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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


DJ Varnika Kundu takes on VIP stalkers

India, April 19 -- The Varnika Kundu stalking case of 2017 brought national attention to issues of women's safety and the influence of political connections in criminal probes. On the night of August... Read More


SC axes Camelot project to protect Sukhna

India, April 19 -- The Rs.1,800-crore Tata Camelot multi-storeyed residential project, purported to be the tallest in the Union Territory, was conceived in 2007 by the Tata Housing Development Company... Read More


Panjab University's dwindling stature on the world stage

India, April 19 -- When the Times Higher Education World University Rankings started in 2013, everyone was in for a surprise as Panjab University was ranked number one in India. It defeated prominent... Read More


10-year-old Nepalese girl's rape by uncles shocks city

India, April 19 -- A 10-year-old Nepalese girl was found to be over 30 weeks pregnant in July 2017. Her parents had taken her to the hospital when she complained of abdominal pain, but doctors discove... Read More


Teen gangraped for two years; dentist, cloth trader booked

Chandigarh, April 19 -- A complaint of extortion by a Sector 19-based dentist has led police to uncover a shocking case of gangrape, involving a minor girl, which lasted over a two-year period. The d... Read More