- Chandigarh sees 2 cases - The Tribune India
Chandigarh: The city witnessed two fresh Covid cases on Sunday. The overall case tally has reached 91,911, while the number of active cases stands at 23. Six patients were cured of the disease. — TNS
- Chandigarh staff to get central service benefits: Shah - The Tribune India
Employees of the UT Administration, who are at present working under the Punjab service rules, will now come under the central civil services rules. Among the major benefits will be the enhancement of retirement age from 58 years to 60 years.
- Furore in Punjab over new rules for Chandigarh staff - Times of India
The Modi government’s decision to apply central civil service rules to the employees of the Chandigarh administration has attracted sharp reactions f
- Revisit change in rules for UT staff: Oppn - The Tribune India
Senior Akali leader Daljit Cheema today asked the Centre to reconsider its decision to impose central government rules on the employees of Chandigarh, saying it went against the spirit of the Punjab Reorganisation Act.
- Centre?s no to demand for additional coal - The Tribune India
Even as Punjab continue to struggle to meet its surging demand for electricity, it has been dealt a blow by the Centre with the latter literally asking the state to “fend for itself”.
- Government?s quid pro quo with Badals exposed: Cong on jail supdt row - The Tribune India
The AAP is under fire from the Congress over the appointment of Sucha Singh, a confidant of the Badals, as the Patiala Jail Superintendent.
- Farm unions threaten statewide stir over prepaid smart meters - The Tribune India
The Krantikari Kisan Union has threatened to launch a protest across Punjab against the move to instal smart meters. In a statement, Dr Darshan Pal said the move was aimed at benefitting corporate houses and forcing the common man to pay more for power consumed.
- After debacle, Punjab BJP unit may see rejig - The Tribune India
Following a crushing defeat, the BJP’s state unit is likely to see a change in its organisational structure as questions are being raised over the conduct of several senior leaders, including district presidents.
- Panel seeks govt, EC views on regional commissioners - The Tribune India
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law & Justice has sought views from the government and the Election Commission (EC) on appointing regional commissioners to help the poll panel during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. —
- Punjab: At civil hospital, bloodstained masks litter washrooms - Times of India
Seeing bloodstained masks scattered around in the washrooms of the Mohali civil hospital is not a reassuring sight for anyone, but it does not seem to
- Recalling the Kashmir exodus - The Tribune India
The film The Kashmir Files evoked memories of my visits to the Valley during 1985-1990 when I was the regional DIG in the CBI at Chandigarh.
- Flesh trade racket busted in Goa; TV actress among 3 women rescued - The Tribune India
The Goa Crime Branch on Friday said it had arrested a Hyderabad-based man and rescued three women, including a television actress, after busting a prostitution racket at Sangolda village near Panaji.
- PAU short of staff, CM wants new research, pledges funds - Times of India
Talking of the farmers who lost their cotton crop to pest attack, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday advocated a budgetary provision for
- How AAP missed his hideout? - Times of India
A demand for turning the Ferozepur hideout of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his fellow freedom fighters into a memorial has been put to Punjab’s newly ele
- 198 hate crimes against Sikhs in US from 2018 - 20 - Times of India
Sikhs have been subjected to 198 hate motivated crimes of varied nature in the United States between 2018 and 2020 as per the Federal Bureau of Inves