- Covid - 19 norms go for a toss at PCA Stadium
While the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) issued an advisory for fans, the so-called “bio-bubble” went for a toss at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium, as police personnel were seen roaming inside the stadium without wearing masks.
- UKRAINE CRISIS: Amid bombings, students make frenzied attempts to board trains
As the Indian Government asked its nationals to leave Kharkiv under all circumstances by 6 pm, city students made frenzied attempts on Wednesday to board trains from the northeastern Ukrainian city that has taken a colossal hit from Russian attack to Lviv (situated in western Ukraine and 90 km from
- Cybercriminals adopting innovative ways to cheat
A woman of Sector 18 in Chandigarh was looted of Rs 10 lakh by a cyber fraudster, who impersonated a bank representative appointed for updating her Know Your Customer (KYC) details in January.
- PU offline classes start tomorrow
Panjab University has announced that it will start offline/physical classes for various courses this month. The academic calendar (offline classes) for postgraduate and undergraduate (even semesters and ongoing ones) classes will commence on March 4,
- BBMB raises security concerns over looming farmers? protest
The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has raised concern over the security of its establishments in the wake of some groups threatening protests against the recent change in rules for appointment of two whole-time members of the board.
- Tyres eat up space in corridors of Mani Majra motor market
A large-scale encroachment at the motor market in Mani Majra continues unabated.
- Leasehold property: Call on conversion at March 8 CHB meet
The Board of Directors of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) will take a decision on the conversion of commercial properties from leasehold to freehold at its meeting scheduled for March 8.
- Chandigarh: Juvenile among 2 held for bid to break open ATM
A 25-year-old youth and a juvenile have been apprehended by the UT police for allegedly trying to break open an ATM and steal cash from the locker of UCO Bank at 12 Wing Air Force Station.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court imposes Rs20K costs on Chandigarh Administration
A year after the action of retiring assistant professors serving in the Government College of Art and Government College of Architecture in Chandigarh at the age of 60 was set aside, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today imposed Rs20,000 costs on the UT Administration and other applicants. They we
- Chandigarh policy on committee's 90% suggestions to be out by April
UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit today reviewed the recommendations made by an 11-member committee headed by MP Kirron Kher to streamline various processes at the Estate Office.
- Come April 1, pay 3% more for water in Chandigarh
Whether the three-fold hike in the water tariff that has been put on hold will be implemented or not after March 31 is still undecided, one thing is certain that city residents will have to shell out 3 per cent more for water from April 1.
- 3 African nationals dupe Chandigarh resident of Rs8.72 lakh, held
Three African nationals have been arrested by the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the UT police for befriending a city resident on Facebook and allegedly duping him of Rs8.72 lakh.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court: Will has to be proved by attesting witnesses, not scribe
A will has to be proved by the attesting witnesses and not by the scribe or the draftsman. Merely because the scribe did not ask for the testator’s identity, it can’t be held that the will’s execution was not proven, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled.
- Punjab and Haryana High Court to decide if undertrial can be shifted sans CJM's permission
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will adjudicate whether an undertrial inmate can be transferred from one jail to another without the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s permission. Justice Raj Mohan Singh of the High Court has already put the State of Punjab on notice on a plea claiming an undertria
- Pre - poll sops take a toll on Punjab?s coffers
Punjab’s Budget projections for the ongoing fiscal have gone completely haywire, thanks to the distribution of pre-poll sops. In 10 months, the state earned just 60% of the revenue receipts, while the deficit has already exceeded the estimates for the entire fiscal.