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Goa seeks life term for Tejpal, moves SC

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Goa government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal's 10-year jail term to life imprisonment, contending that the mini... Read More


72.2mm rain in 2 hrs: Tricity left soaked, stranded, seething

Chandigarh/Mohali/Panchkula, Aug. 19 -- A 46-year-old man from Panchkula's Rajiv Colony was washed away in a drain while roads across the tricity witnessed widespread waterlogging and traffic snarls a... Read More


Minutes of meeting show 9 table agendas passed sans requisite quorum

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- Amid the controversy surrounding the table agenda worth Rs.227 crore being passed without discussion in the previous MC House meeting on July 31 resulting in backlash by the opp... Read More


CBI court holds govt staffer guilty in 9-yr-old graft case

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- A special CBI court convicted Shyam Singh Chauhan, an employee working as a senior assistant in the office of the deputy chief controller of explosives in Manimajra, in a 9-year... Read More


Battery thefts disrupt city surveillance grid

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- A surge in thefts targeting critical surveillance infrastructure has begun to erode Chandigarh's much-touted smart city grid, with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) warning the m... Read More


Election date not announced but student parties start campaigning at Panjab varsity

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- Even as Panjab University (PU) is yet to finalise the date for the Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) elections, the parties have started to campaign inside the v... Read More


1,100 women to tie Rakhis to soldiers in Fazilka

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- To express gratitude to the men guarding the nation's borders, 1,100 women from Fazilka will tie Rakhis on the wrists of 1,100 Indian Army and Border Security Force (BSF) person... Read More


Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan torch reaches Mohali

Mohali, Aug. 19 -- After crossing multiple districts of Punjab, the Khedan Watan Punjab Diyan torch reached Mohali on Tuesday. This year, competitions have been lined up at different levels, with bloc... Read More


OBC quota to be extended to bonafide UT residents only: GMCH

Chandigarh, Aug. 19 -- The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32 has informed the high court that for medical admissions in Chandigarh, only those OBC candidates shall be considere... Read More


Sanitation workers' strike leaves P'kula roads dirty

Panchkula, Aug. 19 -- Roads in the city have started looking increasingly dirty as sanitation workers responsible for sweeping and cleaning them have been on strike for the past several days amid stat... Read More