- Youth dies in mishap, truck driver arrested
A truck driver has been arrested for allegedly causing the death of a 22-year-old youth from Chandigarh in a mishap on the Shimla highway here on Thursday evening.
- Jalandhar businessman held for raping estranged wife
The UT police arrested a Jalandhar-based businessman on the charge of raping his estranged wife. He was produced in a court on Friday and sent to judicial custody.
- Mohali to be a medical hub, says BJP?s Sanjeev Vashisht
Though Congress candidate Balbir Singh was Health Minister, residents still had to either depend on private hospitals in city or Chandigarh health facilities for treatment during the pandemic.
- Slain Youth Akali Dal leader?s family to launch signature campaign
With no headway in investigation even after 180 days of the cold blooded murder of the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leader, Vicky Middukhera, his family members have asked for support of Mohali residents to help them get justice.
- Road recarpeting work to begin in March, says Panchkula Mayor
The Municipal Corporation will start recarpeting roads in the first week of March.
- Right now, focussing on Ranji: Raj Angad Bawa
Emerging Indian all-rounder and ‘man of the moment’ in India’s U-19 Cricket World Cup win, Raj Angad Bawa, believes in taking one step at a time to achieve success in life. Bawa, who is termed as the future of Indian cricket, is too sure of donning the senior Indian team jersey, bu
- Third wave of Covid - 19 in Chandigarh more fatal for comorbid elderly
Even as the third wave of Covid-19 has subsided to a greater extent, deaths continue to take place in the city so are happening among the comorbid elderly.
- Financial aid in Chandigarh Housing Board staffer death case doubled
The CHB Employees Welfare Fund Society has decided to enhance the financial assistance in case of the death of an employee in service from existing Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
- Buzz returns to Rock Garden in Chandigarh
Nearly 4,000 people visited the Rock Garden on the first day of its reopening after more than a month on Saturday. The authorities earned a revenue of about Rs1 lakh. Nearly 3,000 people visited the Bird Park where the Administration logged a ticket sale of Rs1.42 lakh. Both tourist spots were close
- Youth arrested for trespass in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: The police have arrested a resident of Mani Majra, Deepinder Singh (27) for trespassing on the residence of an IAS officer posted as Additional Commissioner in the Chandigarh MC in Sector 7 on Friday. He was produced before the court that remanded him in judicial custody. A case under se
- 33 kg heroin, 70 kg opium: Record drug seizure amid electioneering
There has been a huge recovery of narcotics in the run-up to the Punjab elections, beating the 2012 record when drugs emerged as a major issue for the first time.
- Chandigarh to amend building bylaws
The UT Administration will have to amend the building bylaws for providing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in new buildings.
- MBBS aspirants flout Chandigarh norms
Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has found cases where several candidates have applied for the MBBS course under the UT pool quota as well as the other states quota, which is in contravention of UT norms.
- The unending ordeal
I WAS 14 when I first saw a caravan go by. It was September 13, 1947, and I was standing outside my house in Nankana Sahib. We had seen some minor tensions but nothing this big. Post-Partition riots had started in many parts of India and the newly carved out nation of Pakistan. However, people livin
- Love in times of hatred
ASIF IQBAL (49) was pursuing his Masters in Social Work at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 1996 when he realised he was in love with a coursemate. Apart from the shared educational space, there were other similarities. They came from the same social and cultural milieu — both belonged to
