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Hospital technician held for sexual assault of woman during treatment

Gurugram, April 19 -- A 25-year-old technician deployed at the intensive care unit of a multispecialty hospital in Gurugram was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman during her ... Read More


Punjab govt to revive 15k ponds in rural areas

Patiala, April 19 -- The Punjab government on Friday launched an initiative to clean nearly 15,000 village ponds, a task long neglected for the past two to three decades. The campaign, aimed at transf... Read More


Sector 17 breathes easier with relocation of courts, ISBT

India, April 19 -- In a move to decongest the heart of Chandigarh, the district courts, located in Sector 17 since 1966, were shifted to the new District Courts Complex in Sector 43 on January 25, 201... Read More


Fall from grace for activist Zulfiqar Khan

India, April 19 -- Zulfiqar Khan, a child rights activist and theatre personality based in Chandigarh, was arrested in July 2015 for sexually abusing minors associated with his NGO, Theatre Age. The N... Read More


French Prez's historic visit, tribute to Corbusier

India, April 19 -- On January 25, 2016, Chandigarh played host to then French President Francois Hollande, who was welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rock Garden. Francois addressed Chandigar... Read More


Boundary drawn to safeguard Sukhna Lake

India, April 19 -- In July 2004, while dealing with a petition seeking directions to increase forest cover around Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana high court ordered the demarcation of the Sukhna ca... Read More


Beant Singh assassins dig tunnel out of Burail Jail

India, April 19 -- The 2004 Burail jailbreak by four inmates, including assassins of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, by digging a 109-ft tunnel made national headlines. On the night of Janua... Read More


PGI negligence claims girl's life

India, April 19 -- Anupama Sarkar, 16, lost her life to medical negligence at Advanced Trauma Centre of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on July 24, 2012. Her par... Read More


Sukhna Lake hit by culling drive amid bird flu scare

India, April 19 -- In December 2014, 35 geese and ducks died in a fortnight at Sukhna Lake. After one of the six samples tested positive for avian flu, the UT administration began culling 200-odd gees... Read More


Ram Rahim followers' stir brings UT to halt

India, April 19 -- On October 27, 2005, an estimated 1 lakh of Dera Sacha Sauda protesters marched through Chandigarh against the alleged mistreatment of followers by CBI officials during a probe into... Read More