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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


'SAS Nagar' marks its arrival on Punjab map

India, April 19 -- Named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh, SAS Nagar, which was earlier a part of Rupnagar district, became the 18th district of Punjab on April 14, 2006... 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


Khushpreet murder exposes cops' ineptness

India, April 19 -- Khushpreet Singh, a five-year-old KG student and son of dairy owner Lakhbir Singh, was kidnapped from near his house at Burail village in Sector 45, Chandigarh, on December 21, 2010... Read More


Middukhera chased to death in broad daylight

India, April 19 -- Shiromani Akali Dal youth wing leader Vikramjit Singh, alias Vicky Middukhera, 36, was chased and shot dead in full public view in the market of Sector 71, Mohali, on August 7, 2021... Read More


Monsoon mayhem: Sinking feeling as roads turn rivers

India, April 19 -- August 21, 2017, started as a normal Monday in the tricity when it started raining at 7 am. But in three hours, most roads in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali and the periphery rese... Read More


Mohali shocker: Body in suitcase

India, April 19 -- On March 18, 2017, Seerat Kaur killed her husband, Aikom Singh, 40, and stuffed hisbody into a suitcase that was recovered from their BMW car outside their rented house in Phase 3B1... Read More


FDA officer Neha Shoree killed in Kharar

India, April 19 -- Neha Shoree, 36, zonal licensing authority of Food and Drug Administration, Punjab, and the daughter of a Panchkula-based ex-serviceman, Captain Kailash Shoree, was shot dead in her... Read More


First V-C ouster at PU amid corruption allegations

India, April 19 -- After a tumultuous term at the helm, Raj Kumar's ouster in 2023 was the first of its kind in Panjab University's history since it was established in 1882. Technically, he resigned a... 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