- Chandigarh Administration to invite bids to decide charging rates
The UT Administration will soon invite bids to decide the rates for charging of electric vehicles in the city.
- Covid: Two contract infection in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: The city reported two fresh cases of Covid on Thursday. The overall tally now is 91,896, while the number of active cases stands at 19. The death count is 1,165. Meanwhile, four patients were cured of the disease. TNS
- Interest of society will always prevail upon right to personal liberty: Punjab and Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the court has to strike a balance between personal liberty and overall interest of society while considering an anticipatory bail plea. However, the interest of society will always prevail upon the right to personal liberty. The assertion came as Just
- Massive faculty crunch in 6 new AIIMS
In all, 16 new AIIMS are in different stages of progress while six AIIMS that were the first to be operationalised are facing a whopping crunch in both faculty and non-faculty positions.
- RS poll:All 5 in fray elected unopposed
On the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election, none of the five candidates withdrew their nominations. As a result, all five who had filed nominations for the biennial election were declared winners unopposed.
- 20K plaints in two days, most sans proof
The anti-bribery helpline ‘9501200200’ announced by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday has received more than 20,000 complaints so far. However, a majority of these do not have an audio or video proof to support the claim.
- Punjab, Haryana see increase in area under mustard cultivation
Having reaped a rich harvest last year as mustard prices crossed Rs 7,000 per quintal in the open market against the MSP of Rs 4,650 per quintal, more farmers in Punjab and Haryana have shifted to mustard cultivation. They are hopeful of a good yield this year too (harvested in March) as pr
- Time sought in Saini?s case
A law officer representing the state of Punjab today again sought “short accommodation” to address the High Court in former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini’s matter on the ground that Advocate General Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu was to argue the matter and was awaiting instructions.
- Cop dismissed 9 years after acquittal in criminal case, HC raps Police Dept
The Punjab and Haryana High Court said “all is not well” with the Police Department. The assertion by Justice Fateh Deep Singh came in a case in which a police official was dismissed nearly nine years after his acquittal in a criminal case.
- Misled on statues, punish officials: Bajwa
is part of the Chandigarh Capitol Complex is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and does not allow modifications to the building, including installation of permanent statues.
- Massive drive must to weed out corruption, says Jimpa
New Revenue and Water Resources Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa says the Aam Aadmi Party government will weed out the “cancerous spread of corruption” in the Revenue Department.
- Most officers in CMO unchanged
In a departure from the norm, the new dispensation has so far retained most of the officers in the Chief Minister’s Office. While A Venu Prasad was appointed as the Additional Chief Secretary to the CM last week, a new Deputy Principal Secretary to the CM is set to be appointed.
- HPU ex - VC makes it to Rajya Sabha unopposed
HPU ex - VC makes it to Rajya Sabha unopposed
- Punjab counsel seeks time to argue Sumedh Singh Saini's case
A law officer representing the state of Punjab on Thursday again sought “short accommodation” to address the Punjab and Haryana High Court in former Director-General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini’s matter on the ground that Advocate-General Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu was to argue the
