- Football meet draws flak
The much-hyped Baby League Football Carnival didn’t live up to its expectations. The carnival, which was organised by the Chandigarh Football Association (CFA) to promote football in Chandigarh, witnessed participation of academies from neighbouring states of Punjab.
- GBP Group faces 4 fresh cheating cases
Four fresh cases of cheating were registered against Gupta Builders and Promoters Pvt Ltd today.
- 10 held for pilfering LPG from cylinders
Ten persons have been arrested in connection with the recovery of underweight LPG cylinders from four pickup trucks during a raid by the Chief Minister’s flying squard at a gas agency in Gumthla village on Tuesday.
- Three arrested for ruckus at hospital get bail
The court today released three residents of Phase 3B2 on bail. They were arrested for creating a ruckus and attacking a doctor on duty at the Civil Hospital in Phase 6 here on Thursday night.
- Seven Covid cases in Chandigarh, no death
Chandigarh: The city witnessed seven cases of Covid on Saturday, taking the active caseload to 28. The death toll stood at 1,165. —TNS
- Vegetable vendor attacked with knife in Panchkula
A vegetable vendor was allegedly attacked with a knife by two youths who picked cucumbers from his cart while he was on his way back to his house in Sector 12-A on Friday evening.
- Drive against water wastage: Buckets replace hosepipes in Panchkula
Buckets have predominantly replaced hosepipes for washing vehicles in most sectors as the Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) intensified its drive against water wastage in the city. The change is also reflected in numbers as the HSVP has issued just 10 challans so far since it started acting ag
- Man held with stolen bicycles in Mohali
Mohali: The police arrested Vikas Sharma (27) of Sector 28 and recovered 11 stolen bicycles from him on Saturday. A case under Section 379-B of the IPC was registered on Thursday.The police nabbed him at a naka with a stolen cycle. During interrogation, he confessed to having stolen more bicycles. H
- Covid: Daily case count starts growing in Chandigarh
The city has been witnessing a slight increase in Covid cases for the past three days.
- Man robbed of cash, two - wheeler in Zirakpur
Five miscreants, riding on two bikes, snatched cash, a mobile phone and a scooty from a food delivery boy, Randeep Singh, a resident of Adda Jhungian, on the Patiala road last night.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court collegium recommends 9 judicial officers for elevation
After a gap of more than three years, the Punjab and Haryana High Court collegium is believed to have recommended the names of nine judicial officers for elevation as judges. While five judicial officers are believed to be from Punjab, the rest are from Haryana.
- 9,000 doctors, paramedics to be hired: Minister
The health facilities are set to get a shot in the arm with the recruitment of around 9,000 doctors and paramedics in the state in the coming months. This was stated by Health Minister Dr Vijay Singla while presiding over a state-level event organised to observe World Malaria Day here on Saturday.
- 20 districts to get Rs 22,126 crore
In a historic decision for development of J&K, 20 districts have been granted capital expenditure of Rs 22,126.93 crore for 2022-23 by the L-G, officials said. They said the UT had completed 51,891 projects last fiscal. —
- Chandigarh mulls constructing tunnel to cut travel time to airport
In order to reduce travel time, the UT Administration is mulling over the construction of a tunnel as a shorter and better route to the international airport.
- The chairs of Chandigarh
EVERY other day there is a news item of Chandigarh’s heritage furniture going under the hammer at some prestigious auction house based at London, Paris, New York or some other global metropolis. The local vigilantes and activists do get aghast at the ‘blatant robbery’ of the city&r
