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Rights panel seeks report on 'apathy' towards poor with special needs

Chandigarh, April 30 -- The Punjab State & Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission (PSHRC) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of an HT report published on April 23, highlighting that the UT adminis... Read More


From June, UT property records just a click away

Chandigarh, April 30 -- Land and property records in Chandigarh will soon be available online in a searchable format, with the UT administration about to complete one of its largest digitisation exerc... Read More


PGI mother-child centre opens today

Chandigarh, April 30 -- Union minister of health and family welfare JP Nadda is set to inaugurate two 300-bed each state-of-the-art facilities - mother and child care and neuroscience centre - at the ... Read More


Swiss Challenge model for waste on MC House agenda

Chandigarh, April 30 -- A Swiss Challenge model for the treatment of horticulture and wet municipal solid waste is among the agenda to be placed during the General House meeting on Thursday. The propo... Read More


Rs.45/unit power, 11-hour outages, residents flee housing complex

Mohali, April 30 -- Almost half of the dwellers at the Sushma Valencia housing complex in Zirakpur having 700 residential units - nearly 600 of which were occupied till one and a half months ago - hav... Read More


MC seeks residents' support for improved cleanliness ranking

Chandigarh, April 30 -- The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Wednesday convened a review meeting to assess ongoing cleanliness initiatives and strategies for improved performance in Swachh Sur... Read More


Diggian sewage treatment plant to get Rs.13-cr upgrade

Chandigarh, April 30 -- Mayor Saurabh Joshi on Wednesday inaugurated a Rs.13.53 crore project for the rehabilitation and strengthening of a critical sewer trunk main leading to sewage treatment plant ... Read More


Bid to extort Rs.2 crore from Sec-20 bizman, hunt launched: Police

Chandigarh, April 30 -- An unknown man has been booked for trying to extort Rs.2 crore from a shopkeeper in Sector 20 while claiming to be a close aide of gangster Rohit Godara, police said on Wednesd... Read More


Two Baltana cops sent to police lines, women's commission seeks report

Mohali, April 30 -- A day after a woman attempted self-immolation outside the Baltana police post in Mohali, two officials were sent to the police lines on Wednesday. Besides, a departmental inquiry w... Read More


Hallomajra resident killed in hit-and-run, one booked

Chandigarh, April 30 -- A resident of Hallomajra lost his life after a motorcyclist hit his bike near the traffic lights in the same area, police said on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as 3... Read More