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Chandigarh: Keep umbrellas handy for 2 days

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The city received 0.8 mm rain on Monday morning, followed by cloudy weather, kick-starting the week on a pleasant note. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), c... Read More


Chandigarh: Punjab Engineering College confers honorary degree on former ISRO chairperson

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Punjab Engineering College (PEC) conferred the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) on S Somanath, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor and former chair... Read More


Chandigarh puts two nursing home sites up for auction again

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- Having failed to attract buyers in its first attempt, the UT Estate Office has once again invited bids for the auction of two nursing home sites in the city. The Estate Office h... Read More


3 nihangs intercept bus, assault driver, passenger in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- In a brazen case of midnight violence, three nihangs allegedly waylaid a Volvo bus driver, before launching an attack on the driver and a passenger with swords and sticks near Ga... Read More


Manipur woman, male friend attacked, robbed near Chandigarh's Dhanas Lake

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- A young woman from Manipur and her male friend were allegedly assaulted and robbed by a group of four to five unidentified bike-borne miscreants near Dhanas Lake around 2.30 am o... Read More


HC stays arrest of Panchkula man accused of duping Navjot Kaur Sidhu, her kin of of rRs.r10 crore

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the arrest of a Panchkula man, accused of cheating Navjot Kaur Sidhu, a former MLA, her brother and his wife of Rs.10 crore. The ord... Read More


Punjab govt to set up special unit to tackle GST violations

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- To institutionalise tax enforcement, finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced the decision to establish a state-level special fraud detection unit (S... Read More


15 Haryana civil service officers promoted to IAS

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Union ministry of personnel, public grievances and pensions on Monday appointed 15 Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officers to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) by way of p... Read More


Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana forms panel to probe bench-hunting plaints

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana has constituted a panel to look into complaints of "bench hunting" to obtain favourable order at the Punjab and Haryana high court. Council ... Read More


Punjab to hire sign language experts under Juvenile Justice Act

Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- To ensure access of the judicial system to all sections of society, the Punjab government is set to become the first state in the country to formally empanel sign language interp... Read More