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Consultant to assess if city can cope with vertical growth

Chandigarh, May 31 -- As Chandigarh prepares for its most significant urban transformation since its creation, the administration is moving to answer a question that architects and planners have been ... Read More


New Panchkula mayor assumes office

Panchkula, May 31 -- Newly elected Panchkula mayor Shyam Lal Bansal formally assumed office on Saturday in the presence of former Haryana assembly Speaker Gyan Chand Gupta, BJP state vice-president Ba... Read More


Introduce AI to fix MC's governance gaps

India, May 31 -- Across the world, local governments are discovering that artificial intelligence, when oriented toward a civic purpose, can meaningfully transform the quality of public administration... Read More


Hussaini Brahmins, Karbala and an outspoken veteran

India, May 31 -- War is a time that brings back many myths, sparking earnest and sometimes intense debates by people of Pakistan on the myth and reality of this small but volatile community of Hussain... Read More


Life lessons from the IPL

India, May 31 -- My friends know that I am no great connoisseur of the Indian Premier League, popularly known as the IPL, even though cricket is my elixir. Mark Taylor has gone on record to emphatical... Read More


Monitor demographic changes: Shah to DMs; orders special groups

New Delhi, May 31 -- Union home minister Amit Shah has directed the district magistrates to monitor and report on demographic changes occurring in border districts, a government release issued on Satu... Read More


W Asia war debunks myth of short conflicts: Navy chief

India, May 31 -- General NS Raja Subramani will on Sunday take charge as India's next chief of defence staff, replacing General Anil Chauhan who retired on Saturday. He is expected to fast-track the e... Read More


RTI activist shot dead in Phagwara, cousin held

Jalandhar, May 31 -- A Jalandhar-based lawyer and right to information (RTI) activist was shot dead over a financial dispute near Maheru village on the Jalandhar-Ludhiana national highway in Phagwara ... Read More


Punjab govt to regularise 65K employees

Chandigarh, May 31 -- The Punjab cabinet on Saturday gave the nod to a roadmap for dismantling the decades-old contractual employment system and also pave the way for the regularisation of more than 6... Read More


HC suspenDs ex-Panchkula CBI judge Rajeev Goyal

Chandigarh, May 31 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has placed former special judge of the Panchkula CBI court, Rajeev Goyal, under suspension with immediate effect pending the initiation of disci... Read More