- 9 new ministers to be inducted in Amarinder's cabinet
CHANDIGARH : Congress has finalised names of nine legislators who will be sworn-in as cabinet ministers in Punjab on Saturday. The decision was taken after a meeting between chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on ...
- Panjab University innovation to aid hypotonia patients
CHANDIGARH : Projects developed in Design Innovation Centre were presented and displayed in the project advisory committee duly chaired by vice-chancellor of Panjab University (PU) Prof Arun Kumar Grover at University Institute of Engineering Technology ...
- Taming MiG: Those plane crazy days
On October 20, 1962, when Squadron Leader Chandan Singh's An-12 on a flight from Chandigarh to Daulat Beg Oldi in the Ladakh region came back hit by the Chinese light machine gun fire, it started not just a war but also a long battle for defence ...
- Snatchers target two more women in Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH : Snatchings continue unabated in Chandigarh as two more women were targeted on Thursday night. It's fifth case of snatching in Chandigarh in the last three days. Two of the snatchings were reported from sector 34 police station area only. In ...
- Blind turn often proves fatal: Sec 38 residents
Chandigarh : The arterial road running between sectors 38C and 38D towards the park before Shri Guru Harkrishan Model School has a dangerous blind-turn and witnesses frequent vehicular accidents. The stretch of the road after crossing the market of ...
- Dentist to pay Rs 20000 for deficient service
CHANDIGARH : The district consumer disputes redressal forum directed a city-based dentist to pay Rs 25,000 to a complainant for refusing to rectify the defect or install a new bridge free of cost despite the ongoing warranty period. The complainant ...
- Floor - wise sale of houses opposed
In the draft of the master plan for 2031, the administration had proposed to re-introduce the Chandigarh Apartment Rules that allow subdivision of residential plots of 1,000 square yards and above into two dwelling units on each floor. The residential ...
- Freehold conversion steep rates kill demand
CHANDIGARH : Less than a year ago, city residents were pressing for lifting of embargo on conversion of leasehold residential properties to freehold. For them, the issue was so important that it was repeatedly taken up with the Chandigarh administration ...
- AAP seeks special status for Punjab, revision of 15th finance commission
Chandigarh : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday sought special status for Punjab. The party demanded that Punjab be put on the list of special category states (SCS), while pushing for a revision in the terms of reference of the Fifteenth Finance ...
- Punjab government asks departments if online transfer policy can be implemented
CHANDIGARH : Based on the government school teachers' transfer policy approved by the Punjab cabinet on March 7, the state government has asked comments from all other departments whether such policy can also be implemented in their respective ...
- Amarinder seeks Centre's help in defeating attempts to revive extremism
NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday urged home minister Rajnath Singh to devise a comprehensive strategy to arrest attempts at reviving extremism in the state, cautioning that these could threaten peace and stability. At a ...
- Now, govt schools to house centres for educating adults
Chandigarh : From this academic year onwards, not only the students but even their parents and grandparents will get a chance to go to school to receive formal education. With an aim to uplift the adult education wing and reach out to maximum uneducated ...
- Manholes broken, sewers choked in Sec 47
Chandigarh : The residents of a block in Sector 47D are forced to cover their noses during the day to ward off the smell of stagnant sewage that has been lining the entrance of their flats. The sewage, which has been overflowing from different cracks ...
- Bail for Babla, jail term suspended
The matter goes back to August 2009, when Chandigarh Police had registered a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy against former market committee chairman Babla and Sector-26 Grain Market Arhtiya Association president Rakesh over ...
- Rein in motorcycles without silencers: HC to district court
Chandigarh : The characteristic ear-splitting crack of bikes without silencers may soon be a thing of the past, now that Punjab and Haryana high court has taken note of the public nuisance. The court has directed Chandigarh district court to impose a ...
