Crores spent, but first showers submerge Airport Road & Zirakpur | Chandigarh News

The intersection beneath the Patiala Chowk flyover on the Chandigarh-Ambala national highway was heavily inundated, trapping commuters, pedestrians, and local shopkeepers. Mohali: Wednesday’s brief pre-monsoon shower brought Zirakpur and Mohali’s Airport Road to a standstill, exposing structural flaws in the region’s multi-crore drainage infrastructure and triggering widespread traffic snarls.The intersection beneath the Patiala Chowk flyover…

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Fresh bomb threat to Chandigarh schools sparks alert, evacuations | Chandigarh News

Staff and students were evacuated as a precautionary measure, and access to school buildings was temporarily restricted. Chandigarh: A fresh bomb threat email sent to multiple schools in Chandigarh triggered mass evacuations and panic on Wednesday, prompting security agencies to launch extensive anti-sabotage searches across the city.The email claimed that improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and…

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Fake call centre targeting foreigners busted in Sector 78; seven arrested | Chandigarh News

Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused sent fraudulent pop-up alerts to the computers, laptops, and mobile phones of foreign nationals, warning them of non-existent technical errors Mohali: Police have busted a fake call centre operating from the first floor of a house in Sector 78 and booked seven persons for allegedly running an international cyber…

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Rain test ahead, Chandigarh MC maps 23 hotspots | Chandigarh News

The civic body has stationed suction and jetting machines at identified locations and prepared a division-wise roster of sewer-cleaning machines and drivers for quick deployment during the rainy season. Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s engineering department has identified 23 waterlogging hotspots across the city, most of them located in low-lying areas. The locations were mapped following…

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Panchkula collects just ₹5.9cr of target ₹100cr property tax | Chandigarh News

Despite 100% Interest WaiverPanchkula: The Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) has recovered a meager ₹5.9 crore out of over ₹100 crore in outstanding property tax dues, despite offering a 100% interest waiver scheme that ended on June 30.Out of 1,04,631 total properties in the city, only 44,002 (42.05%) are self-certified. The civic body’s latest data revealed…

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Paratha, veggie sellers out of ESP list as SC junks UT’s 2020 notification | Chandigarh News

The apex court directed the UT administration to file an affidavit on compliance with its directions by July 22. Chandigarh: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a 2020 Chandigarh administration notification that had expanded the definition of ‘Essential Service Providers’ (ESPs) to include vendors selling items such as chhole-bhature, kulche-chole, parathas, fruits, vegetables and flowers…

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