Opposition councillors protest during the MC House meeting, demanding action on long-pending proposals, including free water supply and water connections outside Lal Dora areas The General House Meeting of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh held on July, 31, 2026 at Assembly Hall, MCC building, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Photo by PRITAM THAKUR Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s monthly general…
Chandigarh: A dispute over Rs 400 allegedly sought for purchasing liquor turned violent near the scooter market in Sector 43 Friday, leaving two brothers injured in a knife attack. The accused fled after the assault and remains at large.Police said the injured brothers, Ankit and Harikesh, were rushed to Govt Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16,…
Exposed wiring sparks safety concerns at PU Chandigarh: The condition of electrical wiring at Panjab University belies assurances of a safety audit in the wake of research scholar Jyoti’s death. Visiting hostels on campus, TOI found exposed wiring, broken switchboards, open electrical panels and water seepage around electrical installations. Hostel residents said these issues have…
Hisar: A bomb threat email claiming that the Fatehabad court complex, along with courts across Haryana and Delhi and even the Parliament would be blown up, triggered a major security alert on Friday. The threat prompted the evacuation of the court complex, deployment of additional police personnel and a thorough search by bomb disposal and…
A fresh spell of monsoon rain lashed Chandigarh on Wednesday evening, bringing welcome relief from the sweltering heat and humidity. After Tuesday morning’s widespread showers, the pleasant weather continued as dark clouds and intermittent rainfall cooled the city. The Meteorological Department has forecast more spells of rain over the next few days. Chandigarh_ A fresh…
Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU) on Friday declared the result of the PU-CET (PG) LLM entrance examination after the Punjab and Haryana high court disposed of a petition challenging the examination, taking note of the university’s revised decision to award one mark each for all 30 questions found to be outside the prescribed syllabus.The result had…
Chandigarh: Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) youth president Digvijay Singh Chautala on Friday levelled a series of allegations over the conduct of the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET), claiming irregularities at every stage of the process—from applications to declaration of results—and demanded a fair probe by the state government. Chautala, during media interaction , questioned the…
Punjab’s Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana covers Rs 6.28 crore in neonatal care Punjab’s Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana (MMSY) has funded nearly Rs 6.28 crore worth of neonatal care over the past seven months, benefiting more than 4,400 newborns, the state government said on Friday. The announcement came as the government highlighted the case of a…
Chandigarh: The Punjab State Information Commission has directed the commissioner of the Amritsar municipal corporation to appear before it and submit a compliance report, while imposing a Rs 25,000 penalty on the public information officer (PIO) for repeatedly ignoring its directions in an RTI case.Information commissioner Harpreet Singh Sandhu passed the order while hearing an…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh govt will hold block-level interaction programmes, named Jan Samvad, from Aug 6 to 8 under its Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar Yojana to engage directly with nearly 1.78 lakh ultra-poor families identified across the state.Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced the initiative while reviewing the rural development and panchayati raj department. The…
