in Kalka, BJP wrests seat from Congress

Hindustan Times

BJP candidate Shakti Rani Sharma, 71, was on Tuesday elected Kalka MLA after she defeated incumbent Pardeep Chaudhary of the Congress by 10,883 votes. In 2019, Congress candidate Pardeep Chaudhary had defeated BJP’s Latika Sharma by 5,931 votes. In 2014, Latika Sharma had defeated INLD candidate Pardeep Chaudhary by 19,027 votes and in 2009, while Chaudhary had beaten Congress’s Satvinder …

Congress Haryana Constituency Votes Bjp Sharma Kalka

3 months ago

Haryana polls: Men outnumber women in turnout in Panchkula district

Hindustan Times

As Haryana went to polls on Saturday, Panchkula district experienced a notable gender disparity in voter participation, with more men casting their votes compared to women. Deputy commissioner and district election officer Yash Garg said a total of 455 polling stations were set up for 4.38 lakh voters in Panchkula district, where 2.85 lakh voters cast their votes. The district …

Voting Congress Haryana Panchkula Voters Kalka Registered

3 months ago

Haryana polls: Hope for better future drives Panchkula voters to booths

Hindustan Times

Farmers issues, better future and change played on the minds of Panchkula residents who stepped out to cast their vote on Saturday. Anticipating hot weather, senior citizens and first-time voters turned out in sizeable numbers and exercised their right to franchise in the early hours at different polling booths across the district. Panchkula district has two assembly segments-- Kalka and …

Panchkula Voters Vote Kalka Better Future

3 months, 1 week ago

BJP manifesto promises to make Kalka drug-free

Hindustan Times

Promising to make Kalka drug free, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Shakti Rani Sharma announced to set up a dedicated narcotics police station in Kalka in the “Sankalp Patar” released for Kalka. In her manifesto, she promised to make Kalka drug-free by increasing police patrolling and opening a drug rehabilitation centre having all facilities, apart from having a dedicated narcotics police …

Bjp Sharma Kalka Manifesto Kalka Drug Morni

3 months, 1 week ago

Assam CM: Hooda father-son duo will face drubbing in Haryana polls

Hindustan Times

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma during a public rally launched a scathing attack on the Congress and its alliance partners. Sarma took a jibe at the Congress party, saying that just Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi failed to secure victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the father-son duo of Bhupinder Hooda and Deepender Hooda will also face a drubbing …

Congress Israel Bjp Modi Indi Sarma

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Prem Garg vows to develop Panchkula-Barwala as industrial hub

Hindustan Times

In an apparent dig at his rival from Congress, Chander Mohan, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Prem Garg on Thursday announced that instead of making hollow promises of turning Panchkula into Paris, the AAP will develop the city into a world-class industrial and business park. As soon as the Congress government comes, all problems and demands will be met on priority.” …

Congress Party Industrial Panchkula Forest Bjp Kalka

3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP will win Kalka seat with huge margin: Manohar Lal Khattar

Hindustan Times

Reiterating that the Bharatiya Janata Party will be forming government in Haryana for the third time, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday expressed confidence in winning the Kalka assembly seat with a huge margin. Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar during BJP’s worker sammelan in Kalka. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Khattar, who was in Kalka for BJP’s “worker sammelan,” encouraged …

Haryana Work Kalka Worker Huge Margin Manohar Lal Khattar Bjp Win

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana polls: Congress manifesto is a bundle of lies, says CM Saini in Panchkula

Hindustan Times

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday lashed out at the Congress, terming the party’s manifesto “a bundle of lies”. Campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Kalka Shakti Rani Sharma in Raipur Rani, the CM alleged, “Congress leaders think that they can form the government in Haryana on the basis of lies. This shows the party’s character and …

Haryana Party Panchkula Mla Kalka Chander Mohan Candidate

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pradeep Chaudhary targets BJP over poor road quality during campaigning in Kalka

