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Chandigarh's heritage stolen, auctioned as UT looks away

India, April 19 -- Over the past decade, Chandigarh administration has been unable to check the auction of the city's heritage furniture abroad. Last month, a report was submitted by the Government C... Read More


Chandigarh's shame: German tourist gangraped by five men

India, April 19 -- A 20-year-old German tourist visiting Chandigarh to attend a friend's wedding was kidnapped in an SUV from the parking lot of Taj hotel in Sector 17 and gangraped by five youngsters... Read More


Serial rapist-killer caught in 22-yr-old MBA student case

India, April 19 -- The brutal rape and murder of a 22-year-old MBA graduate in 2010 remained unsolved for 14 years until a DNA match led Chandigarh Police to serial rapist-killer Monu Kumar in 2024. T... Read More


DJ Varnika Kundu takes on VIP stalkers

India, April 19 -- The Varnika Kundu stalking case of 2017 brought national attention to issues of women's safety and the influence of political connections in criminal probes. On the night of August... Read More


Teen gangraped for two years; dentist, cloth trader booked

Chandigarh, April 19 -- A complaint of extortion by a Sector 19-based dentist has led police to uncover a shocking case of gangrape, involving a minor girl, which lasted over a two-year period. The d... Read More


UP woman, friend held for killing husband

MEERUT, April 19 -- A 25-year-old woman and her lover allegedly killed her 35-year-old husband by poisoning and strangulating him and tried to pass it off as suicide in Bareilly district of Uttar Prad... Read More


Key depts get new heads in bureaucratic rejig

New Delhi, April 19 -- Senior IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava was on Friday appointed the new revenue secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre. An order, issued by... Read More


Wanted in Punjab grenade attacks, Passia arrested in US

Chandigarh, April 19 -- Terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, wanted in connection with multiple grenade attacks across Punjab, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in... Read More


Jalandhar cops book Sunny Deol, Randeep

Jalandhar, April 19 -- Bollywood actors Sunny Deol and Randeep Hooda, along with the director and producer of their recently released movie 'Jaat', have been booked for allegedly hurting religious sen... Read More


Wanted for 14 grenade attacks in Punjab, Happy Passia held in US

Chandigarh, April 19 -- Gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia wanted in multiple attacks in Punjab, including a series of grenade blasts, was arrested in the United States, offic... Read More