Chandigarh: Chandigarh Police has arrested four men for allegedly assaulting a student studying in France and brandishing a firearm outside a nightclub in Sector 7 following a late-night altercation.The accused have been identified as Aniket Gupta (30), a resident of Sector 38, Chandigarh; Baldeep Singh alias Bali (33) of Kotla village in Fatehgarh Sahib district,…
Chandigarh: A fast track special court in Chandigarh Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in 2024. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict.According to the prosecution, an FIR was registered at the Sector IT Park police station on Dec 8,…
Mohali: A Mohali court has acquitted gangster Sukhpreet Singh alias Budha in a case involving alleged death threats to a religious leader, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt.Additional district and sessions judge Prashant Verma pronounced the verdict after observing that the prosecution could not substantiate its case despite being…
Farmers block toll plazas Mohali: Farmers Tuesday made toll plazas free for commuters at several locations across Punjab, including Mamupur and Animpur in Mohali district, as part of a statewide protest against the Punjab govt’s land pooling policy and the proposed India-US trade agreement.The action was taken on a call given by BKU (Ekta) Sidhupur…
Mohali: The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (Gmada) has invited landowners whose land was acquired for the Eco City-3 project in New Chandigarh to submit or update their claims under the land pooling scheme.In a public notice, Gmada asked landowners who have not yet exercised the land pooling option to download the prescribed application form,…
Chandigarh: A major lapse in question paper setting has come to light at Panjab University, with the university withdrawing 30 questions from its LLM entrance examination after finding them outside the notified syllabus. The move has effectively reduced the test from 100 to 70 questions.The decision follows objections raised by candidates after the June 19…
Times News NetworkPanchkula: Police have apprehended a minor in connection with the double murder case of a man and his brother-in-law. The victims were murdered in Sector 19 over an old rivalry.Four accused were arrested in the case earlier.On July 4, police received information that Sanjeet, a resident of Sector 19, died after being attacked…
Advanced centre to make high-risk pregnancies safer Chandigarh: A dangerous and complex pregnancy complication that puts thousands of mothers at risk every year is finally getting a dedicated, world-class treatment space.The new Advanced Mother and Child Centre at PGI will feature a highly specialised operating theatre (OT) exclusively equipped to treat placenta accreta — a…
Panchkula: The Cyber Crime police station in Panchkula has arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate cyber fraud racket accused of siphoning off crores of rupees through fraudulent income tax refunds claimed from hacked e-filing accounts of NRIs.The accused, Dalip BR alias Dalip Rajgoda, was arrested in Karnataka and produced before a court, which remanded…
Will build public trust in police: New Panchkula DCP Times News NetworkPanchkula: Aditi Singh, a 2021 batch IPS officer, assumed charge as the new deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Panchkula, on Tuesday, replacing Srishti Gupta.She said that ensuring women’s safety, strengthening law and order, and maintaining a safe, peaceful, and secure public environment would be…
