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Night temperature drops to 12degC for first time this season

Chandigarh, Nov. 7 -- After rising to 16.4degC on Wednesday, the city's minimum temperature recorded a sharp drop to 12.8degC on Thursday, 1.8 degree below normal. According to the India Meteorologica... Read More


City lawyer held guilty of defaming former FOSWAC chairperson

Chandigarh, Nov. 6 -- A local court in Chandigarh has convicted city-based lawyer Siddharth Sanwaria of defaming PC Sanghi, a retired chief engineer and former chairperson of the Federation of Sectors... Read More


Late-night firing at Mohali hotelier's Sector-38 residence

Chandigarh, Nov. 6 -- Four shots were fired outside hotelier Tara Singh Saini's residence in Sector 38 during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Saini owns the Regenta Place Hotel at TDI ... Read More


Forensics' take on bullet injury contradicts eyewitness version, states Kalyani's counsel

Chandigarh, Nov. 4 -- The defence counsel for Kalyani Singh, the main accused in the Sippy Sidhu murder case, alleged that there was a discrepancy in the forensics team's deposition and the eyewitness... Read More


Centre restructures Panjab varsity's senate, syndicate

Chandigarh, Nov. 2 -- After an almost decade-long debate, the Centre has effected a major overhaul in the functioning of the 142-year-old Panjab University (PU), trimming the size of its apex governin... Read More


With 57.4 mm rainfall, this October was wettest in 11 yrs

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- Even as October ended on a dry note in the city, it was the wettest since 2014, paving the way for a pleasant transition to winter. According to the India Meteorological Departme... Read More


Panchkula's AQI improves to moderate

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- A day after Panchkula's Air Quality Index (AQI) soared to 334, making it the worst in the country, the city's air improved from poor to moderate due to changing weather conditio... Read More


Man who hacked wife to death with axe gets life term

Chandigarh, Oct. 31 -- A Manimajra resident has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for hacking his 35-year-old wife to death with an axe at their house in February 2020. The court of... Read More


Panchkula's air turns worst in country

Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Panchkula soared to 334 on Wednesday, making it the worst in the country, as per the daily AQI bulletin released by the Central Pollution Control ... Read More


UT DGP Hooda, former SC judge on the guest list

Chandigarh, Oct. 28 -- UT DGP Sagar Preet Hooda will be among the distinguished alumni attending Panjab University's sixth global alumni meet on November 1. Hooda, who completed his MA (1989-1991) and... Read More