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Panchkula's air quality turns 'poor' again, Chandigarh fares better

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- After showing improvement for a day, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Panchkula worsened again on Friday. On Wednesday, Panchkula had recorded an AQI of 334, considered "very poor"... Read More


Policy to improve garbage collection back on the table

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- Pending for over a year, a policy with regard to door-to-door garbage collectors is set to be finalised in the upcoming Chandigarh MC House meeting on November 3. The policy aims... Read More


Guv leads Unity March at Sukhna Lake

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Friday led the "Sardar@150 Unity March" at Sukhna Lake to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbha... Read More


Maj Gen Bharat Mehtani takes over ADG charge

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- Major General Jagdeep Singh Cheema, the additional director general of NCC Directorate for Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh (PHHP&C), handed over the charge to Ma... Read More


11-member panel to draft flood report

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab government has constituted an 11-member committee of senior IAS officers to prepare a detailed draft report for post-disaster needs assessment following the devastatin... Read More


Fix responsibility over delay in FIR against SHO: Panel

Jalandhar, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab State Child Rights Protection Commission has issued stringent directions to the Jalandhar rural police to fix responsibility of those involved in delaying the FIR again... Read More


Juvenile among 7 nabbed as Pak arms smuggling module busted

Amritsar, Nov. 1 -- Dismantling a cross-border arms smuggling module, the Amritsar police caught seven operatives, including a juvenile, for having links with Pakistan based-smugglers and seized 15 so... Read More


Denmark delegation meets Saini, discusses agri, dairy devp tie-ups

Chandigarh, Nov. 1 -- A 35-member delegation of the Danish Farmers Abroad Association met Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini at his official residence, Sant Kabir Kutir, here on Friday. The dele... Read More


Five arrested after Rohtak encounter; extortion bid foiled

Rohtak, Nov. 1 -- Haryana Police arrested five criminals after an encounter that left one of them injured in Rohtak district on Friday morning. The five were planning to target a local garment shop ow... Read More


At 406, Bhiwani's AQI worst in the country

Karnal, Nov. 1 -- Bhiwani recorded the worst air in the country on Friday. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the AQI in the industrial town was ranked under "severe" at 406. Pla... Read More