Chandigarh: Cyber police have booked unidentified persons for allegedly duping a 23-year-old city resident of Rs 5.5 lakh on the pretext of investment in online digital currency.In his complaint, Shubham Kumar Goyal, a resident of Sector 45, said he received a message on Telegram on May 24 from a woman identifying herself as Kanchan Bansal…
Chandigarh: The Chandigarh unit of AAP Sunday organised a training programme on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Sector 35. The session was attended by booth-level agents (BLA-2s), party office-bearers, municipal councillors, volunteers, and senior leaders. Former Delhi education minister Manish Sisodia and Delhi MLA and Chandigarh in-charge Jarnail Singh were present at the…
Mohali: In a major crackdown on illicit liquor smuggling, Zirakpur Police seized 100 cartons of liquor from a pickup truck and arrested its driver during a late-night operation. Preliminary investigations revealed that the liquor was licensed for sale only within Chandigarh but was being illegally transported to Delhi and Haryana.According to police officials, a team…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: The cyber cell of the UT Police arrested two persons for allegedly providing their bank accounts to online cheaters for commission. The arrested accused allegedly received fraud proceeds in their account and gave money to the fraudsters on commission.The accused are Salman Ansari, 24, a resident of Mullanpur, Mohali and Bheem Saroj,…
Mohali: A violent clash broke out between two rival groups on Peer Baba Road in Baltana late Saturday night. Police have registered a case of attempt to murder and launched a search for the others involved in the attack.The clash is believed to be a fallout of a previous altercation between the two groups at…
Sandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Tricity is likely to witness normal to below-normal rainfall during the upcoming southwest monsoon season (June to Sept), according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The IMD’s probabilistic forecast for the season indicates normal to below-normal rainfall over Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. The updated long-range forecast also suggests that below-normal rainfall is most likely across…
Chandigarh: A Class X student’s question at a state function on Sunday prompted Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann to scrap the age-based tie-breaker used to rank students with identical scores in board examinations.The change came after Gagandeep Kaur, one of three students from Amritsar district who secured 637 marks each in the Punjab School Education…
Sector 16 cricket stadium Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: The UT sports department has written to the SSP (Law and Order) and SSP (Traffic and Security), asking for their views on the feasibility of organising IPL or international cricket matches in the Sector 16 cricket stadium. The move assumes significance in view of the fact that the lone cricket…
Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Over 850 registration numbers of the new vehicle series, CH01-DE, are in the bidding during the auction, which will end on Monday evening. The three day online bidding started on Saturday, after completion of the seven-day registration process.The Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) of the Chandigarh Transport Department has received over a thousand applications…
Mohali: With the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) securing a clear majority in the Mohali Municipal Corporation elections, political attention has now shifted to the selection of the city’s next mayor. Names doing the rounds in the party are Sukhdev Singh Patwari, Sarabjit Singh Samana and Dr Sunny Singh Ahluwalia.Patwari is viewed as a strong contender…
