- MC to bear cremation cost of poor Covid victims
Chandigarh, May 12
The Municipal Corporation has decided that the cremation charges of poor and needy people in case of death due to Covid-19 will be borne by it.
This was decided by Ravi Kant Sharm
- Call all - party meet: SAD to Punjab CM
Chandigarh, May 12
The SAD today requested Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to call an all-party meeting to discuss the precarious situation in the state amid a spiralling death count due to Covi
- Varsity extends deadline to vacate hostels till May 15
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
Amid the ongoing tussle between the students and authorities over vacating hostels, Panjab University today extended the deadline by three more days.
The dec
- 640 take the vaccine at two drive - through sites
Mohali, May 12
As many as 640 persons in the 45-plus age group were jabbed at the two drive-through vaccination facilities, the District Sports Complex in Sector 78 and Piccadilia in Mullanpur, New C
- A priceless collection
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
Autograph-hunter Dharam Vir Duggal, popularly known as the ‘nation’s best collector of autographed cricket bats’, is now e
- Young deaths sadden us: Covid ward nurses
Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
As the situation gets grimmer by the day, nurses at Covid wards try to keep patients’ morale high by constantly talking to them and giving
- Paperless mgmt of care centres
Chandigarh, May 12
Students from Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Deemed University have prepared a user-friendly mobile app, Be Sure Buddy Care-PEC, for paperless management of mini-Covid care centr
- Nonagenarian writer succumbs to Covid
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
Nonagenarian author Kidar Nath Kidar succumbed to Covid on Tuesday.
A prolific Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi writer, Kidar was active in literary circles, holding
- Residents want sewerage work completed soon
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
Though the MC has started the sewerage and storm water pipeline work in Khuda Lahora Colony, residents want the work to be completed before the monsoon.
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- Man ends life by hanging
Chandigarh, May 12
A 26-year-old man reportedly committed suicide by hanging at his house in Hallo Majra here on Wednesday.
The victim has been identified as Mukesh. He was a driver by profession, b
- High Court seeks ground report on situation in rural Punjab, Haryana
Saurabh MalikTribune News ServiceChandigarh, May 12
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today made clear its intent to examine Covid intrusion in rural areas by calling for affidavits from secretary-le
- New due dates for Property tax, water bill
Chandigarh: In view of the Covid-induced lockdown, the local Municipal Corporation on Wednesday extended the dates for the payment dates of property tax and water bills. According to the MC, the last
- Beef up security at oxygen plant, Chandigarh tells police
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
The UT Administration has asked the police to beef up the security at the oxygen generation plant in the Industrial Area, Phase-I, after repeated incidents of
- Centre helps Chandigarh with remdesivir, tocilizumab
Amarjot Kaur
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has allocated a total of 960 vials of remdesivir and tocilizumab to the UT Administration and th
- Only 1,000 slots per day for 18+ beneficiaries in Chandigarh
Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 12
The beneficiaries of the new age group (18-45 years) can book a slot from Thursday and obtain the time and place of vaccination through the CoWI
