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HC directs Punjab schools to reserve 25% EWS quota seats

Chandigarh, Feb. 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed all the private unaided recognised schools in Punjab to reserve 25% of their Class 1 seats for children from weaker and disadvanta... Read More


Amritpal plea hearing: Centre tells HC panel reviewing cases of absent MPs

India, Feb. 25 -- The Centre informed the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday that a 15-member committee, headed by West Tripura MP Biplab Kumar Deb, has been constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om ... Read More


Finalise staff transfer scheme as per Electricity Act: CAT to UT

Chandigarh, Feb. 21 -- Disposing of a petition filed by 40 employees against privatisation of the UT electricity department, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the Chandigarh admin... Read More


CBI to take voice samples of DSP, ED assistant director in bribe case

Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- The CBI court on Tuesday issued written orders to the Chandigarh Model jail administration to hand over the custody of CBI deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and enforcement ... Read More


Father of five to spend 20 yrs in jail for sodomising 12-yr-old boy

Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- Observing that the convict had shown his wicked and evil mind by subjecting a child to penetrative sexual assault, a special fast-track POCSCO court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-ye... Read More


Tewari demands 'point of call' status for Chandigarh airport

Chandigarh, Feb. 15 -- Member of Parliament Manish Tewari has written to Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu to make Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport as a designated Point... Read More


Patient's surgery wasn't disrupted: Probe report

Chandigarh, Feb. 7 -- The probe committee tasked with looking into the power cut at Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, during a cancer patient's surgery on January 24, has stated in its report that the outag... Read More


Will MC's annual grant be hiked? Centre dodges question

Chandigarh, Feb. 5 -- There seems to be no end to the municipal corporation's (MC) financial woes with the Centre giving no clear response on whether its annual funds allocation will be increased. Th... Read More


Cross-voting leaves fractured AAP-Cong alliance on ventilator

Chandigarh, Jan. 31 -- The BJP's victory in mayoral polls has dealt a huge blow to both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress, and cast a shadow over their already fragile alliance in Chandigarh.... Read More


Husband to spend seven years in jail for dowry death

Chandigarh, Jan. 30 -- Nearly seven years after a woman in her late 20s was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her second-floor residence in Manimajra Complex, a local court on Wednesday sentenced he... Read More