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,…
Industrial Area building collapse kills 2, injures 5 Chandigarh: Two persons were killed and five others injured when a two-storey building collapsed in Industrial Area Phase 2 on Saturday evening. The deceased are Tarun Jain and Tarun Kaushik. Both belonged to Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and were related.Rescue teams extricated them from the rubble at 9:30pm,…
Tarn Taran: A domestic dispute in Tarn Taran’s Sangha village ended in two deaths after a man allegedly doused his brother-in-law with petrol and set him ablaze. The accused’s wife was fatally burnt while trying to save the victim, police said.Police have registered a murder case and arrested the accused, Sajan Singh, along with his…
Patiala: The Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) has announced the transition of its outsourced workforce to direct contracts, following a recent state policy decision. This development comes five days after the Punjab govt resolved a major strike by outsourced power plant employees demanding direct contracts, which had threatened the state’s power supply during the…
Hisar: A former sarpanch was allegedly shot dead in Kharakheri village of Fatehabad district Saturday evening, sending shockwaves through the area.The assailants pumped three bullets into 50-year-old Rajendra Khileri.According to the police, Khileri was sitting at a dhaba when two unidentified youths arrived on a motorcycle and allegedly opened fire on him before fleeing the…
Chandigarh: Former Punjab director general of police Mohammed Mustafa urged Congress leadership to take decisive steps to address the ongoing turmoil within the Punjab unit and warned that continued indecision could further weaken the party ahead of the 2027 assembly elections.Mustafa, who is not a member of the Congress but earlier served as principal strategic…
CHANDIGARH: A building collapsed in Chandigarh’s Industrial Area on Saturday while rescue operations were underway to pull out people trapped under the debris. “It was a single-storey building which suddenly collapsed. Efforts are being made to rescue two people who are trapped,” a senior police official said, adding that personnel rushed to the spot after…
