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Kirti Kulhari visits Golden Temple to seek blessings
Actress Kirti Kulhari was recently in Chandigarh on a break. During her time off, she visited the Golden…
After hiatus of 4 days, 5 corona cases in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) After a hiatus of four days, five coronavirus cases in two families were reported…
14 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Chandigarh, tally rises to 88
Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) With 14 more people being confirmed positive for coronavirus on Friday, the total number…
8 more test positive in Chandigarh; total cases 67
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) Eight more people were tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh on Wednesday, taking the…
Fire breaks out in Chandigarh’s PGI
Chandigarh: A major fire broke out on the top floor of a building of the prestigious Postgraduate Institute…
Man murders children, wife; tries to commit suicide
Chandigarh, Jan 23 (IANS) A father of two after allegedly murdering his children and his wife tried to commit…
Punjab to administer polio drops to 33 lakh children
Chandigarh, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday launched a three-day pulse polio campaign…
Punjab CM expresses grief over Sikh killing in Pak
Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday expressed grief over the killing of a Sikh youth in Pakistan.…
Punjab CM greets people on New Year
Chandigarh,Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday greeted the people on the New Year with the promise to…
Severe cold wave grips Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, Severe cold wave conditions continued across Punjab and Haryana on Saturday owing to cloudy skies with some…
Haryana CM hold discussions on induction of 11 ministers: Three berths likely for both JJP , independents
Chandigarh, Nov 3 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his deputy Dushyant Chautala on Sunday held consultation…
Chandigarh-Manali highway blocked
Shimla:Traffic on the Chandigarh-Manali highway was blocked on Friday following massive landslides along the Beas river in Himachal…
Political tug-of war over Kartarpur Sahib corridor
Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) A political tug-of war over taking credit for the crucial 4.2-km-long Kartarpur Sahib corridor,…
Polling in Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha constituencies peaceful
Chandigarh, May 19: All the 13 seats of Punjab and the lone seat of its capital Chandigarh went…
Chandigarh ignored in funds’ allocation: Congress candidate
"I do not know of any Modi factor in India. In Chandigarh, people have felt they were let down during the last five years,"
Congress releases star campaigners list for Punjab, Chandigarh
New Delhi, April 30: The Congress on Tuesday released a list of star campaigners for the 2019 Lok…
CBI books Delhi-based co over Rs 2,348-cr bank fraud
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches at several locations…
Induction of Chinook ‘a game changer’: Air Chief Marshal
New Delhi, March 25: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday inducted the first four of its 15…
Haryana votes on May 12; Punjab, Himachal, Chandigarh on May 19
New Delhi/Chandigarh, March 10 (IANS) Voting for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana will be held on May…
Several airports shut for civilian air traffic
New Delhi, Feb 27: Several airports including Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Amritsar and Chandigarh have been shut for civilian…
Mumbai-Dehradun Jet flight diverted to Chandigarh, Investigation underway
A Mumbai-Dehradun Jet Airways flight was diverted to Chandigarh on Saturday morning due to “technical reason”. Incident is…
Congress claims massive win in Punjab panchayat polls
Chandigarh, Jan 1: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday hailed the sweeping Congress victory in the just…
3 headless bodies found in Haryana’s Bhiwani
Chandigarh, Dec 28: Three headless bodies were found inside a plastic drum lying near a canal in Haryana’s…
Chandigarh, Amritsar, Delhi colder than Shimla
Shimla, Dec 19: It’s “pleasant” in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, than in plains of north India! The Met…
Actor Akshay Kumar appears before Punjab Police SIT
Chandigarh, Nov 21: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar appeared before the special investigation team (SIT) of the Punjab Police…
5 killed, 9 injured as car falls from Jindal Bridge in Hisar
Chandigarh, Nov 21: Five persons were killed and nine others injured in Hisar town of Haryana on Wednesday…
Amritsar Train Accident: Petition seeking CBI probe filed in Punjab and Haryana HC
Chandigarh, Oct 22: A petition seeking a CBI probe or formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has…
Three Kashmiri students nabbed in Punjab with AK-47, explosives
Chandigarh/Jalandhar, Oct 10: In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and…
Rewari gang rape case: Key accused sent to 4-day police custody
Chandigarh, Sep 24: A Haryana court on Monday sent two of the prime accused in the gang-rape case of…
Widespread rains in Punjab, Haryana may damage paddy crop
Chandigarh, Sep 22: Widespread rainfall across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Saturday brought miseries to farmers as untimely…
Heavy rains disrupts normal life in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, July 21: A heavy downpour on Saturday afternoon disrupted normal life in several areas of Chandigarh with roads…
Rains in Chandigarh bring relief from dust, pollution
tChandigarh, June 16: Chandigarh and its nearby areas in Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains, bringing much relief…
Chandigarh Airport remains shut owing to Dust
Chandigarh, June 15: All national and international flights from the Chandigarh International Airport remained suspended on Friday, the second…
Now, Shimla is just 20 minutes away from Chandigarh
Shimla, June 4: The travel distance between this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort and Chandigarh was reduced to just 20…
By-Polls 2018: Samajwadi Party, RLD complains of EVM malfunctioning
New Delhi, May 28: Voting is presently underway in four Lok Sabha seats and 10 Assembly constituencies across the…
Chandigarh airport to remain shut till May 31
Chandigarh, May 12: The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Saturday until May 31 to…
Rains lash Chandigarh; Storm alert in Haryana, Punjab
Chandigarh, May 7: Early morning rains lashed Chandigarh and nearby areas on Monday while authorities in Haryana and Punjab…
School dropout makes it to Forbes’ U-30 list
Chandigarh, April 3: A school dropout from Chandigarh who is now a cyber security expert has made it to…
Chandigarh airport closed for runway expansion
Chandigarh, Feb 12: The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Monday for authorities to carry…
Joint teams to tackle illegal mining, tax evasion in Punjab: Amarinder Singh
Chandigarh, Feb 5: In a bid to counter illegal mining and tax evasion by miners, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder…
Haryana: Class 12 student shoots dead school principal
Chandigarh, Jan 20: In a strange incident a class 12 student allegedly shot dead the principal of his school…
Haryana: Mentally unstable Former-Army officer kills 6, arrested
Chandigarh, Jan 2: A mentally unstable former Army officer allegedly killed six persons in a span of two hours with…
Nabha jailbreak mastermind held from Delhi airport
Chandigarh, Dec 20: Inderjit Singh Sandhu, one of the masterminds of the sensational Nabha jailbreak in Punjab, has been…
Punjab municipal polls on Sunday, all arrangements made
Chandigarh, Dec 16: Punjab’s State Election Commission has made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of municipal polls on…
Home visits: Punjab’s tri-city residents get a new healthcare option
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Oct 30: Residents of the tri-city – comprising Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali — will not…
Shankaracharya Madhavashram Maharaj passes away at 76
Swami Madhavashram had been staying in Chandigarh ever since he suffered the attack.
