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Vedanta plant blast toll rises to 23: Officials

Raipur, April 19 -- The toll from the explosion at a Vedanta Ltd power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23, after two more injured workers died during treatment on Saturday, officia... Read More


Cruel summer is here! Mercury crosses 40degC

Chandigarh, April 19 -- It's only mid-April and the city has already got an inkling of what the coming months hold as the day temperatures hit 40degC on Saturday, the first time this season. This was ... Read More


Panchkula to hire fire watchers for its forests

Panchkula, April 19 -- Anticipating forest fires in peak summer months, the Panchkula wildlife department has decided to rope in 40 fire watchers - locals who are familiar with the terrain and better ... Read More


Two get 5-year jail in snatching case

Chandigarh, April 19 -- A local court on Friday sentenced two men to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a mobile phone snatching case registered at Manimajra police station in 2022. The order on s... Read More


Woman caught for snatching

Chandigarh, April 19 -- Komal a 26-year-old, female snatcher who hails from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested for snatching a wallet near Motor Market in Sector 48. As per police, 21-year-old Pinku... Read More


Rashness can't be presumed from mishap alone: Panchkula court acquits man in fatal crash case

Panchkula, April 19 -- While acquitting a man in a 2023 fatal accident case, a Panchkula court observed that rashness and negligence cannot be presumed merely because an accident resulted in a death. ... Read More


mAYOR proposes monthly financial assistance to women

Chandigarh, April 19 -- Mayor Saurabh Joshi has proposed a monthly Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for every woman above 18 years of age in the city. In a formal communication addressed to the Pu... Read More


The summer I turned slowness savvy

India, April 19 -- Come summer, it's time to turn not just indoors, but also inwards. It's the season of inner journey. Paradoxically though, for most Tweeple, it is time for the outer journey. The bi... Read More


Fighting the sad seasons with poems of resistance

India, April 19 -- It was Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet and author, who had proclaimed that every beautiful poem is an act of resistance and so it was last week in the Delhi home of Chandigarh-bre... Read More


Indian ships in strait

New Delhi, April 19 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired at two Indian-flagged merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, prompting the external affairs ministry to call in the Iranian envoy... Read More