The meeting assumes added significance as it comes just a couple of months before the municipal corporation election process is expected to begin in the city. Chandigarh: A roadmap for the city’s next phase of development and governance could take shape on Thursday, when Union home minister Amit Shah chairs a high-level meeting in Delhi…
The Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) has initiated the digitisation exercise to cover all public dealings at the Manimajra office—including land, property, mutation, and related civic services—to deliver faster, hassle-free administrative services. Chandigarh: The Notified Area Committee (NAC) office in Manimajra is set to transition entirely to an online operating system for all public-dealing works, ending…
Tibetans in exile attend an event organised to mark the 66th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day at Tsuglagkhang Temple in McLeod Ganj near Dharamshala on Wednesday Shimla: The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile claimed on Wednesday that 157 Tibetans inside Tibet have self-immolated since 2009 in protest against Chinese rule. It accused Beijing of continuing to suppress fundamental…
A private company employee died after a fall from a freight lift at IISER Mohali (Photo credit: IISER Mohali official site) MOHALI: A private company employee who had come to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, to deliver goods died after falling from a freight lift on the institute premises on…
Harsimrat Kaur Badal (L) alleged Punjab’s chief minister and his wife (R) are shielding criminals CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday accused Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife, Dr Gurpreet Kaur, of allegedly shielding perpetrators of rape and other heinous crimes.Badal alleged that women in Punjab were being…
Kaithal MLA Aditya Surjewala Chandigarh: Congress MLA Aditya Surjewala on Tuesday trained his guns on the BJP govt over the 26-day strike by sanitation and sewer workers and the proposed parallel power distribution licence for Gurgaon and Nuh, accusing the Nayab Singh Saini dispensation of reneging on its commitments and paving the way for “backdoor…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday claimed that farm fire incidents in the state had declined by 86% between 2023 and 2025. However, he called for increased public awareness to further curb paddy straw burning in Punjab.Chairing a meeting to develop a paddy straw management strategy, Mann stated that the approximately 30 lakh…
Chandigarh: Services of the Kalka-Shimla Express, Shivalik Deluxe Express and Himalayan Queen have been suspended after a culvert near Bridge No. 57 on the UNESCO World Heritage Kalka-Shimla railway section was washed away following heavy rain on Aug 30. The cancellations will remain in force for different services till Sep 11 or Sep 13.Kalka-Shimla Passenger…
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu speaks in the assembly during the monsoon session in Shimla on Tuesday Shimla: Closure of 2,035 institutions opened by the previous BJP govt and the subsequent reopening of 123 triggered a sharp exchange between chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur in the Himachal…
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced that a three-time attendance system would soon be introduced in 150 CBSE govt schools across the state.Attendance will be recorded at three stages — morning arrival, during the lunch break and at the time of departure.Chairing a…
