- Extortion case: Daughter - in - law?s brother gets bail
A local court has granted bail to Gaurav Pahwa, brother of financier Anil Bhalla’s daughter-in-law, in the multi-crore extortion and money laundering case.
- Extortion case: Financier?s son booked for forging partner?s signatures
Financier Anil Bhalla’s son Akash Bhalla has been booked by the Panchkula police in a new case for fraudulently transferring Rs 61 lakh from an account by forging the signatures of one of the partners in 2018.
- Panchkula: Woman in possession of snatched chain held
The detective staff of the local police nabbed a woman possessing a chain snatched from a resident of Pinjore in Panchkula district.
- Panchkula traders protest paid parking in Sector 14
Shopkeepers of the Sector 14 market protested against the Municipal Corporation for being biased in introducing paid parking in their market whereas there is no paid parking in any of the markets in the city.
- Traffic jams: Mohali Deputy Commissioner visits Bhankarpur lights
Mohali Deputy Commissioner Amit Talwar visited the Bhankarpur village traffic lights to find a solution to the problem of traffic jams today. He was accompanied by Dera Bassi SDM Himanshu Gupta and officials of the National Highways Authority of India, GMADA, MC and the police.
- Mohali: Liquor contractors oppose new excise policy
Liquor contractors today staged a protest against the new excise policy outside the Excise and Taxation head office in Sector 69 here. The group of contractors has written to the Excise and Taxation Minister suggesting a few changes in the newly implemented policy.
- Chandigarh: Man acquitted in POCSO case
Judge, Fast Track Special Court, Swati Sehgal has acquitted an accused arrested in a three-year-old POCSO case after the prosecutrix turned hostile during hearings.
- Transformer catches fire in Mohali, hits power supply
Several areas of Mohali plunged into darkness after a transformer in the Phase 1 66kV power grid caught fire around 4.50 pm today. An official said due to overloading, the transformer caught fire, in which the main power line was badly damaged.
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day today: Lonely in their twilight years
Elderly people living in Chandigarh are dealing with loneliness and isolation, reveals a study conducted by HelpAge India, which was released today to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which falls tomorrow.
- Chandigarh witnesses 48 fresh Covid cases
Chandigarh: The city witnessed 48 fresh cases of Covid on Tuesday, taking the active caseload to 238. The daily positivity rate stands at 4.36 per cent. While no new fatality was reported, 19 more persons recovered from the disease. The virus has claimed 1,165 lives in the city so far. — TNS
- Sidhu Moosewala killing: Two working for gangster Goldy Brar arrested from Mohali
In a major breakthrough, the Mohali police and anti-gangster task force (AGTF) have arrested two members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The suspects were allegedly working for Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar.
- Expect light rain in Chandigarh till June 19
The local Meteorological Department has forecast light rain in the city from June 15 to 19.
- Covid cases rise in Chandigarh, so does bed occupancy
As active cases begin to swell in the city, the bed occupancy in hospitals has also increased by 100 per cent in the past four days. At present, 21 Covid patients are admitted to city hospitals, nine of them at the PGI. Eleven patients were admitted to city hospitals on June 10.
- Chandigarh Administration has its task cut out, vocational education to 50,000 children by 2025 - 26
The Central Government has set a target for the UT of providing vocational education to over 50,000 students, starting from upper primary classes, in government schools in the city till 2025-26.
- Chandigarh: It?s chock - a - block at PGI emergency
The emergency ward at the PGI is daily cramped up with hundreds of patients lying on stretchers, positioned wherever space is available in the entire hall.
