- Chandigarh: Cricket fever grips residents
The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) didn’t expect such madness for a Test match!
- Chandigarh reports two phone snatchings
Chandigarh: Two snatching incidents have been reported from different parts of the city. In a case, the complainant, Ranjit Kumar, a resident of Dhanas, reported that three unknown persons riding a motorcycle sped away after snatching his mobile phone near his house. In the other incident, the compl
- Anganwadi workers block Jaloli toll plaza, leaders detained, let off
Hundreds of anganwadi workers, who were marching towards the Haryana Vidhan Sabha in protest against the non-fulfilment of the promise regarding financial incentives by the Central and Haryana governments, were stopped by the police from reaching Chandigarh.
- FIR ordered against Panchkula MC officials indicted in probe
MC Commissioner Dharamvir Singh has ordered registration of an FIR against those suspected of embezzling funds meant for cremation of Covid victims.
- BJP holds election review meeting
With the focus on preparing the cadre for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP today held a meeting to review its performance in the Assembly polls. The BJP had called a meeting of all 73 candidates, district presidents and office-bearers from across the state to review the party cadre’s perf
- Centre usurping state?s rights, will meet minister, says SAD
Accusing the Centre of abolishing the federal system and replacing it with a unitary system of governance by bringing in new rules for the nomination of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) members, the SAD has said Punjab will not surrender to its coercive decisions.
- Comprehensive mobility plan for tricity on track
The UT Administration today allotted the work for preparation of comprehensive mobility plan for the tricity to Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) Ltd.
- Decks cleared for new technology to process Chandigarh?s waste
Decks have finally been cleared for setting up new technology to process city’s waste. The location for the garbage processing plant has not been finalised yet.
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Ukrainian turns saviour for Chandigarh youth, 50 others
In times of war, there are a few who emerge as heroes and whose tales remain unforgettable. Such is the story of 24-year-old Shubham from Chandigarh, who led a group of 50 students, provided them with a safe haven and helped them cross the border.
- Specify disciplinary authorities, Punjab and Haryana High Court asks Chandigarh
Less than a month after a fact-finding inquiry was ordered into a case where a Superintendent of Police virtually granted anticipatory bail to an accused after it was denied up to the Supreme Court, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has called for details of disciplinary authorities in the case of t
- Power crisis: Staff found guilty to be dealt with strictly, Chandigarh Administration tells Punjab and Haryana High Court
Just about a week after the Punjab and Haryana High Court virtually rapped the UT Administration for shift in its stance, perhaps to shield the culprits involved in electricity supply disruption, the Deputy Commissioner today told the Bench that all employees found guilty after investigation and SIT
- Chandigarh: Accused gives Punjab Police the slip
A Punjab resident, an accused in a cheating case, escaped from the custody of a Punjab Police ASI from the inner market of Sector 8 here today.
- Trapped in bunker without food, four girls send out SOS
Trapped in Kharkiv due to the unavailability of transport, four girl students, namely Diksha Vij of Abohar, Harpreet Kaur and Sargundeep Kaur of Amritsar and Shellwin Kutlehria of Chandigarh, in a video message, said two urgent advisories to leave the city on Wednesday forced them to cover 8 km on f
- Congress counts on ?Majha brigade?
Having won 22 of the 25 seats in the Majha region during the 2017 Assembly elections, the Congress is pinning hopes on its ‘Majha brigade’ in Gurdaspur and Amritsar districts to return to power.
- Uphill road ahead, bicycle makers mull up to 7% price hike
Bicycle manufacturers in Punjab are contemplating to increase the price by 5-7% to offset the impact of high input costs such as steel, nickel, zinc and plastic prices. The hike is likely to be announced by the mid of this month.