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UT's startup policy awaits approval

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- Even five months after the Chandigarh administration rolled out its much-awaited startup policy, not a single entrepreneur has been able to benefit from it, as the working guidel... Read More


Oppn councillors protest mayor's letter to administrator, call it unconstitutional

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- A day after city mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla wrote a letter to Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and sought immediate action against four councillors for wha... Read More


MP Tewari calls for 'complete governance reset' in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- Member of Parliament from Chandigarh and former Union minister Manish Tewari has called for a "complete governance reset" in the Union Territory, terming the existing administrat... Read More


Quicker trials, but conviction rate low

Chandigarh, Oct. 7 -- As per the latest Crime in India 2023 report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 1,888 trials were completed in the city in 2023, out of which, as ma... Read More


MLA demands vb inquiry into fee charged by P'kula MC for hoardings

Panchkula, Oct. 7 -- Panchkula MLA Chander Mohan has called for a vigilance (VB) inquiry into the Panchkula municipal corporation's (MCs) finances, specifically targeting the revenue generated from ad... Read More


'Had high hopes for my son's future'

Mohali, Oct. 7 -- The killing of Shivang Rana, a BCA student from Una, has left his single mother, an ASHA worker, inconsolable. The 19-year-old was shot dead early Sunday morning in a rented flat in ... Read More


Cops nab vehicle lifters within 12 hours of crime

Mohali, Oct. 7 -- Gharuan police recovered two SUVs and arrested two men within 12 hours of receiving a complaint about a stolen vehicle on Sunday. Police said a call was received on the helpline on S... Read More


16-year-old girl pushed off roof

Ludhiana, Oct. 7 -- A 16-year-old Class 11 student was critically injured after being allegedly pushed off the roof of her house by her classmate after she turned down his friendship proposal. The inc... Read More


Russian firm Gazprom plans LNG venture in Kakinada

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- Gazprom, a Russian state-owned energy giant facing US sanctions, is in talks to build a 5 million tonne LNG regasification terminal at Kakinada port on India's east coast, as part... Read More


Six killed in Jaipur govt hospital blaze

Jaipur, Oct. 7 -- At least six patients died due to suffocation after a massive fire broke out at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Rajasthan government-run Sawai Man Singh Hospital's trauma centre... Read More