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Chandigarh: Fake army major who fooled cops, duped lakhs, finally in police net

Chandigarh, Aug. 26 -- For nearly two years, a conman managed to live a double life in Chandigarh, posing as an Army Major, strutting inside police offices, and even drawing salutes from unsuspecting ... Read More


Chandigarh: 2 bankers help fraudster drain rRs.r25.5L savings of retd MC staffer

Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- Having never activated internet banking, a Chandigarh resident was shocked to learn that cyber fraudsters had siphoned off Rs.25.54 lakh from his bank account through online tra... Read More


Chandigarh: Women-led snatchers' gang on prowl near PGI, their latest target - a cancer patient

Chandigarh, Aug. 24 -- In the third such incident in last two months, a gang of women snatchers targeted a patient boarding a bus near the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PG... Read More


Paver blocks 'unsafe': Chandigarh mulls switching to tar for cycle tracks

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- Raising safety concerns for cyclists in the city, a proposal has been put forward to replace the existing paver block cycle tracks in Chandigarh with coal tar-based surfaces. Th... Read More


Majority of 'digital arrest' victims in Chandigarh are women

Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- A recent trend in the rising cases of 'digital arrest' cyber frauds in Chandigarh shows that majority of the victims are women. According to police data, 13 digital arrest cases... Read More


Chandigarh: 3 doctors booked for negligence 5 years after female patient's death

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- Nearly five years after a 51-year-old woman from Sector 47-D died of multiple organ failure after a gallbladder surgery at Santokh Hospital, Sector 38-A, police have booked the ... Read More


No escape: Every traffic light in Chandigarh to have CCTVs

Chandigarh, Aug. 11 -- Traffic violators in Chandigarh will soon have nowhere to hide, as every junction in the city is about to come under the watchful eye of CCTV cameras. Installed at 40 locations... Read More


Police identify 106 'troublemakers' ahead of PU student body polls

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- With the Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections for the 2025-26 session likely to be held in the first week of September, the Chandigarh Police have identif... Read More


Chandigarh: No stopping outstation vehicles sans visible violation, DGP tells traffic cops

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- Director general of police (DGP) Sagar Preet Hooda has instructed all traffic police personnel to refrain from unnecessarily stopping vehicles with outstation number plates unles... Read More


Chandigarh: Rioting cases near 3-year high

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- From gangs running amok to students attacking each other over political rivalries on campus, Chandigarh has seen a sharp rise in rioting cases, recording 32 cases in just six mon... Read More