Hindustan Times

As electioneering picks up, arch rivals Congress and BJP are targeting each other in the Kalka assembly constituency. Pradeep Chaudhary was at an election campaign in Raitan area in Pinjore “Some are spreading drugs, while some are covering up their party’s failures with money. They have seen it all and every development will be completed,” said Congress candidate Pradeep Chaudhary …

Congress Bjp Kalka Pradeep Chaudhary

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Haryana assembly elections: Poll debate in Kalka revolves around need of change

Hindustan Times

The candidates from Kalka assembly constituency are suggesting the need for change and new leadership by highlighting the failures of their opponents. Congress candidate Pradeep Chaudhary is fighting to retain his seat while BJP’s pick Shakti Rani Sharma is aiming to reclaim the assembly constituency for the party. “Kalka assembly constituency is grappling with many serious problems like unemployment, inflation, …

Change Assembly Congress Haryana Bjp Kalka Shakti Rani

4 months ago

Report card: Kalka ignored, MLA Pradeep Chaudhary shares blame for slow progress

Hindustan Times

Pradeep Chaudhary’s tenure as Kalka Congress MLA is forgettable by his own admission given the snail-paced development and poor amenities residents have had to put up with over the past five years. Kalka has seen snail-paced development,” said Chaudhary, adding “Even if the budget was passed and work initiated, the progress was very slow.” “I met the chief minister, flagged …

Bjp Congress Mla Kalka Chaudhary Pradeep Chaudhary Mla Development Pinjore

4 months ago

Haryana elections: Panchkula AAP chief Ranjit Uppal quits party to join BJP

Hindustan Times

Amid uncertainty over an alliance with the Congress in Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party’s Panchkula district president, Ranjit Uppal, quit the party and joined the BJP on Monday. Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini welcoming former Panchkula AAP chief Ranjit Uppal into the BJP on Monday. In his resignation letter, Uppal, who had been seeking the AAP ticket from Kalka …

Congress Haryana Party Bjp Kalka Aap Uppal

4 months ago

Gupta kicks off election campaign; blames Hooda for Panchkula’s lack of development

Hindustan Times

Panchkula always got “step-motherly” treatment from Congress, said Gian Chand Gupta on Friday while kicking off his campaign for the Haryana assembly elections. The Congress kept forming the government earlier with the help of false promises but now the people of Haryana have become aware and will wipe out the Congress,” said Gupta while claiming that “lotus will bloom” both …

Congress Panchkula Bjp Sharma Gupta Latika Kalka Shakti

4 months ago

Haryana assembly elections: Congress bets on Chaudhary again for Kalka

Hindustan Times

The Congress has picked sitting Kalka MLA Pradeep Chaudhary in its attempt to retain the seat in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections. Polarisation of Jat votes, especially of the Gurjar community, had helped spur Chaudhary’s win in 2019. In 2019, Chaudhary had defeated BJP candidate Latika Sharma by 5,931 votes, wresting the Kalka seat after his defeat to Sharma in …

Kalka Chaudhary

6 months ago

42 schoolkids injured as Haryana Roadways mini bus overturns near Pinjore

Hindustan Times

An overloaded Haryana Roadways mini-bus, headed from Kalka to the hill areas of Pinjore, overturned near Nolta village at 7.15 am on Monday, leaving 46 people injured, 42 of them schoolchildren, officials said. As many as 42 schoolchildren were injured when a Haryana Roadways mini bus fell into a ditch near Nolta village in the hill area of Pinjore block …

Civil Haryana Driver Hospital Panchkula Kalka Injured

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Railways suspends Kalka -Shimla heritage line trains after ‘cracks’ on bridge: ‘What will happen during monsoon…’

Live Mint

Cracks emerged on a railway bridge on Friday, June 21, night following which all trains on Kalka -Shimla heritage line were suspended the following day. " "We wonder what will happen during the upcoming monsoon season", said Shimla Hotel and Tourism Stakeholders Association President M K Seth amid the huge rush of tourists during the ongoing summer season. The update …

Mumbai Railway Bridge Pti Cracks

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Panchkula: Police delay helps 23-year-old walk free in drug case

