Sandeep.Rana1@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Rain on Saturday brought about a drastic change in weather, with the city recording its coldest May day in decades. The day temperature dropped by 10.3 degrees Celsius in 24 hours.The maximum temperature fell to 25.3 degrees Celsius on Saturday from 35.6 degrees Celsius recorded on Friday. This was 15 degrees below normal.According to…
Illegal mining in Panchkula Panchkula: Police busted an illegal mining operation near Burj Kotian in the Amravati area and seized a tractor-trolley loaded with illegally extracted material.Officials said Amravati police post received a tip-off about illicit mining in a riverbed on Friday evening. To avoid alerting suspects — who often escape on spotting police vehicles…
RTI activist Simranjit Singh JALANDHAR: An RTI activist, who had stepped out of his home without the armed police cover provided by govenment, was shot dead near a private university in Phagwara on Saturday morning.The murder sent shockwaves through the state as victim Simranjit Singh was known for approaching the courts on controversial issues and…
An FIR was registered against the MLA in Patiala on Sept 1, 2025 PATIALA : The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted regular bail to Sanaur MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra in a case involving allegations of rape, sexual exploitation, criminal intimidation and cheating.Granting relief to the AAP legislator, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya directed that he…
Industrial Area–Sector 31 flyover Deepak.Yadav@timesofindia.comChandigarh: Strongly recommending that Chandigarh remain an administrative city, for which it was originally planned, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday restrained the construction of the Industrial Area–Sector 31 flyover. The court said the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP) 2031 stipulates that efforts should be made to retain the essence…
Panchkula: The district administration and Panchkula police have issued a public advisory ahead of a high-calibre bomb trial by the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit, at the Ramgarh Range on May 31.The trial is scheduled between 10.30am and 12.30pm. Officials said bomb splinters could travel up to…
Cylinder blast in Burail, Chandigarh Times News NetworkChandigarh: Another man succumbed to burn injuries during treatment in GMCH-32 on Saturday. He was among the six persons injured after three LPG cylinders exploded at a department store near Kila Sahib gurdwara in Burail village, Sector 45 on Monday.With this, the death toll in the incident has…
Mayor Sham Lal Bansal takes charge Panchkula: Reviving the old cycling track project will be among the priorities of newly elected mayor Sham Lal Bansal.Bansal, who formally assumed office on Saturday, said Panchkula was the first city in Haryana to introduce dedicated cycling tracks — a concept that had received widespread appreciation from residents. He…
Panchkula: Panchkula traffic police Friday took action against a private bus operating without a valid permit, intercepting the vehicle and impounding it after issuing a challan.The bus, plying from Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) to Manimajra (Chandigarh) via Panchkula, was stopped near Mouli village on the Panchkula-Yamunanagar highway following a tip-off.Officials said SHO (traffic) Surajpur Abhishek received…
Panchkula: A Panchkula court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife over their inability to have children. Additional sessions judge Bikramjit Arora also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict.the case dates back to Jan 13, 2023, when information was received about the suspicious death of a woman in…
