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Chandigarh sees pedestrian road deaths; 2024 uptick signals uneven safety gains

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- Road fatalities in Chandigarh have shown a fluctuating trend over the past five years, with a renewed rise in 2024 pointing to inconsistent road safety outcomes despite policy fo... Read More


Sector-32 PG owners to be tried for death by negligence, not culpable homicide: HC on 2020 fire mishap

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has said that two accused in Sector-32 paying guest (PG) accommodation fire incident which claimed the lives of three girl students in Febr... Read More


Fresh bailable warrants issued against accused in PU senate protest case

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- After nearly two years Panjab University's (PU) senate election movement sparked one of the institution's most prominent student agitations, a Chandigarh court has issued fresh b... Read More


Amritsar bullion trader assaulted, robbed of 2kg jewellery in Yamunanagar

Karnal, Aug. 1 -- An Amritsar-based bullion trader was assaulted and robbed of gold and artificial jewellery, weighing nearly 2kg, by two bike-borne men in Yamunanagar district, police said on Friday.... Read More


Scientists find traces of Fiji virus in paddy belt of Haryana

Karnal, Aug. 1 -- Scientists from the Rice Research Station (RRS) in Kaul, Kaithal, a regional research centre under Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, have found traces of Southe... Read More


Mohali MLA urges sanitation workers to end strike, promises talks on demands

Mohali, Aug. 1 -- Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh on Friday urged sanitation workers to end their strike and resolve their demands through talks, saying the Punjab government had taken steps for their welfar... Read More


Ex-live-in partner, husband held for killing Jind businessman in UP, say police

Rohtak, Aug. 1 -- Police claimed to have solved the abduction and murder case of a Jind-based businessman by arresting his former live-in partner and her husband. According to the police, the duo con... Read More


'His successes make every Indian proud': PM Modi hails Neeraj Chopra and other CWG medal winners in a series of posts

India, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated some of India's medal winners in the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a series of posts on X on Saturday. Earlier in the wee hours, th... Read More


PM Modi receives handcrafted Bobbili Ekanda Veena during Bhogapuram airport inauguration; lauds Andhra Pradesh artisans

Vizianagaram, Aug. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed heartfelt gratitude to the artisans of Andhra Pradesh after receiving an exquisitely handcrafted Bobbili Ekanda Veena. The P... Read More


Chandigarh court convicts man in 2021 drug case, rejects planted recovery claim

Chandigarh, Aug. 1 -- A special NDPS court in Chandigarh has convicted a Mohali resident for possessing 750 grams of charas, holding that the prosecution had proved the recovery beyond reasonable doub... Read More