Hindustan Times

A delay of four days in sending seized drug samples for chemical analysis by police facilitated acquittal of a 23-year-old arrested in a drug case in 2021. “The delay of four days in sending the sample to the office of Forensic Science Laboratory and non-preparation of CFSL form at the spot must prove fatal to the case of the prosecution …

Prosecution Case Kalka Four Days Sample Fsl Independent Witness

11 months ago

Kalka shocker: Advocate fatally stabs wife after argument over alcohol addiction, flees

Hindustan Times

A Kalka-based advocate fatally stabbed his wife, reportedly after an argument over his alcohol addiction, at their residence on Friday night. As per the police, a call was received on Friday night about a woman being stabbed at her residence following which a team was dispatched to the spot. The woman’s father, Durga Dass, who resides in Jalandhar, said that …

Kalka Friday Night Bhavna

1 year, 2 months ago

2019 accident case: Truck driver gets 1-yr jail for pedestrian’s death in Pinjore

Hindustan Times

A Kalka local court awarded one-year jail to a truck driver for causing the death of a Pinjore resident in a road accident in 2019. The case dates to March 13, 2019, when Ashok Kumar, 48, an employee of a private company in Pinjore was run over by a truck while crossing the road. The brother told the police that …

Court Kalka Pinjore Truck Driver

1 year, 4 months ago

Man held for robbery bid at jewellery shop in Panchkula’s Kalka

Hindustan Times

Posing as a customer, a man tried to rob a jeweller of a gold chain at his shop in Kalka on Saturday. Complainant Nikhil Bhatt of Kalka said he owned a jewellery shop in Kalka. When he showed him one, Sumit used pepper spray on him and tried to flee but other people present there got hold of him and …

Kalka Sumit

1 year, 4 months ago

Tracing the history of Kalka-Shimla railway, damaged by Himachal rain

Firstpost

A portion of the Kalka-Shimla Railway near Shimla’s Summer Hill was swept away after heavy rains battered Himachal Pradesh recently. The renowned Kalka-Shimla Railway has also sustained damage, with a 50-metre bridge being swept away near Shimla’s Summer Hill on Monday amid the deluge. According to The Better India article, Bhalku assisted British engineer HS Harrington to build the longest …

Rain Indian British Railway Hill Shimla Kalka

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Forest officials attacked during raid on illegal logging in Kalka

Kalka cop booked for thrashing dog, throwing it in stream

Haryana polls: Congress reclaims Panchkula, BJP triumphs in Kalka

Shakti Rani’s parachute lands in Kalka, BJP wrests seat from Congress

Haryana polls: Men outnumber women in turnout in Panchkula district

Haryana polls: Hope for better future drives Panchkula voters to booths

BJP manifesto promises to make Kalka drug-free

Assam CM: Hooda father-son duo will face drubbing in Haryana polls

Prem Garg vows to develop Panchkula-Barwala as industrial hub

BJP will win Kalka seat with huge margin: Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana polls: Congress manifesto is a bundle of lies, says CM Saini in Panchkula

Pradeep Chaudhary targets BJP over poor road quality during campaigning in Kalka

Haryana assembly elections: Poll debate in Kalka revolves around need of change

Report card: Kalka ignored, MLA Pradeep Chaudhary shares blame for slow progress

Haryana elections: Panchkula AAP chief Ranjit Uppal quits party to join BJP

Gupta kicks off election campaign; blames Hooda for Panchkula’s lack of development

Haryana assembly elections: Congress bets on Chaudhary again for Kalka

42 schoolkids injured as Haryana Roadways mini bus overturns near Pinjore

Railways suspends Kalka -Shimla heritage line trains after ‘cracks’ on bridge: ‘What will happen during monsoon…’

Panchkula: Police delay helps 23-year-old walk free in drug case

Kalka shocker: Advocate fatally stabs wife after argument over alcohol addiction, flees

2019 accident case: Truck driver gets 1-yr jail for pedestrian’s death in Pinjore

Man held for robbery bid at jewellery shop in Panchkula’s Kalka

Tracing the history of Kalka-Shimla railway, damaged by Himachal rain