KiteS swarming the skyline is a standout feature of the Makar Sakranti celebrations, but seven-year-old Pihu of Preet Nagar in Jalandhar has not been able to gather courage to step out of the house and watch the kite-flying duels in her neighbourhood. The festival is a scary reminder of the traumati
Barring two minor incidents, the New Year celebrations passed off peacefully in the city on Saturday. The credit for the peaceful celebrations goes to policemen who remained on duty on the city roads till midnight.
People brave through a thick fog on Tuesday morning as dense to very dense fog engulfed North Inida, including Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi, for the second morning on the trot, lowering visibility to 0 metres in Bhatinda and Amritsar, which affected rail and road traffic movement.
In a major incident, a speeding truck rammed into a Maruti Brezza vehicle on a flyover on the Sherpur chowk last night. Though drivers of the truck and the SUV did not suffer any major injury, both vehicles had badly damaged in the mishap.