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FIR filed as Rs.145cr FD fraud surfaces in Panchkula MC

Panchkula, March 26 -- A month after a Rs.590-crore fraud involving Haryana government funds surfaced at IDFC First Bank's Chandigarh branch, the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has r... Read More


Bus claims biker's life in Maloya, driver held

Chandigarh, March 26 -- A resident of Buterla village, Sector 41, was killed after a bus rammed into his motorcycle near Madrasi Colony in Maloya on Tuesday. The bus driver, identified as Gurinder Sin... Read More


Right-wing leader's gunman shoots self

Mohali, March 26 -- A gunman employed by Shiv Sena leader Nishant Sharma allegedly shot himself in Kharar's Gulmohar Society on Wednesday. The injured man was immediately rushed to the Post Graduate I... Read More


Kin plan prayer meet as rallyist Hari Singh remains untraceable

Chandigarh, March 26 -- Nearly a week after veteran rallyist Hari Singh went missing in a speedboat accident in the Maldives on March 19, hope of finding him alive is fading among his family and close... Read More


'5,000 trees facing axe': HC puts Centre, NHAI on notice

Chandigarh, March 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday sought response from the central government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a public interest litigation (... Read More


Man caught with restricted injections awarded 10-year jail

Mohali, March 26 -- A Mohali court has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for possessing commercial quantity of restricted Buprenorphine injections. The court of addition... Read More


Man held for raping 8-yr-old girl in Mohali's Phase 8B

Mohali, March 26 -- Police have arrested a man for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Phase 8B, Industrial Area, after she stepped out of her home to play. The accused lives in the same neighb... Read More


Filth, sewage greet Navratra devotees at Mansa Devi shrine

Panchkula, March 26 -- Even as thousands of devotees throng the Mata Mansa Devi temple during Navratras, they are forced to navigate a disturbing reality-stagnant foul-smelling water, heaps of garbage... Read More


Nifty climbs on hopes of a truce in West Asia

Mumbai, March 26 -- The prospect of even a tentative truce was enough to cool global risk aversion, bringing investors back into equities and easing some of the anxiety that had gripped markets over t... Read More


India to push for food security at WTO meet

New Delhi, March 26 -- A permanent solution on public stockholding (PSH) for food security remains "critical" for India to ensure continuation of the minimum support price system to ensure livelihood ... Read More