Chandigarh: Rain and thundershowers brought relief from the heat in Chandigarh Saturday. The city recorded a maximum temperature of 35.7°C and a minimum of 27.1°C, both near normal for this time of the year. The weather department recorded 1.4 mm rainfall during the past 24 hours.According to the IMD, the city is likely to witness…
Sandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comPanchkula: A Kalka court has ordered a time-bound inquiry into allegations of four murder accused in Pinjore being paraded in public with their heads shaved after arrest.Kalka sub-divisional judicial magistrate (SDJM) issued the directive while hearing an application filed by the accused. The court asked the police commissioner to examine the case and submit a…
Prof Gupta, who has made significant contributions in the fields of human rights, women’s rights, public policy and social justice, is also president of TG-03 (Human Rights and Global Justice) of the International Sociological Association Chandigarh: Prof Namita Gupta, dean student welfare (women) at Panjab University and professor at the Centre for Human Rights and…
Minerva eyes Helsinki glory on return to Scandinavia Chandigarh: Minerva Academy FC is set to return to Scandinavia for the second consecutive year, with its young footballers preparing to compete in the prestigious Helsinki Cup in Finland and Gothia Cup in Sweden.After an impressive debut campaign last year, the Chandigarh-based academy is aiming for an…
Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s road recarpeting drive has suffered a major setback, with the municipal corporation completing only about 26% of its planned works this summer due to an acute shortage of bitumen. With the monsoon setting in and road works now suspended, nearly three-fourths of the city’s scheduled recarpeting remains pending.MC records show that of the…
Chandigarh: A delegation of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Chandigarh zone) Saturday met Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari and submitted memorandums highlighting various pending issues concerning the ministries of finance, health and family welfare, and the department of personnel and training.After reviewing the memorandums, Tewari assured the delegation that he would take up…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s engineering department has failed to attract a single bidder for the second consecutive time for the repair and strengthening of the causeway connecting Industrial Area Phase I with Chandigarh Railway Station. Officials said the tender will now be floated again after the monsoon season.Sources said major repair work cannot be undertaken…
Secondary Edu Accounts For Bulk Of Old Projects Carried Forward Chandigarh: The Union ministry of education has approved Rs 144.72 crore for Chandigarh’s school education sector under the Samagra Shiksha scheme for 2026-27, even as projects worth Rs 4.45 crore sanctioned in previous years remain incomplete, raising concerns over execution delays.The sanction, cleared by the…
Chandigarh wants to rise higher Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration’s proposal to rewrite the city’s development rules raises a fundamental question that its own planning documents have warned about for years: Where will all the additional traffic go?The draft amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP)-2031 seek to transform the city’s urban landscape through higher Floor…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: A late night clash led to shots being fired in Sector 38 West on Friday. Three men on a bike drove into a petrol pump after closing time at around 10pm and demanded petrol. Security personnel told them that the fuel station was closed and would reopen in the morning. At this,…
