Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has empowered the administrators of the Union Territories (UTs) to convert temporary posts into permanent ones, a move expected to ease l... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- Two of Chandigarh's most prominent cultural institutions - the Government Museum and Art Gallery, and the Natural History Museum, both in Sector 10, are poised for a comprehensiv... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- Enveloped in dense fog, the city recorded its coldest day of the season on Sunday as the maximum temperature dropped sharply to 12deg Celsius. This marked a decline of 2.4degC fr... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- UT information technology secretary Hari Kallikkat, a 2018-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, has been transferred to Delhi with immediate effect. Kallikkat, who had joined the Ch... Read More
Zirakpur, Jan. 5 -- Unearthing a fake engine oil racket operating from a godown in Bhabaat area of Zirakpur, the police arrested a resident of Peer Muchalla on Saturday night. The raid, which was cond... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, on Sunday undertook a comprehensive inspection of plantation works being carried out by the forest department, engineering department and mu... Read More
Mohali, Jan. 5 -- The Dera Bassi forest department busted a khair wood smuggling attempt during an operation carried out on Saturday, seizing a canter truck and a small canter vehicle loaded with timb... Read More
Chandigarh, Jan. 5 -- A resident of Sector 51-A has been duped of nearly Rs.30 lakh by a man who promised him partnership in a broadband franchise business, police said. Complainant Parminder Singh Gi... Read More
Mohali, Jan. 5 -- A man and a woman have been arrested for allegedly honey-trapping a Ropar-based businessman and fleeing with his gold jewellery and Rs.70,000, Mohali police said on Sunday. The accus... Read More
Mohali, Jan. 5 -- Police have registered a case after a car was stolen from a society in Zirakpur following a complaint by Tejinder Singh, a local resident. The incident took place on the night of Dec... Read More