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Chaos marks Day 1 of full ops as Delhi glitch delays 20 flights

Mohali, Nov. 8 -- Flight operations at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport were severely disrupted on Friday following a major technical glitch at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airp... Read More


Two youth fire 35 rounds outside house in Mohali's Phase 7, flee

India, Nov. 7 -- Two motorcycle-borne youth fired 35 rounds outside a house in Phase 7, Mohali, around 12.30am on Friday, triggering panic. Three cars parked outside the house were damaged in the fir... Read More


830 challans against auto-rickshaws in 7 months

Chandigarh, Nov. 6 -- An average of four challans per day were issued to passenger auto-rickshaws for reckless driving, overcrowding, and illegal parking in the first seven months of the current finan... Read More


PSIEC auction sees plot prices in Mohali drop by nearly 50%

Mohali, Nov. 6 -- A 500-square-yard plot in Phase 8-B, which fetched a record Rs.8.5 crore in June this year, saw a sharp fall to Rs.4.5 crore in the auction conducted by the Punjab Small Industries a... Read More


Fire systems at both banquet halls were defunct, reveals probe

Zirakpur, Nov. 5 -- A day after police registered an FIR against the owners of two marriage palaces, Aura Garden and Sekhon Palace, on the Zirakpur-Panchkula road for violating fire safety norms, it h... Read More


30% complaints in UTpertain to estate office

Chandigarh, Nov. 4 -- In a one-year review of public hearings, the Chandigarh administration reported that 757 citizens approached officials directly with grievances, with the estate office receiving ... Read More


CPCC flags poor waste, leachate mgmt with NGT

Chandigarh, Nov. 3 -- Submitting a detailed status report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has flagged mismanagement of solid waste at the Daduma... Read More


1% hike in power tariff, first since privatisation

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- In the first such hike since the privatisation of the Chandigarh electricity department in February this year, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) has approved a ... Read More


Mohali's industry dream falls through policy gaps

Mohali, Oct. 31 -- As one looks across the vast 1,100 square km landscape of Mohali district, the development of industry appears to have stagnated for decades, not merely years. Industrial flight tha... Read More


UT moots extra Rs.30k subsidy to boost rooftop solar adoption

Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- Amid a lukewarm public response to the rooftop solar initiative, the UT administration has proposed an additional subsidy of Rs.30,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar Yojana... Read More