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HC asks UT to allow extension of tenure of consumer panel members

Chandigarh, July 7 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the Chandigarh administration to allow extension of tenure of consumer forum members in the city. The HC acted on the plea fro... Read More


Man gets life term for murdering teen friend over monetary dispute

Mohali, July 7 -- Four years after an 18-year-old labourer from Uttar Pradesh was lured, intoxicated and sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, his 20-year-old friend has been awarded life... Read More


Fake PhD row: DAV College sacks assistant professor

Chandigarh, July 7 -- More than adecade after the issue of dubious PhD degrees from Meghalaya-based CMJ University surfaced, an assistant professor from DAV College, Sector 10, has become the first he... Read More


Two days after Panchkula double murder, 3 arrested

Panchkula, July 7 -- Two days after a man allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law to death and was subsequently murdered by the former's friends, police have arrested three persons in the case. The accus... Read More


Man in Nihang attire partially severs biker's arm

Mohali, July 7 -- A dispute over an empty tobacco pouch thrown on the road turned violent when a man in Nihang attire allegedly attacked a biker with a kirpan, leaving his hand partially severed. Acco... Read More


That sinking feeling. and monsoon has only begun

Mohali/Panchkula, July 7 -- Just 0.8mm rain was enough to expose the glaring deficiencies in Mohali's drainage system on Monday, with waterlogging being reported from several low-lying areas despite t... Read More


Sans registration, Sec-15 home opens for persons with mental disability

Chandigarh, July 7 -- The senior citizen' home in Sector 15 has already started housing three persons with mental and intellectual disabilities even though the facility is not formally registered for ... Read More


Attendant assaults senior resident at PGI

Chandigarh, July 7 -- A senior resident doctor at the advanced trauma centre of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) was reportedly assaulted by a patient's attendant... Read More


Delhi woman gets two-year jail in drug case

Chandigarh, July 7 -- A Special NDPS Court in Chandigarh convicted a Delhi woman for possessing 200gm of heroin, holding that the prosecution had successfully proved the recovery and maintained an unb... Read More


Amid EWS reimbursement row, Centre halves UT's funding plan

Chandigarh, July 7 -- The Union ministry of education has approved central assistance for reimbursement of only 418 students under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for the 2026-27 academic session, sh... Read More