nstead of clearing the junctions rapidly during the short green phases, vehicles are forced to slam on their brakes to clear the bumps, causing long tailbacks that spill into adjoining lanes and force drivers to wait through multiple signal cycles Mohali: Commuters on Mohali’s Airport Road (PR-7) are facing peak-hour bottlenecks due to a frustrating…
Municipal health teams will conduct door-to-door inspections of coolers, flowerpots, overhead tanks, and pools while simultaneously running awareness programmes on mosquito eradication. Panchkula: The Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) will launch a ward-by-ward fogging campaign on Thursday to neutralise the heightened risk of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria ahead of the monsoon arrival expected around…
Aside from distributing supplies, health workers educated residents on handwashing, safe food handling, sanitation, and the use of water-purifying tablets. Mohali: The Mohali health department has intensified field surveillance and preventive operations in parts of Dhakoli after detecting a few mild cases of diarrhoea. Acting on orders from deputy commissioner Komal Mittal, block rapid response…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: Police have arrested four individuals in a kidnapping and robbery case. Two of them suffered bullet injuries in the leg and were admitted in the civil hospital. The accused include an alleged arms supplier linked to the notorious Rohit Godara gang. On the duo who suffered bullet injuries, police said they opened…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Navneet Srivastava, a senior Indian Forest Service officer, in connection with alleged misappropriation of funds from an IDFC Bank account. At the time, Srivastava was serving as CEO of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (Crest).He was produced before a…
Hot weather in chandigarh Chandigarh: With monsoon losing momentum after making an early advance into parts of southern and eastern India, it is now likely to miss the normal date of arrival in Chandigarh. It is expected to reach by the end of this month.Officials in the weather department attribute the slowdown to the absence…
Sector 11 murder: Main shooter among 2 held from Jammu Chandigarh: Three days after the murder of Janki Das on June 13, Chandigarh Police, in a joint operation with their Jammu and Kashmir counterparts, arrested two shooters from Jammu.The accused, Aryan and Sunny Mehra, are being brought back to the city. A third accused, Aman,…
Aerial view of Chandigarh Chandigarh: Proposed amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP) 2031 could pave the way for a significant expansion of housing and mixed-use development in the city, with the UT administration seeking to unlock large tracts of vacant land and permit higher-density construction.Officials believe the changes could help address Chandigarh’s growing housing…
Panjab University (PU) in Chandigarh does not have dedicated, internal cycle tracks. While the broader city of Chandigarh is known for its extensive network of cycle tracks, the university campus largely relies on shared roads for bicycles. Chandigarh: Nearly 2,500 to 3,000 vehicles enter Panjab University (PU) every day. At a campus where Wednesdays have…
The 1.32-km drainage project is specifically designed to trap toxic wastewater seepage leaking from the garbage mound Chandigarh: The engineering department of the Chandigarh municipal corporation on Wednesday selected an agency to construct two new drainages along the perimeter of the Dadumajra dumping site. Out of two bids received for the estimated ₹3 crore project,…
