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Ram Temple trust defers CEO appointment by a month

Ayodhya, July 23 -- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday deferred the selection of its first chief executive officer (CEO) by a month as the screening committee said it needed mo... Read More


'Chambal mining crackdown facing practical constraints'

New Delhi, July 23 -- The crackdown on illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary is facing "practical constraints", a report by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) in the Supreme Court s... Read More


No interim relief to UBT on MPs' Sena merger: SC

New Delhi, July 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's decision recognising the merger ... Read More


consider raising judicial officers' retirement age to 61: sc to states

New Delhi, July 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the states and Union territories to consider raising the age of superannuation of judicial officers from 60 to 61 years and state their stand... Read More


Draft roll sees 13% voter drop, migration key driver

Chandigarh, July 23 -- The UT's draft electoral roll, published on Tuesday following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration phase, indicates a reduction of nearly 12.8% in the voter base. Ac... Read More


EPFO official caught taking bribe

Chandigarh, July 23 -- An official of the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) posted in Patiala was caught accepting a Rs.1.5 lakh bribe in the EPFO office in Chandigarh on Wednesday. While th... Read More


5 years after goat trader's beheading, man gets life term

Mohali, July 23 -- Five years after a 40-year-old goat trader from Nangal was beheaded over a dispute over Rs.40,000, a local court has sentenced the main accused to life imprisonment. The court of ad... Read More


Panchkula Woman loses gold chain to snatcher

Panchkula, July 23 -- An unidentified man on a motorcycle allegedly snatched a woman's gold chain while she was riding pillion on her son's two-wheeler in Sector 20, Panchkula, on Wednesday morning. T... Read More


Landowners from 1st phase await possession of developed plots

Mohali, July 23 -- While the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) recently made headlines for awarding a record compensation of Rs.23,457 crore for 3,522.98 acres acquired for the second ... Read More


Awaiting UT report on smart city funds siphoning case: Centre

Chandigarh, July 23 -- Three months after Chandigarh Member Parliament Manish Tewari raised in the Lok Sabha the alleged misappropriation of Rs.125 crore belonging to the Chandigarh Smart City Mission... Read More