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Ahead of the Diwali festival, the Chandigarh administration on Friday banned the sale and use of crackers of all types with immediate effect and said that any violation will result in legal action.

"Listening to each other's music list and then clicking one another," wrote Tahira Kashyap

A Chandigarh-based social worker, who runs a mobile library has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for mentioning him in his monthly radio programme, and requested help in his endeavour to educate poor children.

Directed by Abhishek Kapoor, the film will feature Ayushmann Khurrana playing the role of a cross-functional athlete

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that Maharashtra with 42.5 per cent, Chandigarh with 47.8 per cent and Delhi with 75.4 per cent are the worst performers in COVID-19 grant utilisation.

The Union Health Ministry has decided to deploy central teams in Punjab and Chandigarh to assist them in strengthening public health measures for containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of COVID patients with an aim to reduce the mortality rate.

The Chandigarh unit of the Congress launched a social media campaign on Thursday questioning the alleged absence of BJP MP Kirron Kher from her constituency during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chandigarh Congress chief Pradeep Chhabra said the second-time BJP MP should have been making rounds of the city during the pandemic to listen to people's issues, "but she is nowhere to be seen".

Taking strict note of "fake" masks being sold in the name of khadi and advertised on the social media, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Monday lodged a complaint with the police against a Chandigarh resident.

"Trust me it could take them ages to figure out," wrote Tahira Kashyap

What do you do when the men accused of sexually assaulting your daughter are released on bail thanks to birth certificates that affirm they were conveniently underage when the incident took place? That was the question her father faced last September.

Concerned over rising number of coronavirus cases in the city, the Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday said it may impose a stricter lockdown on weekends as done by Punjab.

"I took to cycling as a sport and also to declutter mentally but I realised I was viewing the same roads, trees and houses with a different perspective," wrote Tahira Kashyap