Jaipur, Jan. 16 -- Urdu has always been a secular and agnostic language, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar said on Thursday at the 19th JLF, as he discussed the history and adoption of Urdu in India. "Ur... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Panic gripped employees of a chemist shop in Sector 32 on Thursday night after two unidentified men allegedly fired gunshots outside the premises before fleeing on a scooter. No... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed its single bench order on the regularisation of 700 teachers working in Chandigarh schools under the Sarv Shiksh... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Chandigarh Police have arrested six accused involved in a high-value "digital arrest" fraud, in which a Chandigarh resident was cheated of Rs.38 lakh by criminals impersonat... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The District Crime Cell (DCC) of Chandigarh Police has arrested five members of a gang involved in conning women of gold ornaments and cash by posing as sages. With the arrests,... Read More
Mohali, Jan. 16 -- The Mohali police have arrested the third and final accused wanted for the murder of Ashok Kumari Goyal, wife of former Punjab additional advocate general (AAG) Krishan Kumar Goyal,... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- Several fish were found dead in Sukhna Lake on Thursday after an oil spill at the regulatory end, triggering environmental alarm. A team from the Chandigarh Pollution Control Co... Read More
Hoshiarpur, Jan. 16 -- A hardware shop owner was killed and his friend injured after unidentified assailants opened fire in Tanda's Miani village on Thursday evening. This is the second such incident ... Read More
Bathinda, Jan. 16 -- A special court in Bathinda on Thursday gave Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Mandi and actor Kangana Ranaut permanent exemption from personal appearance in a defamation case ... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday appointed 2007-batch IAS officer Anindita Mitra as the new chief electoral officer of Punjab. The ECI issued a notification re... Read More