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Chandigarh records two-fold spike in driving licence suspensions in 2025

Chandigarh, Dec. 22 -- The city has witnessed a sharp increase in the suspension of driving licences for traffic violations this year, with 648 licences suspended so far, more than double the 300 susp... Read More


New Year to ring in subsidies for Chandigarh's innovators

Chandigarh, Dec. 21 -- Come January 1, the city's young innovators will be able to avail subsidies under the Chandigarh startup policy, which was rolled out in April this year. UT chief secretary H Ra... Read More


Top court green-lights Sec-39 grain market auction

Chandigarh, Dec. 19 -- In a move that is likely to clear the way for long-pending shift of the grain market from Sector 26 to Sector 39, the Supreme Court has dismissed a special leave petition (SLP) ... Read More


Chandigarh ranks second best in grievance redressal

Chandigarh, Dec. 15 -- City beautiful has emerged as the second best in public grievance redressal, recording one of the lowest average disposal times in the country, according to the monthly report o... Read More


UT mandates strict adherence to timelines for disciplinary inquiries

Chandigarh, Dec. 14 -- The UT administration has directed all administrative secretaries, heads of departments, offices, institutions, boards, and corporations to strictly adhere to prescribed timelin... Read More


Chandigarh: Hanging fire for 5 years, automated vehicle inspection centre to be ready by March '26

Chandigarh, Dec. 13 -- Six years after the Union ministry of road transport and highways approved the city's first automated inspection and certification (I&C) centre for commercial vehicles that need... Read More


55,000 MT unprocessed garbage lying in Dadumajra dump: Centre tells Lok Sabha

Chandigarh, Dec. 12 -- The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that 55,000 metric tonnes of unprocessed waste at Chandigarh's Dadumajra dumpsite is still und... Read More


Centre clarifies: 'No coercive directions issued for rooftop solar installation in Chandigarh'

Chandigarh, Dec. 11 -- The Centre has clarified that it has not issued any coercive directions to the Chandigarh Administration mandating rooftop solar installation in private properties. In a reply t... Read More


Centre says no proposal under consideration to extend Chandigarh mayor's term

Chandigarh, Dec. 10 -- The central government on Tuesday clarified in the Lok Sabha that it was not examining any proposal to increase the tenure of the Chandigarh mayor from the existing one year to ... Read More


Chandigarh Club faces penalty for 15 years of commercial activity on encroached land

Chandigarh, Dec. 9 -- Two weeks after demolishing unauthorised structures at Chandigarh Club, Sector 1, the UT Estate Office has decided to impose a penalty on the club for allegedly running commercia... Read More