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PODIUM FINISH FOR UT Sports POLICY

India, Dec. 30 -- The Chandigarh Sports Policy delivered its first clear on-ground impact in 2025, following theimplementation in August 2023. Sportspersons across disciplines reported improved access... Read More


Caught in crosshairs of gang violence

India, Dec. 30 -- Once relatively insulated fromorganised crime, the tricity is seeing a disturbing rise in gangsterism andtargeted killings. The killing of Inderpreet Singh, alias Parry in Sector 26,... Read More


Protest at PU: Governance reforms overshadow academics

India, Dec. 30 -- On October 28, the Union ministry of education issued a controversial notification to restructure Panjab University's governing body, downsizing the senate from 91 to 31members and r... Read More


Marooned in monsoon, courtesy unplanned growth in periphery

India, Dec. 30 -- The monsoon deluge left Mohali, particularly the peripheral towns of Kharar and Zirakpur, waterlogged and caught incrippling traffic snarls. The inadequate drainage and unfinished ro... Read More


Slum-free Chandigarh: Unlocking growth

India, Dec. 30 -- After chasing the goal for over two decades, City Beautiful finally became slum-free as it cleared encroachments on nearly 40 acres of the government land this year. The mission star... Read More


Show of hands for mayoral polls

India, Dec. 30 -- Learning it the hard way after the 2024 vote-tampering fiasco, the Chandigarh administration has decided that the next city mayor will be elected through a show of hands instead of t... Read More


Privilege to disgrace: DIG Bhullar's arrest

India, Dec. 30 -- The CBI arrested Ropar Range DIGHarcharan Singh Bhullar on October 16 after his alleged middleman was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs.8 lakh from a scrap dealer. In subsequ... Read More


HC expansion plan: a work in progress

India, Dec. 30 -- Amid a severe space crunch at thePunjab and Haryana high court, and most stakeholders opposed to shifting the court out of Chandigarh, a panel looking into the HC's holistic developm... Read More


27% OBC quota in UT colleges

India, Dec. 30 -- On July 30, the Supreme Court directed the UT administration to implement 27% OBC (other backward classes) reservation in a staggered manner at theGovernment Medical College and Hosp... Read More


Policing the police: Haryana IGP Y Puran Kumar found dead

India, Dec. 30 -- Haryana-cadre senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, 52, was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head at his residence inSector 11, Chandigarh, on October 7, in what police believe was... Read More