Chandigarh

Panchkula: SDM-cum-electoral registration officer (ERO) Chandrakant Kataria has recommended disciplinary action against officials for alleged negligence in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and digitisation of electoral rolls.Kataria has written to the district election officer seeking show-cause notices for six supervisors and 50 booth level officers (BLOs), besides recommending the suspension of 10 BLOs for…

Zirakpur: A Haryana man was allegedly kidnapped, confined in a house and assaulted by three persons who forced him to transfer Rs 18 lakh from his bank accounts in Zirakpur.Based on a complaint by Rahul Soni (32), a transporter from Bhiwani, police have registered a case against Bhawani Singh and two unidentified accomplices under the…

Chandigarh: A 22-year-old habitual offender was arrested with a countrymade pistol and a live cartridge in Maloya by the district crime cell (DCC) of Chandigarh Police.The accused, Sunil alias Begi, a resident of Jhampur village in Mohali, was arrested following a tip-off that he was planning to commit a crime in the city.Police said a…

Mohali: Several shops were gutted after a fire swept through a market in Baltana in the early hours of Saturday, with police probing allegations that the blaze was triggered after unidentified persons set two motorcycles on fire following a personal rivalry.The incident caused losses worth several lakhs of rupees to shopkeepers. Baltana police have registered…

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…