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Relief for over 40k CHB allottees as panel revives need-based changes

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- In a development that will bring relief to nearly 40,000 allottees of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) houses, a UT-constituted committee has recommended the revival of the need-b... Read More


15-yr-old stabbed in Dadumajra colony, 3 booked

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- A 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest by three youths in Dadumajra Colony on Tuesday night around 9 pm while he was out with his father to buy juice nearRamlila Mandi groun... Read More


DJs, hotels warned against noise violations during exams

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- Chandigarh Police on Thursday held a meeting with representatives of DJ associations, hotel managers and owners of banquet halls, clubs and other event venues to ensure strict c... Read More


Court grants anticipatory bail to revenue officer in graft case

Panchkula, Feb. 13 -- A local court in Panchkula has granted interim anticipatory bail to Joginder Sharma, district revenue officer, in connection with an FIR registered by the state vigilance and ant... Read More


2 Himachal men held with 15kg charas from rly station

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- The Government Railway Police (GRP), Chandigarh has nabbed two alleged smugglers from Himachal Pradesh and recovered 15 kg and 84 grams of charas from their possession. The seiz... Read More


A licence to kill?

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- On March 29, 2019, Neha Shoree, the then zonal licensing authority of the food and drug administration, Punjab, was in her office when a man walked in and pumped multiple bullet... Read More


CBI court accepts closure report

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- The special CBI court accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a cheating and corruption case filed by Indian Bank. The complaint was fi... Read More


Ludhiana bizman arrested in Rs.9-crore GST fraud case

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- Finance and taxation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday said that a Ludhiana businessman was arrested in a Rs.9 crore goods and services tax (GST) fraud case, while an exc... Read More


Punjab not to adopt PM-AASHA

Chandigarh, Feb. 13 -- The Punjab government has decided not to adopt Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), an umbrella scheme initiated by the Centre to ensure remunerative price... Read More


Kin of Indian student killed by US cop get Rs.262 crore

Hyderabad/Seattle, Feb. 13 -- The family of a 23-year-old Indian student who was killed in January 2023 in America's Seattle after being struck by a police vehicle will get $29 million (Rs. 262 crore)... Read More