- Helmet awareness and road safety drive for women organised in Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH : Government Houses Resident Welfare Society, Sector 22 (GH22RWS) organised a "Helmet Awareness and Road Safety Drive for Women" in association with Chandigarh Traffic Police at Aroma Traffic Junction to mark Rakhi celebrations on ...
- In new policy, Punjab tells lecturers to teach junior classes too
CHANDIGARH : To overcome staff shortage in government schools and make optimal use of staff, the Punjab education department has entrusted lecturers with teaching junior classes in case they do not take the minimum number of periods. The education ...
- This writer's story is stranger than fiction
CHANDIGARH : The threeday seventh Chandigarh Theatre Festival ended on Saturday with the play 'Atmakatha' by Mumbai's Padatik group. Featuring veteran television, film, and theatre actor Kulbhushan Kharbanda as protagonist under the direction of ...
- HC asks sessions judge to counsel trial judge over shoddy report
CHANDIGARH : Perturbed over the "non-application of judicial mind" by a judge of the Chandigarh courts in preparing the report regarding a criminal case, the Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the district and sessions judge to hold counseling ...
- Programme at PGI to focus on patient communication
CHANDIGARH : How to tell patients that they are suffering from illness that can be fatal? How to cope up with stress and fatigue and still not lose that humane touch? All this will be part of 'Train the Trainers' programme at the PGI. Dr Geetal ...
- Lyngdoh rules on boards at 10 sites on Panjab University campus
CHANDIGARH : In a first, Panjab University (PU) has identified 10 locations across the north and south campus to display the Lyngdoh committee guidelines on flex boards to sensitize students contesting the Panjab University Campus Student Council ...
- Elections likely to be held on September 6
CHANDIGARH : The Chandigarh police have finalized September 6 as the date of Panjab University Campus Student Council (PUCSC) elections. Following this, a meeting chaired by dean student welfare (DSW) Prof Emanual Nahar was held to decide the ...
- Vends not issuing bills to face heat
To ensure that traders abide by minimum retail sale price, the department has introduced a penalty. For first violation, a trader would be fined Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh for subsequent violations. In Chandigarh , the malpractice of traders selling liquor ...
- Winning and losing virtually: Bhagwant Mann
... Da Style Vakhra Hai" (Bhagwant Mann has a unique style), said Mann in a June 2014 video message justifying a bizarre clip in which he was seen crying, claiming depression and trying to hide in his SUV to escape TV cameras at Chandigarh Press Club.
- Confidential result before cutoff date valid for recruitments: HC
CHANDIGARH : The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that the result confidentially shared by a university is valid and the recruitment agencies should accept it for considering the candidature of a job aspirant. "We are of the view that many times, ...
- Teach junior classes if free, lecturers told
CHANDIGARH : To overcome staff shortage in government schools and make optimal use of staff, the Punjab education department has entrusted lecturers with teaching junior classes in case they do not take the minimum number of periods. The education ...
- 2019 polls: SAD keen to fight Sikh - dominated seats in UP
CHANDIGARH : At a time when the BJP is facing a tough challenge in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, its ally in Punjab ? Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) ? says it too wants to contest a large number of seats there. SAD president told TOI ...
- Cop thrashes PGI staffer over bidi
CHANDIGARH : A PGI employee has alleged that a traffic police constable thrashed him badly for smoking near one of the institute gates on Saturday noon, demanding his immediate arrest. Kuldeep Kumar, a resident of Nayagaon working as a sweeper at ...
- Gang of burglars busted, Rs 50L goods found
The accused used to carry out a recce during daytime in Jagdeep's car and after identifying houses that were locked, they committed theft in the night hours. Police said they sold the jewellery to Gurminder Singh who has a shop at Badheri in Chandigarh .
- SAD, AAP gun for Rahul over remark on 1984 riots
Chandigarh : Leaders of the SAD and the AAP came down heavily on Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his comment that his party was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Responding to a question on the 1984 riots at an event in UK ...