Chandigarh Stalking case: Hearing adjourned till Oct 13
Chandigarh, Oct 10: The accused Vikas Barala and Ashish in Chandigarh Stalking Case were brought to Chandigarh District Court for…
Honeypreet sent to six-day police remand by Panchkula Court
Panchkula (Haryana), Oct 4: A day after her arrest, jailed Dera sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s close aide…
17-year-old commits suicide in Panchkula, ‘Blue Whale’ suspected
Chandigarh, Sep 25: Yet another life was taken away in a suspected blue whale suicide where a 17-year-old…
Punjab: Fire in Army ammunition depot near Bathinda
Chandigarh, Sep 7: A fire broke out in an Army ammunition depot near Bathinda town in Southern Punjab on…
10-year-old rape victim delivers baby without knowing it
Chandigarh, Aug 17 : A 10-year-old rape victim, who delivered a baby girl in a hospital today, was…
Vikas Barala, friend sent to judicial custody
Chandigarh, Aug 12: Haryana BJP President Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala and his friend Ashish Kumar were on Saturday…
Chandigarh women take out protest march
Chandigarh, Aug 12: In the aftermath of Varnika Kundu’s stalking by Haryana state BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son,…
CBI arrests Chandigarh official for bribery
Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 18: The CBI has arrested a Member Secretary of the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee on charges…
Punjab : Speaker sets up committee on farmers’ suicides
Chandigarh, July 7: Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K.P. Singh today constituted a committee to review farmers’ suicides in the state…
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh asks farmers not to worry about farm loans
Chandigarh, June 29 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked the farmers not to worry about farm loans.…
Meet the topper of NEET entrance exam
Chandigarh, June 23 : Navdeep Singh, from Punjab’s Muktsar town has clinched first rank in the NEET entrance examination…
AAP, Akali Dal leaders walk out of Punjab assembly
Chandigarh, June 23 : Punjab assembly witnessed ruckus after several upset leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and…
Chandigarh : Sukhna Lake goes dry
Chandigarh, May 16 : Large patches of dry bed, more than 50 per cent of the water body…
Panjab University students oppose fee hike, clash with cop
Chandigarh, April 11, 2017: Tension prevailed on the Panjab University campus today as students, protesting the fee hike…
Patient registration free in Chandigarh government hospitals
Chandigarh, Jan 3: Patients coming to the government health facilities here in Punjab no longer require to pay a…
ED seizes 2.18 cr in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, 14 Dec: ED seizes Rs 2.18 crore in Chandigarh and new currency worth Rs 17.74 lakhs and…
Note ban Impact: Son waiting outside ATM for cash to perform last rites of father
Chandigarh, 13 Dec: A disheartening story of a man standing in an ATM queue who was waiting to…
Woman dancer shot dead for refusing dance with drunk
Chandigarh, Dec 4 : A 22-year-old dancer at a marriage function in Punjab’s Bathinda district, was killed when a…
Begged for justice, Gang-raped again
Chandigarh: Again the hierarchy of animalism appeared in the pages of crime in Capital city, where a 21…
Modi announces two yoga awards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced two yoga awards – one international and another national – to…
Yoga helps to control diabetes, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a gathering of yoga enthusiasts in Chandigarh on Tuesday said that Yoga…
PM Modi to attend International Yoga Day at Chandigarh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that he would attend the second International Yoga Day programme at Chandigarh.…
Tight security in Chandigarh ahead of AAP protest
Security in Chandigarh was tightened on Monday ahead of Aam Aadmi Part (AAP) protests against Punjab Chief Minister…
Tight security in Chandigarh ahead of AAP protest
Security in Chandigarh was tightened on Monday ahead of AAP protests against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal…
Diamond Jewellery worth crores looted at gunpoint in Chandigarh
The robbers are so fearless that they started carrying people’s life in their hands even in broad day.…
Chandigarh Youth Congress president Maninder Dhillon died
Chandigarh Youth Congress President Maninder Dhillon died in a road accident near Poanta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh on…
In India to strengthen cooperation against terror: Hollande
French President Francois Hollande on Monday said his visit to India was aimed at strengthening and reinforcing “the…
Modi, Hollande visit Capitol Complex in Chandigarh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande on Sunday visited the Capitol Complex after the latter’s…
Youth Congress workers protest in Chandigarh
The Punjab Police used water cannons and cane-charged Youth Congress activists, including women, who were heading towards the…