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Court acquits Panchkula resident in rape case

Chandigarh, March 18 -- A local court on Monday acquitted a Panchkula resident accused in a 2021 rape case due to lack of evidence and held that it is crystal clear that the case cannot be made out ag... Read More


Chandigarh: Paid parking to resume at Sector 26 grain market

Chandigarh, March 18 -- After a gap of four years, the Chandigarh administration is set to resume paid parking at Sector 26 grain market. A Rs.1-crore tender will be floated next week, under which sho... Read More


Chandigarh: Another PGIMER staffer held in Ayushman fraud case

Chandigarh, March 18 -- A month after launching an investigation into the Ayushman Bharat scheme fraud at PGIMER, the Chandigarh crime branch has arrested Kapil, a data entry operator at the Himcare c... Read More


Chandigarh: Ex-IAS officer gets anticipatory bail in 24-year-old corruption case

Chandigarh, March 18 -- The CBI court of special judge Alka Malik on Monday granted anticipatory bail to former Tamil Nadu-cadre IAS officer Gurnihal Singh Pirzada in connection with a 24-year-old cor... Read More


Two ASIs, constable transferred for assaulting duo at Hallomajra police post

Chandigarh, March 18 -- Two assistant sub-inspectors, Sewa Singh and Ranjit, along with constable Deepak, were transferred to police lines after allegedly thrashing two young men at the Hallomajra pol... Read More


Chandigarh: Six Dera followers let off in 2017 rioting case

Chandigarh, March 18 -- A local court has acquitted six Dera Sacha Sauda followers in connection with a 2017 rioting case after the prosecution failed to prove charges against the accused. As per the... Read More


Budget a jugglery of statistics, says Hooda

Chandigarh, March 18 -- Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the budget presented by the BJP government on Monday was full of empty rhetoric and jugglery of statistics. Reacting t... Read More


Punjab Police fix 2-year tenure limit for munshi

Chandigarh, March 18 -- The Punjab Police on Monday decided to have a fixed tenure limitation for MHCs, commonly known as "munshi", at any single police station or unit to a maximum of two years. "In... Read More


Correct errors in NCERT's 'Punjabi Primer' textbook: Sandhwan to Union minister

Chandigarh, March 18 -- Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Monday wrote to Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan drawing his attention to several errors in the Punjabi textbook... Read More


Chandigarh: Sector-56 post in-charge suspended for abusing woman

Chandigarh, March 17 -- The Chandigarh Police have taken disciplinary action against Sector-56 police post in-charge Prem Kumar after a video surfaced showing him hurling abuses at a woman. The actio... Read More